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REAL-News --February-20201Feb 01

February 1, 2020 By Irv Rubenstein

REAL News – February 2020

   February 2020 What Would Tiger Do? Preventing golf injuries and improving performance are the main reasons golfers would even consider stretching. A literature review aimed to determine (1) what are golfers’ current warm-up routines; (2) if there’s an association between these and injury risk; and, (3) whether warm-ups help golf performance. The study designRead More

Filed Under: Real News Tagged With: dynamic warm up, function, golf, pain, static stretching, warm up

REAL-News --February-2021Feb 01

February 1, 2020 By Irv Rubenstein

REAL News – February 2021

February 2021 Elder Resistance Training: Two vs Three Days/Week? The national and international guidelines for health and fitness recommend at least 2 days of week of resistance training (RT.) For the aging among us, studies clearly show that maintaining muscle mass prevents many health-related issues including frailty and susceptibility to falling. Few studies have investigatedRead More

Filed Under: Real News Tagged With: body composition, cycling, disease, older women, out-of-saddle cycling, resistance training

REAL-News--December-20202Jan 01

January 1, 2020 By Irv Rubenstein

REAL News – January 2020

   January 2020 What’s the BEST Way for Mobility-Impaired Adults to Exercise? Preventing falls among older adults is a health-care crisis of economic, quality of life (QoL) and morbidity dimensions. With nearly 60% of those over 65 reporting limited mobility and the high rates of falling in this group, exercise researchers are attempting to discernRead More

Filed Under: Real News Tagged With: Exergaming, fall prevention, gait retraining, mobility impairments, osteoporosis, osteoporotic fractures, Qi Gong

Fit-Happens --Winter-20191Dec 10

December 10, 2019 By Irv Rubenstein

Fit Happens – Winter 2019

Winter – or 30th Anniversary – 2019 Pillar 1: The Winter of Our Discontent In the summer of 1986, my colleague, Kathy Alexander, and I wondered what we would do once we finished our dissertations in exercise science at Vandy. At the time, there were very few options in that field: academia, hospital-based wellness andRead More

Filed Under: Fit Happens Tagged With: achieve well-being, aging, body fat, bone density, cardio, Exercise, field of health or exercise science, functional fitness, mental health, physical activity, strength training, weight management

REAL-News --June-20222Dec 01

December 1, 2019 By Irv Rubenstein

REAL News – December 2019

 December 2019 Please help us celebrate 30 years helping Nashville’s finest stay healthy and fit. December 14 from 6-8 p.m. at STEPS  Cardio Intensity, Brain Blood Flow and Age (in men) Among the many other insults of age, include reduced blood flow to the brain. This was linked to decreased cognitive function and, in extremeRead More

Filed Under: Real News Tagged With: aging, jntervals, knee joint, processed foods, running injuries, running mileage

REAL-News --November-2019Nov 01

November 1, 2019 By Irv Rubenstein

REAL News – November 2019

 November 2019 Running Economy and How You Run MaxVO2 is your body’s maximal oxygen uptake and use capacity. But this only tells how fit you are while your running economy (RE) tells how much energy you use relative to the distance you run. And it’s a better predictor of your racing skills. A study fromRead More

Filed Under: Real News Tagged With: diet, field of health or exercise science, obesity, running economy, running mechanics, slows cognitive decline

REAL-News - September-2020Oct 01

October 1, 2019 By Irv Rubenstein

REAL News – October 2019

 October 2019 Step Frequency, Knee-joint Forces in Female Runners Running is mostly good for you. Studies have repeatedly demonstrated cardiovascular, metabolic, mental and musculoskeletal benefits galore. Furthermore they have recently shown that running does not cause knee osteoarthritis unless….you have had previous injury, poor mechanics or obvious alignment issues. Knee injuries are common in runners,Read More

Filed Under: Real News Tagged With: exercise intensity, knee impact forces, resistance training, sedentariness, step frequency, weight training

REAL-News --September-2019Sep 01

September 1, 2019 By Irv Rubenstein

REAL News – September 2019

 September 2019 Sprint Intervals, Body Composition & Menopause The hormone differences between males and females take a sharp turn at puberty such that females deposit more fat while males add more muscle. At menopause, when estrogen and progesterone levels decline, females lose some of the protections they offer but don’t lose their many years ofRead More

Filed Under: Real News Tagged With: cerebral blood flow, HIIT, interval training, knee injuries, OA, SIT

Aug 10, 2019

August 10, 2019 By Irv Rubenstein

REAL News – August 2019

 August 2019 High School Sports & Adult Bone Strength In May 2019, we reported on how youth sports injuries may impact adult-onset osteoarthritis, especially if proper care and training were not followed. Now this study from the University of Iowa reports that high school sports participation confers long-lasting bone health benefits compared to those whoRead More

Filed Under: Real News Tagged With: blood flow restriction, bone density, high school sports, kaatsu, older adults, resistance exercise, resistance training

REAL-News --July-2019Jul 01

July 1, 2019 By Irv Rubenstein

REAL News – July 2019

 July 2019 Running Faster Doesn’t Increase Joint Load, Possibly Most people, athletes included, think that running faster means running harder. That is, that the cumulative loads are increased by hitting the ground with more force per stride. Yet some studies have suggested that fast running, as in interval sprints, actually reduces the impact loads onRead More

Filed Under: Real News Tagged With: exercise intensity, health, resistance training, running, strength training, weight managment, yo-yo dieting

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