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Looking For Your Opinions On The Best Exercise and Fitness Equipment Reader Survey

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Photo Credit: health.usnews.com **UPDATE: AS OF 2/12/2020 COMMENTS AND INTERVIEWS ARE CLOSED AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR RESPONSES. I am currently gathering information on an upcoming article I'm doing that is fitness related. I'd love to survey you as a reader on what types of fitness programs, apps, exercise equipment, fitness trackers or gyms you use. Do you personally go to the gym? Do you work out from home? Did you run right out and buy a Peloton Bike once you saw the commercial?  Are you still into the 1990's sensation Billy Blanks Tae bo? Are you a mall walker or trail hiker?  Finally, do you purchase your products from Amazon, or go to a sport and fitness store, a mom and pop local boutique store, or other mass-market type stores? As I speak to people I have found so many varying types of ideas on what working out and exercising means to each individual, as well as the means to achieve their goals.  After a period of time, I ho...

Environmental Scientists Say Plants DO NOT Purify The Air! I'm Myth Busting

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Photo credit: mindfulworld.com So, I was researching an article on beating the winter blues, which I will post in the nearest future, but in the meantime, I found some other interesting information. So, so many studies have been done on air purification and plants. Some of the studies I have found were done many, many years ago and every single lifestyle blogger keeps on repeating them because the sources are really good; like NASA for example. We know that astronauts do a lot of testing while they're on their missions. We have gained so much vast and valuable knowledge from their testing and that of other scientists doing testing as well. But different data, including environmental, may have impacted changes in the studies. As I continued to do research, I found newer studies that have been done that completely update that old myth that plants purify the air. As reported in National Geographic Magazine, the Scientists at The Journal of Exposure Scienc...