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April 2026 New Old Concepts in Resistance Training Resistance training (RT) has, for years, taken a back seat to cardio, or aerobic, training. The early work by Dr. Ken Cooper at the Cooper Aerobics Center in Dallas that identified cardiovascular capacity, or maximal oxygen uptake (maxVO2), as the key to health set the stage andRead More
April 2024 Rotator Cuff: Where the Sun Doesn’t Shine The risk for rotator cuff (RC) of the shoulder pain and injury mounts with age and abuse, or non-use, smoking, and maybe just maybe hypovitaminosis D – that is, chronic low levels of vitamin D. Some studies have shown that low D has a significant associationRead More
March 2026 High-Load Strength Training: Safe During Pregnancy? High-load resistance training (HLRT) entails Olympic lifts like heavy squats, clean and jerks, and snatches plus lots of intense core work. But the medical community knows little about its effect on the pregnant woman’s body. We’ve discussed some of these exercise-pertinent concerns here in a previous newsletter.Read More
February 2026 The Collagen Peptide Pep Talk Collagen, technically, collagen peptide supplements (CPS), are all the rage despite firm scientific rationales. While collagen is made up of amino acids, much as any proteins we eat and use, various studies have shown it to be inferior to those we consume, in foods or supplements. As thisRead More
January 2026 The Agony of De Feet: Forgotten but Unforgiving For the past 30 years, the emphasis on muscle strengthening for health, longevity, and quality of life has become a regular part of wellness coaching. While resistance training (RT) has been elevated to near-equal status as cardiovascular training, most of the focus has been onRead More
December 2025 Long-Term Consequences of Joint Replacements Body Mass Index (BMI) is a mathematical ratio of height to weight that healthcare professionals and researchers can readily use to categorize people’s presumed health status. While not an accurate gauge of one’s true body composition – a ratio of muscle and fat mass relative to total bodyRead More
November 2025 Can Flexibility Enhance Longevity? Practitioners of yoga and Pilates, or any proponents of stretching and flexibility, espouse the health and subjective benefits of increased range of motion (ROM) of joints. While fitness and wellness experts recognize the importance of functional or improved ROM, there has not been any proof that it leads toRead More
October 2025 Low Back Pain: Most Therapies Offer Minimal Benefits In the May 2025 issue of REAL News, we covered a British Journal of Medicine report that demonstrated minimal benefits of physical (PT) or exercise (ET) therapy for those with chronic low back pain (LBP). In the September 2025 online Journal of Sports Physical Therapy,Read More
