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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

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

REAL-News--August-2024Aug 01

August 1, 2024 By Irv Rubenstein

REAL News – August 2024

August 2024 Which Popular Diet Works Best? An old study comparing the effects of the Atkins (A), Ornish (O), Weight Watchers (WW), and Zone (Z) diets didn’t settle the question but does make sense of the ultimate truth of any diet: any diet that reduces caloric intake long enough will help you lose weight andRead More

Filed Under: Real News Tagged With: Achilles tendon, balance training, osteoarthritis, protein, weight loss, weight management

Mar 22, 2024

March 22, 2024 By Irv Rubenstein

Weight Loss Principles: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Weight management is a, if not the, Holy Grail of lifestyle change for many, especially for women. Not that men don’t seem as concerned about their weight; it’s just that many men don’t see themselves as overweight when they look in the mirror – they see the same kid who played ball in high school.Read More

Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: antioobesity medications, diet, nutrition, Ozempic, weight loss, weight management

Life-Changes:-Diet-for- LivingAug 24

August 24, 2023 By Irv Rubenstein

Life Changes: Diet for Living

The link between nutrition and heart disease has been up for debate since the 1960s. We can attribute the beginnings of the major research behind this topic to Dr. Ancel Keys, a physiologist. He determined that arterial plaques contain cholesterol, cholesterol tends to be related to saturated fat, and that heart disease is related to saturatedRead More

Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: Exercise, heart disease, metabolic disease, metabolism, nutrition, weight loss

FIT-Happens - -Winter- 20251Dec 01

December 1, 2022 By Irv Rubenstein

REAL News – December 2022

December 2022 Knee OA Does NOT Excuse You From Squats & Lunges For those who suffer with osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee(s), the often painful and sometimes threatening idea of a squat or lunge might stand in the way of both therapy and fitness training. We have covered this topic with respect to causes, effects,Read More

Filed Under: Real News Tagged With: closed-chain exercise, fast food, fat-free mass, knee arthritis, knee OA therapy, lunges, squats, weight loss, weight management

Part-1:-The-Diet-Obesity-Debates-ContinueJul 24

July 24, 2020 By Irv Rubenstein

Part 1: The Diet-Obesity Debates Continue

There are two crises – other than political and covid-19  – that America, and maybe the modern, Westernized world in general, though also the rest of the world everywhere, must face that will destroy humankind: obesity and diet. And the fitness community, especially us professionals, has to accept our roles as potential solutions and causes.Read More

Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: burn off excess weight, childhood obesity, diet, field of health or exercise science, obesity, personal trainers, professsional fitness trainers, weight bias, weight loss

Fit-Happens --Winter-2024Oct 17

October 17, 2019 By Irv Rubenstein

Bingeing at Night: A Hormonal Habit?

A recent article in the NY Times reviewed a scientific article in the December issue of the  International Journal of Obesity that reinforced what many fitness and wellness professionals suspected: that nighttime binge eating may be more than habitual; it may be hormonal. The article suggested that obese people who binge eat – not all do, one mightRead More

Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: body fat, dieting, eating disorders, lose weight, obesity, weight loss

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