Balance skills decline with age. That’s one reason older adults are more prone toward falling. Fortunately, you can take steps to enhance yours when you’re strength training. Here are five ways.
No one enjoys feeling “stressed out.” You may also have heard that chronic stress can age you prematurely. Is there any evidence of this?
You probably already familiar to some form of high-intensity interval training – but are you really getting the benefits that this intense type of workout offers? How hard do you have to push yourself to really call it high intensity? Find out.
Achy joints are nothing to joke about. The risk of developing stiff, achy joints due to osteoarthritis increases as you age. Here’s how your joints age and what you can do to slow it down.
You can approach resistance training in several ways. You can lift heavy and do fewer reps or lighten up and do a high number of reps. You can also aim for somewhere in between. Which approach is best or do you need all three?
Is doing cardiovascular exercise really a reliable strategy for weight loss? We’d like to think so – but what does science show? Let’s look at the evidence so far.
You might eat yogurt or other fermented foods because you enjoy the taste, or you might be consuming these products because you want the health benefits. If that’s the case, you might wonder whether ALL yogurt contains probiotic bacteria and active cultures. Here’s the scoop.
You hear a lot about the health benefits of turmeric these days. But, are the claims that turmeric can helps alleviate a variety of health problems really true? Find out what the latest research shows about this popular spice.
You’ve lost weight and now you want to KEEP it off. Sometimes, that’s the hardest part. Here’s what science says about keeping the extra pounds you lost from coming back.
How do you do your abdominal crunches crunches? On a mat? Another option is to do them on a stability ball – but it is really more effective to do it this way? Find out.
If you fall short on getting enough vegetables each day, start early – with breakfast. Veggies for breakfast? Yes! Here are five ways to easily add vegetables to the first meal of the day.
Partial reps – do you do them? Should you even bother? Find out whether partial reps are effective for building strength and muscle size and what place they can have in your workout.
