Strength Training for Seniors Some nutritionists feel that changes such as loss in muscle mass in seniors stimulate many other changes. Loss of muscle and increased fat are two characteristics of a lot of elderly people. What does this mean? Research has shown that these [...]
The 4 Most Important Rules of Weight Training Technique is extremely important when lifting weights. Most of the time, and especially for beginners, you want to get a full range of motion on each and every exercise. You also want to perform your repetitions with a steady, controlled [...]
Resistance (weight) training achieves a number of beneficial changes on the molecular, enzymatic, hormonal, and chemical level, which will help slow down (and many cases stop) many of the diseases caused by a sedentary lifestyle, including: Metabolic syndrome Insulin sensitivity and resistance Diabetes Auto immune diseases [...]
How Long Should You Work Out? One thing for sure, you should never work out more than ninety minutes. You don’t need more than that. If you are training hard and focusing, your body becomes less anabolic; that is, [...]
This video was shot almost 4 years ago as I am about to turn 57 in August! Boy how time flies. As I am proving on a daily basis, you can get younger and better and stronger and have a better body STILL in your 50′s! Look at my picture NOW and be your own [...]
I take a week off every 6 weeks of weight training? Why? Because if you are growing muscle you must train with INTENSITY. The only way you grow is to actually damage (tear) your muscle fibers so they can grow back bigger. Let’s go over—in layman’s terms—the basics of how muscles are built. During a [...]
Weight training’s many benefits are achieved by men and women of all ages who participate in it. I refer to weight training as the fountain of youth. It reverses the effects of aging. Weight training used to be associated with big, hulky, bodybuilders. Now, it is part of a good health/fitness program. As we grow [...]
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