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January 2017 Cardio + Resistance Exercise = Reduced Hypertension Hypertension (high blood pressure) is the most common heart disease with approximately 80 million – that’s MILLION – americans affected. It has a variety of causes – age, weight, genetics, diet, sedentary lifestyle, etc. – and a multitude of adverse health consequences. It has been demonstratedRead More
December 2016 Fighting Fatigue with Forced Fitness Training Two recent studies have come out the past two weeks demonstrating against all expectations that the best way to fight fatigue in the face of debilitating disease is by engaging in vigorous physical activity. Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a rare but devastating illness of unknownRead More
November 2016 Ankle Your Way to Greater Mobility…and Wellness As we age, many systems begin to falter or fail. It is nothing earth-shattering to hear that your heart muscle weakens, especially if diseased; your spinal disks compress; your skin sags; your eyes and ears don’t work as well as when you were younger. And you don’tRead More
A 30-Minute Substitution May Save Years of Life So much has been written lately, in the research journals and here in STEPS newsletters and blogs, on the hazards of sedentary living. It is now considered to be the primary reason for so many of the lifestyle-related diseases that haunt modern society – diabetes, heart disease,Read More
October 2016 Resistance Training and Breast Cancer-Related Lymphedema: Treatment or Waste of Time? Breast cancer is the most common cancer for American women and the second leading cause of cancer death. Despite great new techniques and echnologies for treating it, many women incur a side effect known as breast cancer-related lymphedema (BCRL). This is aRead More
September 2016 Injury Prevention Through Proprioception Toss around multi-syllabic words and people think you’re smart. Toss around a small ball while standing on one leg and holding a conversation and people think, well, I’m not sure what they think. But a new study shows it may help your body not think about what each jointRead More
Did you ever wonder why an exercise session or any physical activity beyond that which you ordinarily do is called a work out? I did, so I looked it up. Google, my best friend, gave me several options but no clarity. Of course, it all stems from the idea of ‘work’ which, for brevity’sRead More
Fit Happens Aging Starts….and Ends at the Ankles It is not often that I am willing to take a stand on something as broad and as complex as the aging process. For one thing, at age 63, I’m not quite ready to assert that I’ve even begun the process. Sure, a few aches and painsRead More
February 2016 As If Getting Older Isn’t Bad Enough… You eat right, you get regular check ups, you even floss…but if you are a runner, even a long-term runner, as you age, you lose speed, have increased risk of injuries, and just don’t seem to have that ooomph in your stride you once had. WhyRead More
April 2016 Can Creatine Supplementation Boost Bone, Too? What if you could get bigger, stronger, more powerful muscles by adding a supplement to your diet that would also increase bone density? Wouldn’t it be worth a few cents a day? A Canadian study tested whether or not, based on the possibility that creatine supplementation, shownRead More
