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REAL-News--March-2023Mar 01

March 1, 2023 By Irv Rubenstein

REAL News – March 2023

March 2023 Get a Grip on Better MENTAL Health In January, REAL News reported on a study in MSSE (Nov. 2022) that demonstrated substantial correlations between handgrip strength (HGS) and overall health and function in older adults. Now, a December 2022 article in the British Journal of Psychiatry adds to the value of HGS forRead More

Filed Under: Real News Tagged With: bone density, breakfast, breast cancer, depression, grip strength, handgrip, motion control shoes, overpronation, running injuries

REAL-News-- February-2023Feb 01

February 1, 2023 By Irv Rubenstein

REAL News – February 2023

February 2023 Don’t Sit While Reading This! The science of sedentariness marches on. For the past 20 years, it’s become more evident that sitting, except on an exercise machine, is dangerous to your heart and health. In light of this information, a broader health concern is how physical activity (PA) impacts the older population. TheRead More

Filed Under: Real News Tagged With: achieve well-being, ankle sprains, Exercise, exercise intensity, frailty, Heart Health, physical activity, resistance training, Senior Training

Fit-Happens--Winter-2023Jan 15

January 15, 2023 By Irv Rubenstein

Fit Happens – Winter 2023

Winter 2023 “I feel fluffy”: Conflating a body composition analysis with an emotion Most of us old enough remember Julie Andrews’ version of “I feel pretty”, by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim. But it was originally written for Maria to sing in the original 1957 theatrical version of West Side Story. Ever since then, however,Read More

Filed Under: Fit Happens Tagged With: dieting, diets, fat, healthy habits, motivation, obesity

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January 1, 2023 By Irv Rubenstein

REAL News – January 2023

January 2023 How to Get a Grip on Better Health For decades, handgrip strength (HGS), measured on a dynamometer, not a handshake, has been used as a proxy for overall strength. It is considered a “strong predictor of general health status, overall morbidities, all-cause mortality, and exceptional[longevity.]” Since we lose muscle mass and strength asRead More

Filed Under: Real News Tagged With: 000 steps/day, 10, balance, exercise prescription, grip strength, strength

REAL News - December 2022Dec 01

December 1, 2022 By Irv Rubenstein

REAL News – December 2022

December 2022 Knee OA Does NOT Excuse You From Squats & Lunges For those who suffer with osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee(s), the often painful and sometimes threatening idea of a squat or lunge might stand in the way of both therapy and fitness training. We have covered this topic with respect to causes, effects,Read More

Filed Under: Real News Tagged With: closed-chain exercise, fast food, fat-free mass, knee arthritis, knee OA therapy, lunges, squats, weight loss, weight management

REAL News - November 2022Nov 01

November 1, 2022 By Irv Rubenstein

REAL News – November 2022

November 2022 What Causes Muscle Cramps in Marathoners?  The runner’s bane is muscle cramps, those painful, activity-stopping pains in side of the ribcage that come from nowhere. Even 70 years after the jogging craze hit, we’re still not sure why these happen. Years ago, one study tested the idea that it was fluid in theRead More

Filed Under: Real News Tagged With: dehydration, electrolyte imbalance, longevity, muscle cramps, muscle damage, resistance training, sleep, training intensity

REAL-News --October-2022Oct 01

October 1, 2022 By Irv Rubenstein

REAL News – October 2022

October 2022 Why Do Females Incur More ACL Injuries – Act 31 For over 30 years, it’s been frustratingly known in the sports orthopedic community that female athletes have a greater risk of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears of the knee. Early thoughts were that there were skeletal structural differences in males’ and females’ knees;Read More

Filed Under: Real News Tagged With: ACL, ACL injuries, artificial sweeteners, energy balance, female ACL injuries, mediterranean diet, sleep, weight management

REAL-News --September-2022Aug 31

August 31, 2022 By Irv Rubenstein

REAL News – September 2022

September 2022 Strength Training: To Failure or Not to Failure? A group of Brazilian researchers aimed to answer one of the burning questions in exercise science: for older adults using low-load resistance training (LLRT), do you have to achieve muscle failure or can you stop before failure? Muscle failure is potentially painful and even injuriousRead More

Filed Under: Real News Tagged With: exercise to failure, lean muscle mass, low back pain, post-menopausal fitness, potato protein, volitional fatigue

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