Frank Racioppi
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I am a South Jersey-based author who is a writer for the Ear Worthy publication, which appears on Vocal, Substack, Medium, Blogger, Tumblr, and social media. Ear Worthy offers daily podcast reviews, recommendations, and articles.
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The Five Worst Types of People at your Gym
The fitness center industry has been in a growth cycle the last decade, with more than 61 million people a member of a fitness center. There are more than 36,000 fitness centers in the U.S. and they gross more than $26 billion annually. In those 36,000 fitness centers there is a melting pot of exercisers – from Yoga enthusiasts to body builders, cardio fanatics to no-body-fat HIIT acolytes. However, accompanying these fitness fans, there are those workout wannabes that constitute the worst five types of people you can see at your gym.
By Frank Racioppi6 years ago in Longevity
Artificial Sweeteners toxic to gut microbiome
Artificial sweeteners have always captured that health halo that follows any food without calories. From diet sodas to zero calorie sweeteners for your three-dollar coffee, artificial sweeteners offer us a unique consumption proposition – eating and drinking without restriction and no apparent weight gain or negative consequences.
By Frank Racioppi6 years ago in Longevity
The Top 10 Songs of August 22, 1964
How culturally relevant is our popular music? Is it truly a diary of our present, a crystal ball into our future and a commentary on our past? Is some music popular simply because it is an earworm that infects us without our permission? Or does the music on the charts reveal anything about our society? What was the creative incubator behind these hits?
By Frank Racioppi6 years ago in Beat
