Every since I was in college in the 70s there has been this debate about whether exercise can lower your risk for
heart disease. Well the journal Circulation just published a new study that showed
Strength and cardiorespiratory fitness lowers the risk for heart disease across the board for all people!
And it didn’t matter your genetic risk and/or family history of heart disease.
The study followed approximately 500,000 middle-aged people over a 10 year period.
These participants were categorized according to their genetic risk for coronary heart disease.
The results of the study showed that physical activity reduced EVERYONE’S risk for cardiovascular disease.
And for those that were in the highest risk category, but had high levels of fitness, their risk was cut by 49 percent!
I recently received an email from a friend of mine whose son became dehydrated during a x-country meet. He wanted to know how it could have been prevent, especially since the trip to the hospital cost them $2500. So let’s look at some hydration basics:
tissue. As more research has been done on this amino acid the health benefits of L-glutamine are impressive. Here are 14 key proven L-glutamine benefits
for most people it remains hidden from view.
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turning me on to Legs Up The Wall. I’m not a yoga person but as you can see by the picture you don’t have to be into yoga to practice this position.
by adding muscle to your body, is not as great as the internet and TV infomercials would have you believe.
There is a lot of information about fat burning exercises on the internet. Unfortunately, most of the information is a bit misleading. Typically, the information centers on whether you should be doing aerobic exercise to effectively burn your fat stores or whether you should be building muscle tissue to increase your metabolism to burn your extra fat! The following quote from Adam Zickerman, author of