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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
August 2021 Physical Activity & Sleep vs Sitting Too Much We all have the same 24 hours in a day, and how you spend many of those waking hours impacts your health and wellbeing. The now-entrenched sedentary sciences obviously promote substituting sedentary time with voluntary physical activity. Many studies show that moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA)Read More
When I started graduate school at Peabody College, which was not yet a part of Vanderbilt University, to study exercise science – which was technically not a major field of study but was the area of health and physical education in which I was interested – I had to take some ‘soft’ courses. That is,Read More
June 2020 Is There An Exercise Routine Older Adults Can and Will Do? As we age, we lose muscle and bone mass. We don’t manage glucose levels as well. These predispose the elderly to reduced function and higher risk of falls and fractures which could seriously impair both quality and quantity of life. EncouragingRead More
If I were an expert on anything, it would be somewhere in the category of fitness but not in medicine. What is fitness, anyway? This question has been asked by health, exercise, wellness, medical and fitness experts for over 50 years, pretty much since Dr Ken Cooper researched and wrote on, and developed the veryRead More
Do you realize how quickly you lose fitness and overall conditioning when you can’t maintain your exercise regimen? This study will scare you into doing something. So let me help. Each day I will post 4-5 exercises that you can use to stay in shape as this shelter-in-place seems to be dragging on. Below areRead More
Do you realize how quickly you lose fitness and overall conditioning when you can’t maintain your exercise regimen? This study will scare you into doing something. So let me help. Each day I will post 4-5 exercises that you can use to stay in shape as this shelter-in-place seems to be dragging on. Below areRead More
Do you realize how quickly you lose fitness and overall conditioning when you can’t maintain your exercise regimen? This study will scare you into doing something. So let me help. Each day I will post 4-5 exercises that you can use to stay in shape as this shelter-in-place seems to be dragging on. Below areRead More
