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Originally posted by Sistermadly
ETA - is it just exercise.about.com, or are there specific ones you like to read?
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Well that one is really my favorite by far. I have hung around there posting and more recently lurking for two years. There are all kinds of peope there- Atkins eaters, high carb eaters, vegetarian eaters, and the ONE thing that they all insist on in their posts is FITNESS (warning: every summer there is an infestation of frightening teenage girls who post about their ridiculous exercise/eating habits and then get upset when you tell them they're anorexic. The standard advice is to tell them to talk to their doctor and their parents, which I just love). You will never find a post there encouraging you to punish your body into some cultural ideal of thinness, just a lot of people who want you to be the best possible you!
Since I'm comfortable there, I tend to not look around the internet for fitness information simply because there is soooo much quackery! You can find someone to endorse anything AND find some obscure study that was done on ten people in 1957 with no control group to back up their assertions. I prefer to read books on fitness with citations that I can look up at my leisure.
Books I liked:
6-pack prescription by Scott Connelly
Body For Life by Bill Phillips
Eat, Drink and Be Healthy: The Harvard Medical School Guide to Healthy Eating
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