Is It Safe for Elderly Women to Try Pull-ups?
If you’re an elderly woman who’d like to learn to do pull-ups, then go for it! Elderly age, in and of itself, does not make it harmful for a woman to train at pull-ups or [...]
The Youngest Age You Can Teach Children to Deadlift
What’s the youngest a child can learn how to deadlift? There is no research on this, so any fitness expert’s take on this is going to be based on anecdotal evidence. […]
TAVR without General Anesthesia Has Better Results
Before you have TAVR, you should find out if your surgeon is set on using general anesthesia, because moderate sedation has benefits that general does not have. Many people fear "not waking up" after undergoing [...]
Can Running Prevent Knee Replacement Surgery in Old Age?
Maybe you should start logging in those running miles to prevent a need in older age for a total knee replacement surgery. The myth is that typical running — and I don’t mean the degree [...]
Why Do Bodybuilders Do Isolation Work If It Can’t Build Mass?
So if isolation work can’t build muscle and only compound moves can, why do big bodybuilders do a lot of isolation exercises? Isn’t this a contradiction? […]
Why Obesity Is Especially Bad for Tall People
Being obese in combination with being tall creates a potential fatal medical condition that isn't as likely in a shorter but obese individual. You can’t change your height, but you can change your body fat [...]
How to Teach Child About the Lost Puppy Lure by Sex Offenders
Have you drilled your child about the lost puppy ruse that predators often use to lure children into harm’s way? You can easily teach your child not to fall for this ploy. […]
Why Does the Ab Wheel Make My Armpits Hurt?
That strange armpit pain you get during or after using the ab wheel is definitely coming from this little tool, and there’s a very logical explanation for it. […]
Cause of Hurting Knees Overnight
Do your knees feel fine when you go to bed but then in the middle of the night you awaken in pain? How could sleeping soundly lead to knee pain? Did you overlook a recent [...]
If Plus Size Women Lift Heavy Will this Make Fat Cells Bigger?
Are you overweight and want to lose body fat? Then lift heavy. Don’t make the mistake of thinking heavy weightlifting will bulk up your body. […]
Will Elastic Band Walking Shrink Thick Thighs?
Have you been walking sideways with a tight elastic band wrapped around your lower legs to trim your thick thighs? Give it up; this won’t shrink your thighs. […]
Signs Your Ankle Is Broken vs. Badly Sprained
Okay, so you just sprained your ankle and it’s as big as a pumpkin, turning ugly colors. Can this STILL be only a sprain or might it be broken? Should you sit home and ice [...]
How to Tell Your Knee Injury Is Bad
Did you know that being able to stand on the knee or even return to the game doesn’t exclude a serious knee injury? So how can you tell if your knee injury is bad? The [...]
Cause of Elbow Pain When Carrying Things
If you suffer elbow pain when carrying things, especially in just one elbow, there is a likely specific cause of this. “Elbow pain from carrying things is often due to lateral epicondylitis, otherwise known as [...]
Can Holding onto the Treadmill Hurt Your Shoulders?
Do you do the “shoulder bob” while you hold onto the treadmill when walking? Have you noticed a mysterious shoulder pain recently that seems to have no cause? […]
Can Bench Pressing Cause AC Joint Separation?
A grade 2 AC joint separation is a kind of injury that some weightlifters think can be caused by the bench press. Do not equate an “injured” AC joint with an actual separation. [...]
Can an X-ray Miss a Grade 1 AC injury?
Since X-rays look at bones, is it possible that an X-ray can miss a grade 1 AC injury? […]
Best Exercises to Heal Golfer’s Elbow
You won’t believe what cured my golfer’s elbow, and it wasn’t quite the standard “rest, ice and avoid the offending activity” either. […]
Is an Obese Person Healthy Just Because They Exercise?
Exercise is great for any body, thin or obese. But an obese person is NOT healthy just because she or he exercises. One day on the “Dr. Drew” show, Jeannette DePatie, a NAAFA member who [...]
10 Pound Dumbbell Fat-Crushing Exercises
It's amazing how much fat a 10 pound dumbbell routine can obliterate. You can base an entire workout on just two 10 pound dumbbells and burn a lot of fat. The following workouts with just [...]
Leg Press Machine Fat-Burning Technique: Bottom Half Reps
There's a real ruthless way to burn fat with the leg press machine: bottom-half incomplete repetitions. Partial reps on the leg press machine when done deeply will burn fat and strengthen the legs when done [...]
How to Make Jogging Burn Fat, Not Muscle
Never mind those images of sickly-looking marathon runners; you CAN make jogging burn all the fat you want--by using a particular technique known as HIIT. HIIT stands for high intensity interval training. As a result [...]
Best Barbell Fat-Burning Routines for Killer Calorie Crushing
Barbells bust bodyfat! But you need to know the best fat-smashing exercises with barbells and know HOW to do them properly for optimal results. Barbell exercises that work more than one muscle group are excellent [...]
Cause of Eating Too Much: Fewer Brain Pleasure Receptors
Wow, could it be true, that something called "pleasure receptors" could be a leading cause of eating too much, of downing a whole box of donuts or quart of ice cream in one sitting? So [...]
Can Stress and Anxiety Shorten Telomere Length?
The last thing you want to happen to your cells' telomeres is shortening! If you're under chronic stress and anxiety, your telomeres are probably getting clipped. A study (Effros, 2008) and published in Brain, Behavior and [...]
Childhood Obesity & No Exercise: Which Starts the Cycle?
If the average obese child is sedentary, did the obesity cause the inactivity? Or does being "lazy" cause the excess fat to pile up in a child's body? “This answer depends on the child,” says [...]
Why the Morbidly Obese Should Not Hold Onto a Treadmill
Are you morbidly obese and hold onto the treadmill for your walks? Stop doing this. It will sabotage your efforts to lose weight. […]
When Ribs Showing Above Breasts Mean You’re Healthy
The eating-disorders police have branded visible ribs above the breasts a sign of an eating disorder, but nowhere in medical literature does it state that this is a tell-tale sign of anorexia nervosa or bulimia [...]
Hit Your Head & Scared of Brain Bleed? What You Should Know
Did you recently get hit in the head and are now panicky that there might be bleeding in your brain? Knowledge is power! Here’s how to know if you should go to the ER. [...]
Most Common Cause of Sudden Sharp Pain in Head
OW! Did you just get another one of those sudden sharp stabbing pains in a specific area of your head? Was it enough to make you stop whatever it was you were doing? [...]
Elderly Parent Has Postoperative Delirium: Should I Worry?
Is your elderly parent very delirious following surgery and you’re scared this means the onset of dementia? Have you read that this is the first phase of permanent cognitive decline? […]
Why Are So Many Pancreatic Cancer Patients Younger Adults?
What is it with the increase in pancreatic cancer among adults younger than 50? Have you noticed that the people you read about with pancreatic cancer are almost always under 50, even 40? [...]
Treadmill Desk vs. 10,000 Steps to Avoid the Sitting Disease
It’s time to see how a treadmill desk stacks up to the traditional 10,000 steps a day pedometer plan to offset prolonged sitting. […]
Should Men Do Walking Dumbbell Lunges?
Are walking dumbbell lunges great for building a man’s legs or is this exercise only good for toning a woman’s legs? Men shouldn’t write off an exercise just because women are often seen doing it [...]
Is There a Such Thing As Nail Cancer?
Can cancer or melanoma actually develop in a fingernail, of all places? Perhaps you’ve seen photos of what appears to be melanoma in a nail—either a toenail or fingernail. You may wonder, how can a [...]
Is the Hip Abductor Machine a Waste of Time for Men?
What are men who use the hip abductor machine hoping to achieve? I doubt it’s fat loss in the legs because none of the men I’ve ever seen on this apparatus had saddlebags or chunky [...]
How Many People over 65 Have Aortic Valve Stenosis ?
A predictable percentage of the elderly population (over age 65) has a potentially life threatening condition called aortic stenosis. Aortic valve stenosis means narrowing of this vessel, which branches out into smaller and smaller arteries to [...]
Home Remedy for a Dull Coat on a German Shepherd
A German shepherd has perhaps the most luxurious coat of all dog breeds–but it’s not immune to becoming dull and losing its luster. […]
Who’s Most Likely to Get Stockholm Syndrome?
Is a certain personality type more likely to develop Stockholm syndrome if that person is abducted and held hostage? […]
HIIT Guidelines for Very Overweight People
High intensity interval training (HIIT) isn’t reserved for just thinner people; obese or very overweight women and men are much capable of employing this method of exercise. […]
