by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Sep 23, 2018 | Fitness
The same training principles that improve athletic performance in competitive athletes also help to prevent heart attacks and prolong lives: • The SUN Study on 18,737 middle-aged people showed that those who exercise intensely have half the rate of heart attacks as...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Aug 26, 2018 | Fitness
Studies in the field of Epigenetics are showing that lifestyle factors can change the way your body responds to your genes. In one of these studies, researchers were delighted to find a set of identical twins with vastly different lifestyles. They found that a...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Aug 5, 2018 | Fitness
Many studies show that having excess fat in your belly is associated with increased risk for dementia, but one study shows that as a person ages, lack of muscle size and strength appears to be an even stronger predictor of dementia than having excess belly fat...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jul 22, 2018 | Fitness
People who lie in bed without moving day after day suffer progressive weakening of their heart muscle. Eventually the heart becomes too weak to pump enough oxygen to the brain, they stop breathing and die from heart failure. A recent study on mice shows how this is...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jul 8, 2018 | Fitness
A study in mice suggests that having low levels of vitamin D may harm athletes and exercisers by limiting how long they can exercise (Aging, June 2018). Six-month old mice were put on a low vitamin D diet for one year. A six-month-old mouse is equivalent to a 25 year...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jun 24, 2018 | Fitness
Your most efficient stride length is determined by what feels most comfortable to you. You cannot run faster by consciously trying to increase your stride length. When you run, your foot hits the ground with great force. The tendons in your legs absorb some of this...
