7 Tips for a Safe and Successful Work Out
Strength or resistance training challenges your muscles with a stronger-than-usual counter force, such as pushing against a wall or lifting a dumbbell or pulling on a resistance band. Using [...]
Too Much TV May Hurt the Heart
HEALTH.COM Jan.10, 2011 Spending lots of free time glued to the TV or computer screen can hurt your heart and shorten your life, no matter how much exercise you get when you’re not riding [...]
Want to live better? Start Strength Training
Why You Need to Strength Train Regular physical activity promotes general good health, reduces the risk of developing many diseases, and helps you live a longer and healthier life. For many of [...]
Sarcopenia and it’s Effect on Fat Burning – Part 1 of 2
What accounts for the slowdown in fat burning as we age? In a word, sarcopenia. Never heard of it? Neither has spell-check. The word was invented in 1988 by DR. Irwin Rosenberg, Director of [...]
Functional Fitness Training: What do I Drink? Part 2 of 2
This post is a continuation of a prior post in our Functional Fitness Series. Here is part I. Why are we constantly downing energy drinks, coffee, and juices when we’re thirsty? We need to drink [...]
Functional Fitness Training: What do I Drink? Water! Part 1
With so many fitness drinks and energy drinks on the market what do I drink when I train? The simple truth is that I make sure I drink water. You may be surprised water is better for you than [...]
10 Training Tips Explaining Functional Fitness – Part 2 of 2
Our Functional Fitness Training tips continue from last week: Here are the last 5 Functional Fitness Tips. Functional Fitness Tip 6: Don’t Exercise to Lose Weight Do not exercise to lose [...]