by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jun 9, 2019 | Fitness
Interval training means that you alternate bursts of intense exercise with slow exercise until you feel tired. Short intervals are defined as lasting less than 30 seconds each, while long intervals usually last more than two minutes each. The most efficient,...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 19, 2019 | Fitness
You don’t need special sports drinks or power bars. Even the most elite athletes can get the nutrients they need from ordinary foods, water and salt. Healthy and fit people usually don’t need to eat during a bicycle ride when they cycle at a casual pace...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 19, 2019 | Fitness
People who want to grow larger muscles spend more than 10 million dollars a year on whey protein shakes. A study on mice showed that these whey protein shakes contain very high levels of branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs), which can reduce certain brain hormones to...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 12, 2019 | Fitness
The more intensely you exercise, the less likely you are to suffer a heart attack, even though heart attacks can be caused by intense exercise in some people who already have irregular heartbeats or blocked arteries leading to their hearts. • Researchers had 4582 men...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 5, 2019 | Fitness
Some athletes and exercisers take pain medication (aspirin or NSAIDs) because they think it may prevent muscle soreness or will help them to heal faster after a workout. However, taking pain medicines will not block pain, help you to exercise longer or to recover...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Apr 21, 2019 | Fitness
A recent study shows that people who use high-intensity interval training (HIIT) are far more likely to become injured than people who use less intense exercise and that the highest injury rate from interval training is in men at ages 20 to 39, the ages when they are...
