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REAL-News --December-2021Dec 01

December 1, 2021 By Irv Rubenstein

REAL News – December 2021

December 2021 Resistance Training That’s Good for the Heart Resistance training (RT: weightlifting) has been recognized as an important component of a general exercise and wellness program for over 30 years now. The current federal guidelines for physical activity (Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans) recommend 2-3 days/wk of muscle-strengthening exercise for nearly everybody. Long recognized for itsRead More

Filed Under: Real News Tagged With: caloric restriction, gluteus medius, Heart Health, hip adduction, resistance training, running mechanics

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

Nov 01

November 1, 2017 By Irv Rubenstein

REAL News November 2017

  November 2017 Little Blue Pill Helps Some Swimmers, Too A rare swimming disorder that affects only some open-water distance swimmers (military recruits, triathletes) may benefit from the same drug many middle aged men use medicinally and recreationally. SIPE – swimming-induced pulmonary edema – presents as shortness of breath, a cough that has bloody secretions,Read More

Filed Under: Real News Tagged With: dieting, Exercise, fitness, Heart Health, musculoskeletal improvements

Free Holiday Season Advice, for what it's worth1Oct 18

October 18, 2017 By Irv Rubenstein

King of Hearts: The One Bet That’s Well Worth It

Last summer I went to the American College of Sports Medicine (www.acsm.org) Annual Meeting in Denver where I sat in on a lecture about the dangers of overexercise. The doctor who presented it was from a Midwestern City University where he’d seen many patients come in with cardiac troubles from shoveling snow. His basic thesisRead More

Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: achieve well-being, cardiovascular, field of health or exercise science, Heart Health

REAL-News --March-20212Sep 18

September 18, 2017 By Irv Rubenstein

REAL News October 2017

October 2017 The ‘Obesity Paradox’ Paradox What if a paradox is demonstrated to not be so paradoxical after all? Can a paradox be a double negative? The “obesity paradox”, developed in 1999 from observations that patients undergoing dialysis for end-stage kidney disease had lesser mortality if overweight or obese (BMI of 25-29.9 and 30-34.9, respectively)Read More

Filed Under: Real News Tagged With: body fat, burn off excess weight, exercise intensity, Heart Health, obesity

REAL-News --October-20201Sep 05

September 5, 2017 By Irv Rubenstein

How athletes age – like the rest of us

The NYT fitness writer added some more fodder to the aging well discussion with an article that summarized the results of a study of elite athletes from 50 years ago. As one might expect, these old coots were still pretty fit, retaining higher-than-average aerobic capacities compared to others in their now-older age group. But they stillRead More

Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: achieve well-being, aging, Exercise, fitness, Heart Health, physically active

REAL-News --November-20202Sep 02

September 2, 2017 By Irv Rubenstein

REAL News September 2017

            September 2017 Specificity: Neuromuscular Adaptions Depend on How You Train There are two main principles to fitness training that determine your outcomes: overload and specificity. Overload refers to making the body do more than it’s accustomed to doing, be it lifting, running, stretching or what not. Specificity refers toRead More

Filed Under: Real News Tagged With: achieve well-being, cardiovascular, exercise intensity, Heart Health, musculoskeletal improvements

REAL-News --May-20202Aug 03

August 3, 2017 By Irv Rubenstein

Athletes’ hearts, Lean Obesity and Single-payer Healthcare

You’re probably thinking I was trying to get a bunch of keywords into the title so Google will spot me. You’re probably thinking, how in the hell is he going to link three disparate health and fitness issues into one coalesced blog post? And you’re probably thinking I’ve been drinking. But you must read thisRead More

Filed Under: General News Tagged With: achieve well-being, body fat, burn off excess weight, cardiovascular, exercise intensity, fitness, Heart Health, physical activity

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