Feeling comfortable with a fitness routine is important but getting TOO comfortable can lead to stagnation, mental fatigue and plateaus. This article talks about why workout variety is important and some of the ways you can vary your exercise routine.
A HiiT shorter workout holds the potential to improve your cardiovascular fitness, lower insulin resistance, and even help you build muscle mass.
What you eat after exercise and when you eat it matters. It may also affect the results you get from your strength-training workout. Here are four reasons why it’s important to eat a protein and carb meal as soon as your workout is over.
Exercise can reduce the risk of health problems. It can also prevent some loss of lean body mass and drop in metabolism that occurs with age. Now a new study shows that a combination of lower-body strength training and balance exercises can reduce the risk of falls and injuries as we grow older. Discover why it’s important to work on lower-body strength and balance – and a simple test to see how good your sense of balance is.
Is protein the new anti-aging nutrient? Find out why protein requirements go up with age and the effects not getting enough dietary protein can have on your body composition and on your health.
Most people gain weight as they age, and they blame it on their metabolism. It’s true that basal metabolic rate slows down with age, but is this inevitable? Find out what you can do to keep your metabolism from slowing down with age.
It becomes more difficult to lose body fat as you move out of your 20s, and it can be particularly challenging when you hit middle-age, but have you ever wondered why? This article discusses three physiological factors that make fat loss more difficult with age and offers tips on dealing with this problem.
You lose muscle mass and strength starting around the age of 30. How does aging affect muscle strength and muscle mass? Read on to find out.
Because of muscle memory getting strength and muscle definition back won’t take as long the second time around if you have to take a break.
Fortunately, there are ways to jump-start your idling metabolic furnaces after the age of 40. Here are four after-40 metabolism boosters that’ll help do the job.
Now a new study shows that eating foods rich in the amino acid leucine may help preserve muscle mass when dieting.
Individuals vary a great deal in their muscle strength before training and in their capacity to build greater muscle strength through training. Why is this?
