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There was a question posted on the Cathe board asking if it is true that after 30 minutes of cardio, the body begins to burn muscle for fuel. The answer is--it depends. Fats and carbohydrates are almost always being utilized together. The percentages of each vary with intensity of exercise...

In response to the questions on the Cathe forum regarding shoulder safety and certain exercises, I wanted to review shoulder anatomy and what happens that can, in some cases, make certain exercises risky to shoulder health. When the shoulder is put in a position of internal rotation, then...

Everywhere you look, there are people talking about how to maximize muscularity. One person says low resistance, high repetitions, another says heavy resistance with no more than 8 reps max. One camp says train explosively, another says very slow and controlled is the way to go. Contradictory...

The big difference in the three nutrients as far as body fat levels goes is in number of calories per gram--4 for carbs and protein, 9 for fat--and something known as the thermic effect of food. The thermic effect of food is the increase in metabolic rate that occurs as a result of the work the...

I get questions on a regular basis about ab training. People wonder why some say to train them just like any other muscle group, while others say hit the abs every day. I usually work abs almost daily. Here's why. Abs are skeletal muscles, just like the others, but they are considered tonic...

LAST EDITED ON Aug-08-02 AT 03:01PM (Est)[p]Wanted to start a new thread to clarify that there are some cases where special diets are necessary--people with metabolic diesases, for instance, such as diabetes, can experience life threatening extremes in blood sugar if it isn't very carefully...

Hi, Guys! I've spent my summer so far in checking out and into some nutritional biochemistry points for the purpose of clarifying issues in my mind. While doing so, I have found some info that my fellow Cathe Forum friends might find interesting, so here goes. Background here...did you know...

Hi, Guys! My name is Maribeth and I'm new to this board. I'm a full time health and fitness professional (physical therapist, clinical exercise physiologist, athletic trainer, certified personal trainer and GFI) and a regular poster to a couple of other fitness boards. Look forward to...