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Part-1:-GLP-1-Receptor-Agonists:-The-New,-Improved,-and-Not-Fully-Understood-Weight-Loss-DrugsDec 08

December 8, 2024 By Irv Rubenstein

Part 1: GLP-1 Receptor Agonists: The New, Improved, and Not-Fully-Understood Weight Loss Drugs

Super-duper weight loss drugs (originally they were designed to help those with Type 2 diabetes, or T2D) like Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, et al. have swamped the marketplace because of their unique pharmacologic actions compared to their predecessors. Earlier weight loss drugs and over-the-counter concoctions (like coffee and other caffeine-derivatives, as well as smoking cigarettes, forRead More

Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: body fat, bone density, diet, field of health or exercise science, lose weight, Moujarno, musculoskeletal improvements, Ozempic, resistance training, Wegovy, weight loss

Part 2: If you’re doing GLP-1 meds for weight loss, then you gotta do Weight LiftingMar 01

March 1, 2021 By Irv Rubenstein

REAL News – March 2021

  March 2021 Does Higher Protein Intake Boost Strength in Older Women? For several years now, studies have shown that increased protein intake helps older people slow the rate of age-related muscle mass loss (sarcopenia.) This was true even as participants were dieting to lose weight. Resistance training (RT), a recognized stimulator of muscle strengthRead More

Filed Under: Real News Tagged With: breast cancer, elder strength training, high protein diet, muscle mass, musculoskeletal improvements, resistance training

REAL-News --February-20251Jul 01

July 1, 2020 By Irv Rubenstein

REAL News – July 2020

   July 2020 Personal Training & Gym Convenience = Better Fitness Workplace fitness centers offer otherwise-sedentary employees an on-site option by which to develop and maintain exercise-based fitness. Encouraging staff to take advantage of the facilities and services, however, is the first challenge. One idea that should be considered is more personalized supervision to provideRead More

Filed Under: Real News Tagged With: Exercise, exercise intensity, field of health or exercise science, musculoskeletal improvements, resistance training, Senior Training, strength training

Apr 10, 2020

April 10, 2020 By Irv Rubenstein

Covid-19 Workouts by Dr Irv: #5

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

Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: achieve well-being, at-home workouts, coronavirus, covid, Exercise, fitness, musculoskeletal improvements, physical activity

Apr 08, 2020

April 8, 2020 By Irv Rubenstein

Covid-19 Workouts by Dr Irv: #3

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

Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: achieve well-being, at-home workout, coronavirus, covid, Exercise, musculoskeletal improvements, resistance training

Apr 07, 2020

April 7, 2020 By Irv Rubenstein

Covid-19 Workouts by Dr Irv: #2

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

Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: achieve well-being, at-home workouts, coronavirus, covid, Exercise, fitness, musculoskeletal improvements, physical activity

Apr 06, 2020

April 6, 2020 By Irv Rubenstein

Covid-19 Workouts by Dr Irv: #1

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

Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: achieve well-being, coronavirus, covid, Covid-19, Exercise, musculoskeletal improvements, quarantine

REAL-News --September-20181Apr 01

April 1, 2020 By Irv Rubenstein

REAL News – April 2020

   April 2020 Non-Functional Overreaching vs Overtraining Syndrome Athletes who train and compete hard and long can work themselves to ‘death’, to where they actually stop improving and may start backsliding. Non-functional overreaching (NFO) is considered a short-term reduction in work capacity (reduced strength, power, speed, endurance) lasting a few weeks or months. Overtraining syndromeRead More

Filed Under: Real News Tagged With: bone density, functional fitness, musculoskeletal improvements, overreaching, overtraining, protein, Senior Training

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