by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 12, 2013 | Fitness
Can you become very strong by doing isometric exercises in which you push against something that doesn’t move, such as a wall? The single stimulus to make a muscle stronger is to exercise a muscle against a resistance; therefore, you can become strong by doing...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 12, 2013 | Fitness
Sit ups strengthen your belly muscles, provided that you know how to do them. Lie on your back with your knees bent with your soles on the floor. Place your hands on your chest and slowly raise your head off the ground. Then, slowly raise your shoulders off the ground...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 12, 2013 | Nutrition
Several years ago a major drug company claimed that its vitamin pills helped to relieve stress from the "complications of everyday life" and gave their products names such as "StressTabs." The New York Attorney General forced them to stop their...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 12, 2013 | Fitness
People with high arches are at increased risk for foot pain and stress fractures of their bones of their feet because their feet are usually very poor shock absorbers. A report in Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (October 2007) shows that custom orthotics can...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 12, 2013 | Fitness
In 1937, Dr. Peter Karpovich of Springfield College in Massachusetts published a ground breaking paper showing that lifting weights helped men improve their coordination. At the time, his paper was ridiculed by most athletes in professional sports. Many of the most...
