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April 2024 Rotator Cuff: Where the Sun Doesn’t Shine The risk of shoulder rotator cuff (RC) 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. We have covered rotator cuff injury and rehab in these posts – here,Read More
March 2024 Can Weight Vests Answer All Your Fitness Needs? Weight vests (WV) getting some media attention. These are either fixed or adjustable velcro-fitted vests that presumably enhance one or more elements of fitness and wellness training. A deep-dive into the science of WV reveals some benefits worth considering. For example, a study in RheumatologyRead More
Winter 2024 The Changing Winds of Weight Management Sometime over the past 30+ years, many in the medical and fitness world came to a difficult and exasperating conclusion: weight loss is not so simple as eat less, move more. This is a topic we have discussed previously here, here, and here but it’s not theRead More
February 2024 If a Rose is a Rose, Is a Calorie a Calorie? Much has been written about the differences between certain foods and how they impact weight. Ever since the concept of “glycemic index” hit the airwaves, calculating the impact of carbs on how quickly our blood sugar levels rise, many have argued thatRead More
January 2024 Free Weights vs Machines: Is There a Difference? Ever since Nautilus gym equipment hit the market in the 1970s, the burning question among fitness specialists and researchers was, Can you get as strong and/or as hypertrophied on machine resistance (MR) devices as you can using free weights (FW) like dumbbells and barbells? WhenRead More
December 2023 Collagen Supplements: Real News or Not? It is hard to discern fact from fiction these days, especially when it comes to nutritional supplements. For one thing, they are so unregulated that producers can put all kinds of substances in a pill and make many kinds of non-medical claims due to federal legislation datingRead More
November 2023 Exercise Dermatology for Aging Skin Aerobic exercise (AE) is a proven modality for cardiovascular, metabolic, orthopedic, and psychological health. Resistance, or strength, exercise (RE) is a proven modality for improving strength, power, function, and even many of the above-mentioned systems benefited by AE. But skin? Come on now! However, one study has shownRead More
October 2023 The Weakening of Menopause: Another Insult Sarcopenia is the loss of lean muscle mass (LMM) that takes place as we age even if you do muscle-building exercises. Women are more apt to suffer the long-term effects of sarcopenia after menopause: reduced metabolism, greater risk of LMM-associated disability such as bone loss, fractures, moreRead More
September 2023 Too Sweet or Not To Sweet, Part I Rarely does the same topic make one side of the STEPS REAL News newsletter, but this is too sweet a topic to be ignored. According to the June 2023 Nutrition Action newsletter, a March 2023 article in Natural Medicine reported that the artificial sweetener (AS),Read More
August 2023 No Fear— Aminos are Here! A significant fraction of individuals in the world of exercise partakes in essential amino acid (EAA) supplementation. These little building blocks of protein promote muscle performance, muscle recovery, and muscular gains. With this in mind, could EAA supplementation aid in recovery from a total knee replacement (TKR)? ARead More
