by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Sep 27, 2021 | Fitness
Intense exercise for older people is still a controversial subject, but it is far more effective than casual exercise in preventing and treating diabetes (Circulation, July 2008) and reducing belly fat (Med Sci Sports Ex, November 2008). Vigorous exercise helps to...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jul 3, 2021 | Fitness
Medical researchers agree that exercising from the early years into old age helps to prevent heart attacks, strokes and cancers, but this month a study from The University of Manchester showed that long-term intense training for racing in animals can damage the...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jun 26, 2021 | Fitness
At age 86, I can look back at more than 75 years of daily exercising and can tell you that there is a huge difference between the way that your body responds to exercise when you are young and when you are old. The key to healthy exercising for younger people is to...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Apr 2, 2021 | Fitness
Exercising regularly helps to prevent disease and prolong lives, and exercising intensely can prevent disease and prolong lives even more (PLoS Medicine, January 12, 2021). However, a study from Karolinska Institute suggests that exercising intensely too often can...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Feb 2, 2020 | Fitness
The training principles that improve performance in competitive athletes can be used by all exercisers, even those who have never exercised previously, and can help to prevent heart attacks and prolong lives. Exercise helps to prevent heart attacks because exercise...
