by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jun 7, 2020 | Fitness
When you read about people dying of “natural causes,” it usually means that they died of heart failure because they spent too much time lying in bed. When you become inactive, you lose your skeletal muscles at an alarming rate, and losing skeletal muscle...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 23, 2020 | Fitness
The problem with wearing masks when you exercise outdoors is that they can limit your ability to breathe. This may not be an issue if you are doing casual exercise, but if you are running or cycling vigorously, you will probably find yourself gasping for air. Diana...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Apr 26, 2020 | Fitness
It’s normal to sweat more after you finish exercising than you do while you exercise. Your body temperature varies throughout the day, going from about 97 degrees in the early morning to about 99 degrees in the early evening. Exercise raises body temperature...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Apr 16, 2020 | Fitness
Have you wondered whether you burn more calories when you run or when you ride a bicycle? The standard comparison is that one mile of running equals a little more than three miles of cycling, but that’s lousy science. It all depends on how intensely you...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Apr 12, 2020 | Fitness
Committed exercisers should try to continue to exercise during this COVID-19 pandemic, but they should realize that both too much exercise and exercising while sick increase risk for medical complications, such as irregular heartbeats, and death (Brit J of Sports Med,...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 28, 2020 | Fitness
You can become very strong and grow large muscles just by lifting a single set of 6 to 12 repetitions of a weight that is 75 percent of your maximum, three times a week (Sports Med, Apr 2020;50(4):751-765). You need to lift a weight heavy enough to damage muscle...
