by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jul 10, 2016 | Fitness
A study from the University of Copenhagen showed that wearing an immobilizing knee brace for just two weeks caused men in their 20s to lose 22 to 34 percent of their leg muscle strength, while men in their 60s lost 20 to 26 percent (Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine,...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jun 2, 2016 | Fitness
If you want to make a muscle stronger, you have to exercise it intensely enough to damage the muscle fibers and when they heal, they will be stronger than they were. You can tell you are causing muscle damage from the soreness in that muscle you feel four to eight...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Apr 17, 2016 | Fitness
A new study from France shows that night-time fasting after intense workouts on alternate days helps athletes exercise longer and faster (Med Sci Sports Exerc, April 2016;48(4):663-72). This is an impeccable study in which 21 trained competitive endurance athletes...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Apr 10, 2016 | Fitness
Diana and I are passionate bicycle riders and have been riding a tandem bike for 25 years. Eight years ago we retired and moved to Florida so we could ride 365 days a year. We live in The Villages, the largest retirement community in the world, and ride with an active...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Feb 21, 2016 | Fitness
Researchers collected data for 384 locations in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, UK, and USA, and showed that 7.3 percent of deaths from 1985 to 2012 were due to cold weather while only 0.4 percent were due...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Feb 7, 2016 | Fitness
Taking extra fat during long distance running or cycling races will not help you to go faster or win the race. When you exercise intensely, your muscles burn mostly sugar and the more intensely you race, the greater the percentage of sugar that your muscles use....
