by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 28, 2020 | Fitness
You can become very strong and grow large muscles just by lifting a single set of 6 to 12 repetitions of a weight that is 75 percent of your maximum, three times a week (Sports Med, Apr 2020;50(4):751-765). You need to lift a weight heavy enough to damage muscle...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 28, 2020 | Nutrition
Do you believe that a person needs to drink eight glasses of water every day? If you do, you are probably making a lot of extra trips to the bathroom. Why do so many people believe this rule? The number originally came from the National Academy of Sciences of the...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 22, 2020 | Deaths of Famous People
Kenny Rogers recorded 65 albums, sold more than 165 million records, was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame, and sang more than 120 hit singles that were the top recordings in the country for a total of more than 200 weeks. To be one of the best and most famous...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 21, 2020 | Fitness
Sleeping can help to prevent exercise injuries. Healthy U.S. soldiers in training are less likely to suffer exercise-related injuries such as fractures, sprains and muscle strains when they sleep at least eight hours at night (Sleep Health, February 13, 2020)....
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 21, 2020 | Heart Health
Up to 20 percent of people who take statin drugs to lower cholesterol suffer from muscle aches, particularly when they try to exercise. A systematic review found eight studies that showed that Co-enzyme Q10 (CoQ10) does not reduce statin-induced muscle pain, compared...
