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May 2017 Beware All-Year-‘Round One-Sport Play for Kids It’s baseball season again. The boys of summer are donning those funny looking pants with swagger and swing. And yet, unlike in the old days, many of these youngsters are one-sporters, playing all year around on travel teams, often more than one team concurrently. And they’reRead More
Brain Games May Not Be as Efficient as Exercise We’ve all experienced it – starting a sentence, seeing a face, walking into a room, writing a blog…and then forgetting what we were going to say, what is the name, why did we go there, what to write. Aging is not all about forgetting but there’sRead More
We have all read and heard and watched exercise and medical professionals espouse the benefits of exercise. We have all heard about how being fit reduces your risk of many diseases – heart, brain, musculoskeletal, etc – and that the sooner you get to it, the better off you’ll be. But what about getting toRead More
One should never throw all his apples into one basket. In science, some will rot, others will dry up, and a few might taste really good…for now. So when I read a study touting the benefits of the Mediterranean diet not just for health but for weight and fat loss, my eyes perk up. ButRead More
Much has been written in the news, the research world, and in my blogs and newsletters about sedentary living and how it impacts morbidity and mortality. There have been credible studies showing that even if you exercise regularly, if you sit more than 8 hours a day, you virtually negate the benefits of all thatRead More
The on-going debate on what is the best way to train your muscles for strength and/or size started in earnest back in the mid-1950s, about when Progressive Resistance Exercise (PRE) came into the lexicon. At the time multiple sets of multiple reps of a variety of exercises became the standard, with multiple yet to beRead More
Happy Fourth of July. For those who had the day off and spent it being physically active, socially engaged, relaxing or even working, as I did, I hope you at least got something good from this special day. Being the 240th anniversary of US Independence Day – yes, many other countries have had their dayRead More
Not even what I write here. But, at least read what I write when I am reviewing fitness and health literature because sometimes I have something valuable to say. Earlier this month a press release came across the fitness medium espousing the benefits of high-speed contractions during strength exercise compared to slower, more sustained contractions.Read More
Not to toot the horn of my profession but studies upon studies demonstrate the benefits of exercise along a wide spectrum of human existence. From arthritis to diabetes to heart disease to cancer, and back again, exercise may be the single, best, cheapest, most convenient, least side-effected ‘drug’ medicine has recently discovered. For those ofRead More
Fit Happens Aging Starts….and Ends at the Ankles It is not often that I am willing to take a stand on something as broad and as complex as the aging process. For one thing, at age 63, I’m not quite ready to assert that I’ve even begun the process. Sure, a few aches and painsRead More
