Most of us do it every year, we make plans, resolutions for the coming year to get in shape and stay there, and like most resolutions they are broken quickly and forgotten even faster. Months down the road, we look at ourselves and think “if only I’d stuck with it, I could be thinner by…

Nowadays, when it comes to getting fit, your smartphone needs to come along with you, right along with your running shoes, sweats, weights, and the rest. A recent study reports that more and more Americans are now using their smartphones to look up health related information than they did just two short years ago, and…

As we come to the end of 2012, forecasters at ELFA are looking at the prospects for the equipment leasing and financing industry for 2013, and the winners as they stand right now are the construction and transportation industries. Construction tops the list, with a projected 15% growth over the course of the 2013 business…

We all want to get into better shape. Unfortunately there are a lot of myths floating around out there when it comes to exercise and fitness. Chasing after the wrong thing only produces a lot of frustration and very little in the way of results.  That said, we are beginning a series on fitness myths…..namely…

The Myths Of Fitness As with any endeavor we find ourselves looking to participate in, fitness is ripe with plans and concepts and programs that work, and those that do not. The last thing you want is to devote time, resources, finances, and sweat to those things which do not produce results. So with that…

We’ve all seen them, those late night TV advertisements, 30 minute infomercials hocking the latest fitness craze, something guaranteed to make the pounds fall off with only a half hour a day, and all for $19.95. The makers of these devices have sold and made millions, successfully exploiting the misguided beliefs of many Americans that…

The Wrath Of Sandy Following the destruction brought by Hurricane Sandy, construction companies in the northeastern US are looking at a predicted uptick in jobs over the course of the coming months. The cleanup is coming to an end and the process of rebuilding is set to begin in earnest as soon as the first…

An Economic Uncertainty In an uncertain economic climate, small businesses are feeling the pinch, as evidenced by banks and their refusals to loan to small businesses who are desiring to either start up or expand. The picture is not a pretty one for those who are attempting to raise what is known as “gap funding”…