Impressive strength and muscles means lifting impressively heavy weights…or does it? Traditionally, weight training involves lifting the maximum weight you can and then lifting 80-90% of that weight in eight to 10 repetitions until your limbs tremble from exhaustion. The theory is that this stimulates a surge in testosterone and human growth hormone, leading… Continue Reading
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Aerobic Exercise Best for Burning Fat
Want to lose weight? Then exercise. We all know this. But what we don’t know is what type of workout burns fat best…until now. A recent study shows that aerobic exercise works best for burning fat – even better than resistance training to raise resting metabolic rate. The study by researchers at Duke… Continue Reading
A Little Exercise Goes a Long Way
To the 60 percent of adults who are not active, doing anything is better than nothing. This message, along with physical activity guidelines, was issued last week by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) The ACSM periodically issues guidelines on the quantity and quality of exercise for adults. The society last reviewed physical… Continue Reading