resistance exercise
You may have heard that exercise is good for brain health. But what are the best types of exercise to protect against age-related loss of cognitive function and dementia? Here’s what science says.
You likely think of aerobic training as the form of exercise that’s best for your heart and blood vessels. Yet, research shows strength training may keep your heart and blood vessels healthy too. Find out more.
A number of studies show that aerobic exercise benefits brain health – but what about resistance training? Does it help preserve the health of the organ that makes you unique?
Do you have limited time to work out? If you’re like most people you lead a busy life and need to maximize every minute of your exercise routine. Here are five ways to pack more benefits into each workout.
Circuit training workouts offer variety and they help to reduce exercise boredom and burnout – but do they improve cardiovascular fitness? Find out what research shows and the pros and cons of circuit training workouts.
Have you ever had a period where your enthusiasm for working out dwindled? It happens to most people at one time or other.
How does the hormonal response to resistance training differ from endurance training? Do they interfere with each other? Find out how your body responds to resistance training, high-intensity cardio and longer periods of moderate-intensity endurance exercise from a hormonal standpoint.
Are you looking for a way to break through a plateau and build strength and power at the same time? Find out more about contrast training – what it is and what the benefits of this training method is as well as how to use it to get stronger, more powerful and increase lean body mass.
Exercise is one of the best prescriptions for bone health. Combine regular high-impact exercise with a calcium-rich diet and you reduce your risk for bone loss and osteoporosis. Resistance training should be part of that equation. How does resistance training cause bone growth and how hard do you have to train to boost bone health and growth? Find out.
You already know the positive benefits exercise has on your heart, muscles and brain – but what about the cartilage that keeps your joints healthy? Find out how exercise impacts cartilage health and what type is best.
You already know resistance exercise affects muscle cells, causing them to hypertrophy and become larger, and exercise in general helps with loss of body fat. Here’s a novel idea – can exercise actually affect the genes that control the growth of fat cells? Researchers at the Lund University think so. Here’s why.
Ever wonder what’s going on behind the scenes when you resistance train? There are a number of hormones at work that have an impact on muscle growth. Find out more about these key players and how they make it harder or easier to build lean body mass.
