Category Archives: Exercise
RESISTANCE TRAINING IS KEY!

I split my exercise roughly 50:50 between resistance (strength) training and aerobic (brisk walking; treadmill; elliptical). Usually 4 days/week, 2 sessions of each kind of exercise. Another study shows the importance of resistance training (RT) A High-Protein Diet With Resistance Exercise Training Improves Weight Loss and Body Composition in Overweight and Obese Patients With …
How can you make traveling safe, easy, and healthy?
Say “NO!” to holiday calories; “YES!” to dropping a pant size! Some tips…
Standing desks for kids, too!
Sitting is very unhealthy. A new study shows that first graders who have standing desks in school burn more calories, particularly the heavier kids, compared to standard sitting desks: Students in the treatment group burned 17% more calories than did those in the control group… Within the subset of participants …
RESISTANCE TRAINING

Resistance training = strength training helps build muscles, which burn calories, and increase your metabolic rate. Particularly for older women, strength training may also help maintain bone mass. More bone + more muscle may mean fewer falls, and fewer bone fractures. You don’t need weights or even a gym membership. …
Need another reason to exercise? Take a jog up memory lane!
TAKE THE STAIRS!
Obesity is rapidly rising in the U.S., what can we do?

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has published findings (reported in a recent reuters article) on the status of obesity among its 34 developed member countries. It reports that obesity has risen 4-5% in the U.S. over the last 10 years. Obesity signifies a decline in health, which foretells a …