by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Apr 20, 2024 | Fitness
How Muscles Become StrongerEach muscle fiber is made of a series of blocks called sarcomeres that are lined up end to end. Each sarcomere is attached to the one next to it at a “Z line.” Muscle fibers do not contract equally along their lengths; they...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Apr 4, 2024 | Fitness
When you exercise in hot weather, you don’t need special sports drinks or power bars. A review of 46 studies shows that a person can prolong endurance by eating before and during exercise (Scand J Med Sci Sports, 2018 May;28(5):1476-1493). However, even the most...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 29, 2024 | Fitness
If you feel discomfort or pain in the skin of your feet while you are exercising, stop exercising immediately and correct the problem. Continuously rubbing your skin can cause very painful blisters that can break and leave you with open painful areas for many weeks....
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 10, 2024 | Fitness
It is well known that taking carbohydrates before and during endurance exercise helps to increase both speed and endurance. It is not as well known that taking carbohydrates before and during resistance training for strength can increase intensity and duration of...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Feb 19, 2024 | Fitness
The American Heart Association recommends that “accumulating evidence suggests resistance training is a safe and effective approach for improving cardiovascular health in adults with and without cardiovascular disease. Resistance training not only can improve or...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jan 19, 2024 | Fitness
Just exercising will not make you stronger. If it did, marathon runners would have the largest and strongest muscles. If you want to make your muscles stronger, you have to exercise them against resistance strong enough to damage the muscle fibers and when they heal,...
