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REAL-News--January-2024Oct 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 --June-20231Sep 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

Part 2: If you’re doing GLP-1 meds for weight loss, then you gotta do Weight LiftingJul 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

REAL News - June 2019Jun 01

June 1, 2019 By Irv Rubenstein

REAL News – June 2019

 June 2019 Do Kids’ Fitness and Fatness Affect Academics? Most studies that compare kids’ academic performance to their cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF), motor function (MF) and body composition (BC) are cross-sectional. As other posts have noted, kids’ fitness affects future outcomes, as in this and this. That is, they compare groups of kids at a single momentRead More

Filed Under: Real News Tagged With: achieve well-being, childhood obesity, exercise intensity, kids fitness and academics, physical activity

REAL News - May 2019May 01

May 1, 2019 By Irv Rubenstein

REAL News – May 2019

 May 2019 Youth Sports Injuries Contribute to Osteoarthritis Risk Later That little knee injury you suffered in PE or youth sports programs may impact your health by the time you graduate college. A Canadian study of adults who sustained an injury before they were 18 tried to summarize “various clinical, physiological, behavioral and functional health-relatedRead More

Filed Under: Real News Tagged With: burn off excess weight, diet, exercise intensity, individual variability, knee injuries

REAL News - August 20191Apr 01

April 1, 2019 By Irv Rubenstein

REAL News – April 2019

 April 2019 How Much Do You Have to Lift to Get Strong…or Big? A study that evaluated the required volume of weight lifting exercises necessary to effect muscle strength and size (hypertrophy) made all the news at the end of 2018. In what might be considered a large study of this type, 45 healthy, youngRead More

Filed Under: Real News Tagged With: aging, bone density, hydration, mediterranean diet, running technique, strength training, urinary tract infections

REAL News - March 2019Mar 03

March 3, 2019 By Irv Rubenstein

REAL News – March 2019

 March 2019 Old Folks’ Drop-Out Rates & Predictors Matter A multi-national study followed 1514 male and female Norwegians (avg. age 72) participating in a structured exercise program for 3 years. All subjects were tested for cardiovascular fitness, muscle strength, body mass index (BMI), and mental and physical health, including medications. One half was offered 2Read More

Filed Under: Real News Tagged With: bone density, bone mineral density, exercise intensity, field of health or exercise science, Heart Health, senior fitness

Jan 31, 2019

January 31, 2019 By Irv Rubenstein

REAL News – February 2019

 February 2019 Just a Spoonful of Protein Helps the Knee Replacement Patient A University of Oregon study asked the question whether the supplementation of essential amino acids (EAA), the building blocks of protein, would safely help older total knee replacement (TKR) patients maintain leg muscle mass. The typical response to TKR is further atrophy ofRead More

Filed Under: Real News Tagged With: achieve well-being, high protein, musculoskeletal improvements, protein supplements, resistance training, Senior Training

REAL-News --May-2024Jan 03

January 3, 2019 By Irv Rubenstein

REAL News – January 2019

 January 2019 Within-Session Muscle Confusion Helps Older Adults  Muscle confusion – the concept of doing pretty high intensity exercises in rapid sequence varying body parts and muscle groups – is a 21st century marketing pitch. Periodization – the idea that a training program should be divided into various elements on daily, weekly or monthly basisRead More

Filed Under: Real News Tagged With: dieting, functional fitness, intermittent dieting, intermittent fasting, periodization, resistance training, Senior Training

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