by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Dec 9, 2018 | Fitness
Cycling is a power sport. The stronger you are, the faster you can go on a bike.Power = [force that your feet apply to the pedals] x [cadence, or how fast you spin your pedals].Cadence is the number of pedal revolutions per minute (RPMs). Bicycle computers that show...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Nov 11, 2018 | Fitness
Athletes use interval training to make themselves faster and stronger, and everyone with a healthy heart can benefit from this technique. A typical interval workout for non-competitive exercisers would be a session of jogging, walking or cycling in which they: • Warm...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Nov 4, 2018 | Fitness
Many studies show that exercise helps to prevent heart attacks, and it may do so by changing the bacteria in your colon. A study from Finland shows that exercising for just six weeks, without any additional change in diet or lifestyle, can increase healthful...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Oct 28, 2018 | Fitness
Dramatic results in a study from the Cleveland Clinic show that: • You can’t be too fit: Elite athletes who do tremendous amounts of exercise have a much lower risk of dying than non-exercisers. • Exercise is healthful: Not exercising is worse for your health...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Oct 21, 2018 | Fitness
“Cooling down” means that after you exercise intensely, you slow down and exercise at low intensity for a while before you stop exercising for that session. The scientific literature is controversial on whether cooling down helps to reduce next-day muscle...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Oct 21, 2018 | Fitness
To make muscles stronger, you need to exercise intensely enough to damage the muscles. You can tell that you are damaging muscles when you exercise vigorously enough to feel soreness in those muscles eight to 24 hours later, which is called Delayed Onset Muscle...
