Need another reason to add strength training to your workout routine? Bone density studies aside, strength training can aid weight loss efforts. A 2017 study of adult resistance exercisers (mean age 46 years old), showed participants lowered their risk for metabolic syndrome by 29% compared to those who did no resistance exercise. Lowering one's...
Lots of fitness bloggers call the fat burning zone a myth, but researchers at the University of St. Thomas Health and Human Performance Laboratory, in St Paul, Minnesota, conclude otherwise. In a maximal fat oxidation (MFO) study of 36 relatively fit runners (20 male, 16 female) who ran to exhaustion on a treadmill, researchers recorded the moment...
When it comes to strength training, science shows you are never too old and it is never too late. A review 33 studies published between 2005 and 2010 documented the positive effects of exercise in older adults (>60 years). Spoiler alert! Physical improvements in older exercisers were the same as those in younger subjects. Laboratory-based studies...
Back pain is a leading cause of disability. Physicians often prescribe yoga to improve back health -- for a good reason. Yoga's ability to reduce back pain is well-researched. West Virginia University School of Medicine researchers conducted a randomized control trial of chronic low back pain sufferers and found encouraging outcomes. After 16-weeks...
