New research recently published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society explores the benefits of exercising for delaying Alzheimer’s disease.Alzheimer,s two seniors power walking Aerobic exercise, such as power walking or jogging, may be the best form of exercise for preventing Alzheimer’s disease. Last year, a review by scientists Read more…
Exercise Can Help an Aging Heart No Matter How Old You Are “This ‘dose’ of exercise has become my prescription for life.” January 08, 2018 Aging can cause a stiffening in the heart, hindering its ability to pump out blood. But new research finds that there is a sweet spot Read more…
Physical Exercise Fights Illness by Keeping the Aging Immune System Young Exercise boosts immunity and keeps cholesterol low. March 08, 2018 People often look to exercise to keep their hearts fit and their weight down, but a new study says that fitness is the key to keeping your immune system Read more…
Did you know that 50 percent of media headlines about medical studies are dead wrong? And that many of these headlines don’t accurately match the conclusions of the studies they cover? That’s from a review published in the New England Journal of Medicine. It makes me sad and furious at Read more…
Reprinted from Bulletproof Labs. Over time humans evolved to live longer because of our ability to respond better to biological stressors. Now, a Newcastle University study[1] finds that this ability is due to small adaptations in a protein known as p62 that induce autophagy (“self-eating”), a vital process where your Read more…
Reprinted from CNN news If you are in your 40s or 50s, chances are that you are starting to notice some changes in your body, including muscle loss and diminishing strength, even if you exercise fairly regularly. Reduced levels of physical activity, increases in sedentary behavior and doing less intense Read more…
Your body is a wonderful thing, stress it with exercise over a period of weeks and adaptation occurs. Your body will adapt to the exercise induced stress and improve how it responds. Exercise training is an adaptive process. The body will adapt to the stress of exercise with increased fitness, Read more…
If you want to be strong and healthy you have to train with some weights. Resistance training is part of the fountain of youth accompanied by diet and other movement. Lifting is critical to your long term health and you must come to terms with the barbell or at least Read more…
The definition of inertia is a tendency to do nothing, to remain unchanged. Are you doing nothing? Are you remaining unchanged? It is easy to do the same thing over and over again. You grow comfortable with the regularity and the consistency. Its nice to know what to expect and Read more…
No I’m not talking about Neil Armstrong’s walk on the moon. What I am stating is that big changes are made in small incremental steps. How do you eat an elephant, one bite at a time. If you haven’t worked out in a while or ever. If you are 50 Read more…