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REAL-News --September-2022Jul 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

Feet:-From-the-Ground-UpMar 13

March 13, 2020 By Irv Rubenstein

Feet: From the Ground Up

For a few years, while she was establishing herself as a neuromuscular expert on feet, Dr. Emily Splichal, a NYC podiatrist, was a source of highly technical yet superbly functional webinars (this is but one link on youtube) on the foot. I would strongly recommend them to anyone who works with athletes prone to footRead More

Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: barefoot, barefoot running, big toe, field of health or exercise science, reduce your risk of falling, short foot exercise, strength training, toe yoga

REAL-News --March-2020Mar 01

March 1, 2020 By Irv Rubenstein

REAL News – March 2020

   March 2020 Multi-Dimensional Balance Training Beats Strength Alone Preventing falls among older adults is a health-care crisis of economic, quality of life (QoL) and morbidity dimensions. With nearly 60% of those over 65 reporting limited mobility and the high rates of falling in this group, exercise researchers are attempting to discern what type ofRead More

Filed Under: Real News Tagged With: achieve well-being, body fat, depression, functional fitness, gait re-training, lean body mass, lose weight, musculoskeletal improvements, strength training

Fit-Happens --Winter-20191Dec 10

December 10, 2019 By Irv Rubenstein

Fit Happens – Winter 2019

Winter – or 30th Anniversary – 2019 Pillar 1: The Winter of Our Discontent In the summer of 1986, my colleague, Kathy Alexander, and I wondered what we would do once we finished our dissertations in exercise science at Vandy. At the time, there were very few options in that field: academia, hospital-based wellness andRead More

Filed Under: Fit Happens Tagged With: achieve well-being, aging, body fat, bone density, cardio, Exercise, field of health or exercise science, functional fitness, mental health, physical activity, strength training, weight management

REAL-News --July-2019Jul 01

July 1, 2019 By Irv Rubenstein

REAL News – July 2019

 July 2019 Running Faster Doesn’t Increase Joint Load, Possibly Most people, athletes included, think that running faster means running harder. That is, that the cumulative loads are increased by hitting the ground with more force per stride. Yet some studies have suggested that fast running, as in interval sprints, actually reduces the impact loads onRead More

Filed Under: Real News Tagged With: exercise intensity, health, resistance training, running, strength training, weight managment, yo-yo dieting

REAL News - August 20191Apr 01

April 1, 2019 By Irv Rubenstein

REAL News – April 2019

 April 2019 How Much Do You Have to Lift to Get Strong…or Big? A study that evaluated the required volume of weight lifting exercises necessary to effect muscle strength and size (hypertrophy) made all the news at the end of 2018. In what might be considered a large study of this type, 45 healthy, youngRead More

Filed Under: Real News Tagged With: aging, bone density, hydration, mediterranean diet, running technique, strength training, urinary tract infections

REAL-News -- April-20231Dec 07

December 7, 2018 By Irv Rubenstein

Can Protein Supplementation Facilitate Joint Replacement Success?

In many blog posts and newsletters, I have tried to come to grips with the value and merits of increased protein ingestion. Studies have demonstrated that extra protein helps not just athletes and ‘bodybuilders’ but the elderly, too. In this article, we see that there was probably a benefit for those about to undergo andRead More

Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: Exercise, musculoskeletal improvements, protein, protein supplement, Senior Training, strength training

REAL-News --December-20211Oct 15

October 15, 2018 By Irv Rubenstein

Fit Happens – Fall 2018

                                                                                           Fall 2018 October 16, 1968. The Mexico City Summer Olympics,Read More

Filed Under: Fit Happens Tagged With: aging, Exercise, exercise intensity, musculoskeletal improvements, resistance training, strength training

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