Pros & Cons of Fitness Ball Exercises for Older People
The stability ball, also known as the Swiss or balance ball, is rather popular among older people who exercise at gyms. When I was a personal trainer my clients of all ages used a big [...]
Clever Ways to End the Intimidation of Lifting Weights
Here are super powerful and clever ways to end your intimidation over lifting weights. Turn your intimidation into excitement and eagerness — you’ll be looking forward to every weight workout! […]
Is Obesity Selfish? Is Getting Fat Not Fair to Family?
The war rages whether or not obesity is selfish. It’s like, “How can that mother allow herself to get that way? Her young kids will lose their mother early in life.” Have you heard it [...]
Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients Over 85
Patients over age 85 can benefit from minimally invasive aortic valve replacement. Don’t let age stop you from having this life-changing procedure. […]
How Much Daily Subway Noise Can Cause Hearing Loss?
You’ll be shocked to learn just how little daily exposure to subway noise can damage your hearing. Do you ride the subway to work every day yet don’t wear protection in your ears to prevent [...]
Is Being Over Age 50 Too Old to Train for a Marathon ?
If you’re age 50 or older and are thinking of training for a marathon, here are reasons to go for it! […]
How Obese People Report Their Exercise Habits: Truth or Lie?
A study says that obese people exercise more than previously believed, but how objective were the patients at reporting their exercise habits? […]
How Personal Trainers Can Stop Clients from Talking So Much
If you’re a personal trainer, you probably have a client who talks too much during sessions. Or, perhaps as a personal trainer, you haven’t had this problem, but are surely anticipating that sooner or later, [...]
Why Most Personal Trainers Don’t Teach HIIT to Their Clients
HIIT is a very useful tool for fat loss, time-saving cardio exercise and better heart health. Yet few personal trainers actually instruct this to their clients. Why is this? There’s more than one reason why [...]
Are You a Runner with a Hamstring Injury? Treatment Option
If you haven’t injured a hamstring from running, it’s only a matter of time, so at least get ahead of the game and know how to prevent these and how to treat this injury should [...]
Minimum Steps You Should Take Every Day for Health Benefits
Perhaps you’ve seen a lot of articles pushing for 10,000 steps a day to gain health and fitness benefits, but is this the minimum requirement? What if you can’t figure out a way to accumulate [...]
Best Kinds of Exercise for Depression and Weight Loss
Exercise fights depression and weight loss, and one study after another confirms the strong tie between exercise and alleviation of depression symptoms. A Southern Methodist University study shows that exercise is a potent treatment for [...]
Top 3 Exercises to Prevent Osteoporosis in Women Over 50
Women who are over 50 and postmenopausal can scare off osteoporosis with just these three exercises. For women over 50, especially postmenopausal, osteoporosis looms, but you can keep this disease far away from you with [...]
Best Strength Training Exercises for People over 90
Even if you’re 90 years old, even in the mid-90s, it’s not too late to gain amazing benefits from strength training, even if you’ve never picked up a piece of metal in your entire life. [...]
Can Weak Core Strength Shorten Your Lifespan?
A study shows that the fewer sit-ups one can do, the higher the all-cause mortality risk; here’s how to get a strong core which will then help lengthen your lifespan. […]
Should Young Adults Have Weight Loss Surgery?
Should a young adult undergo weight loss surgery or should he or she keep working at diet and exercise to lose the weight naturally? […]
Mild Traumatic Brain Injury vs. Concussion: What’s the Difference?
Is it just a matter of word choice when it comes to a concussion vs. a mild traumatic brain injury? Or are these two distinct conditions with medical differences? According to a report in Neurosurgery, [...]
How Plus Size Women Can Gain Self-Confidence at a Gym
The gym is not a place for feeling self-conscious and even embarrassed of your body, but that seems to be exactly what many overweight women use it for. Some of women get so distracted by [...]
Blame Diet & Exercise Habits on Childhood Obesity, Not Genes
Childhood obesity is overwhelmingly the result of bad diet and lack of exercise, rather than genetics or heredity. “The CDC estimates that 18.5% of U.S. children are obese, and approximately one of every three children [...]
Muscle Twitching in the Same Spot Over and Over
Is one particular spot of your body a hot area for muscle twitching? In other words, you keep getting muscle twitches in that same spot all the time? • Every day but only a few [...]
Why Bench Pressing Causes Muscle Twitching in the Pecs
Do you find that your pectoralis muscles twitch after a set of bench presses, either right after or a few hours after? Twitching can mean a neurological disease—but only in very rare instances, and the [...]
Cure Pre-Retirement Jitters: Learn to Lift Heavy Things
Suffering from pre-retirement jitters & anxiety? Beat it out by training to lift heavy things; hit the gym! A barbell will make the jitters vanish because nothing beats anxiety like knowing you’re training your body [...]
Why Do Squats Cause Quad Muscles to Twitch?
There’s no need for alarm if your quad muscles twitch up a storm after thrashing them with your squat routine. Though muscle twitching can signal disease in very rare instances, this should be the furthest [...]
Crushing Your Fear of ALS & Twitching Muscles for Good!
Haven’t you suffered enough with constant anxiety over ALS because of your twitching muscles and perceived atrophy? Get ready to beat your fears! End the Agony "Fasciculations can appear in almost any muscle," points out Daniel [...]
Does Lots of Walking at Work Count As Cardio Exercise?
All that walking you do at work does not count as aerobic exercise; stop kidding yourself and learn why you need to do “real” cardio despite aching feet after work. Aching feet at the end [...]
Can You Build Arm Muscle Size Running with Hand Weights?
There’s a very logical reason why it’s impossible to build muscle mass in your arms or biceps simply from running with hand weights. Don’t think for a moment, if you’re wanting to build bigger muscles [...]
Can Older Women Do High Intensity Interval Training Safely?
An older woman need not fear high intensity interval training. In fact, HIIT is one of the best things an aging woman can do for her body, even if she’s always been sedentary. [...]
Can a Man Benefit from a Female Personal Trainer?
You’d better believe a man can reach his goals with a woman personal trainer; one man called me “es muy brutal,” Spanish for brutal! […]
Best Weight Loss Workouts for Obese or Overweight Women
Don’t give up hope; it’s a matter of working out correctly, not “fat genes.” Let me show you how to melt the fat safely and get super fit. When I was a personal trainer at [...]
Are Your Muscles Twitching Head to Toe?
Perhaps your muscle twitching started in one spot and then “spread” so that it’s now all over your body and you’re fearing the worst—like ALS? Yes, muscle twitching is listed on medical sites like webmd.com [...]
Is Your Cardiologist a Personal Trainer? How to Use a Treadmill
It’s cardiologist vs. personal trainer when it comes to how to properly use a treadmill and aerobic exercise in general. Who wins? I pointed out to a personal-training client that holding onto a treadmill was [...]
Exercise for Parkinson’s: Low Intensity vs High Intensity
If you have Parkinson’s disease, you’ll be interested in a study that looked at low intensity and high intensity exercise for people with this condition. […]
Can Obesity Cause Joint Injuries from Strength Training?
Are you very plus size and wondering if lifting weights can harm your joints, due to your obesity? There are various exercises that plus size women and men do that are more threatening than lifting [...]
The Advantages of Doing HIIT on a Treadmill vs. Other Machines
Ready for some HIIT? Okay, but which type of cardio equipment is best? There are many things to consider like impact, comfort and boredom! I vote for the treadmill. If you dread a particular piece of [...]
Why Intuitive Eating Promotes Overeating that Prevents Weight Loss
“Intuitive eating” is an approach pushed by the health-at-all-sizes movement, but this flawed approach can really make you gain unhealthy fat weight. If you’ve taken any pledges or have simply visited a website that promotes [...]
Simple Signs Your Child Was Misdiagnosed with ADHD
There are clear signs that indicate your child was misdiagnosed with ADHD. In fact, ADHD is simply an acronym that merely describes a symptom group, and there is no diagnostic test known that definitively confirms [...]
Squamous Cell Carcinoma Skin Cancer Questions Answered
What is squamous cell carcinoma? It’s the second deadliest skin cancer. Squamous cell carcinoma, which is directly tied to sun exposure, kills about 3,500 Americans yearly. […]
Why People Should NOT Come in All Sizes: Obesity Is Unhealthy
People should NOT come in all sizes. Though height variation doesn't cause bad health, obesity does. Size variety is no excuse for accepting fat prevalence. Science does not support the mantra that "people should come [...]
Can Facial Extractions Cause Eye to Keep Tearing Afterward?
It’s normal for eyes to tear during facial extractions. I’ve had quite a few facial extractions, and after every one, my eyes were very watery. […]
Can’t Burn Fat? Use Your Force Production Muscles for Exercise
No WONDER the fat won’t come off your stomach; you’re spending too much time working your stabilizer muscles and not the force production ones. […]
