I had a really interesting discussion/evaluation with a patient the other day. His primary interest was stem cells and TA-65 but we got to talking about some common symptoms he was experiencing that he had questions about. “Doc first why do I need to stretch and do the tissue mobilization stuff every morning? I wake up stiff …
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A few weeks ago I wandered back to our local running club. I hadn’t been there in over 5 years mainly because I no longer consider running the main stay of my fitness routine. I still do it, just not the excess I used to (125km). It was a lot of fun to see some …
The Hidden Benefit of Exercise You May Be Totally Missing Read More »
Ok taking a break from the nutrition and supplements to give you some free advice on your workouts. I am not sure if you’ve noticed how the exercise prescription keeps evolving but it kinda parallels the drug recommendations e.g. more and more and more! The current recommendation is for 50 minutes 5 X a week …
High Intensity Interval Training has been the subject of much research and debate over the past decade or so. (I will abbreviate it as HIIT from now on). I have to credit my friend Phil Campbell for bringing back the concept to modern eyes a decade or more ago with his books Ready Set Go!, …
Ok we visited the dream world and the real world in Part 1. Now let’s get to some specifics. If you are middle aged and American, or at least “Western” you probably are overweight. I hope you are not but this is a statistical reality. Another statistical reality is you probably sit too much. When …
True Fitness and Personal Bias For My Friends Over 40 Part 2 Read More »
Well my friend it’s time to visit the fitness question again. If you are familiar with my blogs in the past I have weighed in on the “best” kinds of exercises often. The true answer to the “best “question is always “It depends on what you are trying to achieve!” As a brief review, stuff …
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I am taking a short break and stepping off my telomere / fish oil soap box to revisit a topic that in the past was a big favorite: diet and obesity. As I mentioned in my last blog my descent and resurrection from obesity is graphically detailed on the Ultra Strength Fat Furnace page. My …
For the past decade I have intermittently written about the effects of exercise on health and body composition (primarily weight loss). My own descent and resurrection from Obesity is well detailed in graphic fashion. At that time I also obtained my CPT (Personal Trainer) certificate and began what would amount to a biannual sojourn to …
Aerobic versus Intervals – The Best kind of Exercise Revisited Read More »
In mid-July a ridiculous poorly designed poorly done study was published by a “reputable journal” from the National Cancer Institute. It associated “high Omega 3 intake” with a 70% increased risk of prostate cancer. It was published by one Dr T. Brasky and his research time and derived from a sub group analysis of another …
The answer to that question has many different answers. I know this for a fact because I asked it at a recent conference I spoke at and I got as many different answers as there were people willing to answer it! The ranges varied from $10,000 through millions to “priceless”! As long as it was …