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REAL-News --September-2024Sep 01

September 1, 2024 By Irv Rubenstein

REAL News – September 2024

September 2024 Speedy Squats Suppress Senior’s Sarcopenia As we’ve reported with increasing frequency, likely as a consequence of the aging of my/the Boomer generation, the loss of muscle mass portends serious declines in function and longevity. This loss is called sarcopenia and only one intervention slows it down: resistance training (RT). (Heavy doses of proteinRead More

Filed Under: Real News Tagged With: balance, frailty, muscle power, physical therapy, rotator cuff, semaglutide, tai chi, weight loss

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January 1, 2023 By Irv Rubenstein

REAL News – January 2023

January 2023 How to Get a Grip on Better Health For decades, handgrip strength (HGS), measured on a dynamometer, not a handshake, has been used as a proxy for overall strength. It is considered a “strong predictor of general health status, overall morbidities, all-cause mortality, and exceptional[longevity.]” Since we lose muscle mass and strength asRead More

Filed Under: Real News Tagged With: 000 steps/day, 10, balance, exercise prescription, grip strength, strength

REAL-News--December-20241Jul 15

July 15, 2019 By Irv Rubenstein

Balanced Training: For Young and for Old

A recent article in the American Council of Exercise (ACE) on-line newsletter provides a nice synopsis of the value and merits, and techniques, of balance training as a component of overall fitness. I want to address this very current and super-crucial elements of training as I do it here at STEPS Fitness. And sometimes youRead More

Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: aging, balance, balance training, dynamic balance, functional fitness, Senior Training, static balance

REAL News March 20182Jul 12

July 12, 2017 By Irv Rubenstein

REAL News July 2017

  July 2017 Old Feet and ACL Repairs Affect Balance Similarly What do the feet of older folks and those of athletes with torn anterior cruciate (ACL) have in common? The answer may solve health and sports science matters more than you’d imagine. Much of sports science deals with the musculoskeletal system but new infoRead More

Filed Under: Real News Tagged With: ACL injuries, ankle injuries, balance, creatine, functional fitness, gait

REAL-News --February-2025Aug 03

August 3, 2016 By Irv Rubenstein

Bigger Brains from Bigger Brawn?

Another article showing exercise reduces your risk of dementia comes out. And it seems even if you start later in life, your brain can still grow more neurons, get bigger, and be more resistant to dementia. That’s one reason for lifting weights in a way that challenges more than just your muscles; try challenging balanceRead More

Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: balance, brain, power training, protein, slows cognitive decline

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