To Maintain Muscle and Lose Fat as You Age, Add Weights
Trying to stay trim as you age? Surprisingly, if you’re cutting calories to lose weight, adding weights to your weight loss regimen may be more effective than beginning a walking program, according to a new study that adds to growing evidence that weight training is important for vigorous aging. Successful weight loss is never easy, […]
Exercise Habits of Wearable Tech Users
Have you ever wondered what time of day tends to promote more consistent exercise? A report featuring data from hundreds of thousands of Jawbone users answers that question and offers other insights—on exercise and mood, for example, and on times when particular workouts are most popular. Here are a few highlights from that report: People […]
How You Might Benefit From Working Out With Your Partner
For Beth and Lee Jordan of Jacksonville Beach, Florida, exercise has been life-changer, and even – in Lee’s case – a life-saver. A couple decades ago Beth, now 54, fell while rollerblading and broke her back. Instead of undergoing surgery, she wore a back brace, did intensive physical therapy, performed self-care – like icing – […]
Exercise and Disease Prevention
If you are a regular exerciser, you know that working out helps your body feel better in many ways. It also has powerful health benefits. In a review of the latest science, Booth, Roberts & Laye (2012) point to 35 chronic diseases and health challenges that regular exercise and physical activity can do much to […]
