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Of Mice and Men: Exercise boosts neurogenerative systems

Fit-Happens --Winter-20192

June 5, 2018 By Irv Rubenstein

Aging happens over time, and with it comes many changes to the mind and body. I know it sounds tautological and mundanely simplistic, but science is still investigating what and why things deteriorate as we …

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Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: achieve well-being, Exercise, flexibility, resistance training, Senior Training, strength training

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April 3, 2018 By Irv Rubenstein

 April 2018 New Thoughts on The Body’s Response to Exercise An Australian study published in Cell Metabolism (Jan. 2018) hypothesized that the cells communicate with each other in response to physical activity. Vesicles, tiny protein-filled …

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Filed Under: Real News Tagged With: achieve well-being, body fat, diet, Exercise, weight loss

The “Athleticization” of Personal Training Clients

The "Athleticization" of Personal Training Clients

January 16, 2018 By Irv Rubenstein

Santa Claus has settled into another 350 days of hard work in preparation for one very long night of delivering toys and gifts to kids, and adults, all around the world. This amazing feat, even …

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Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: achieve well-being, Exercise, fitness, physical activity

Why Walk When You Can Sit?

Why Walk When You Can Sit?

November 3, 2017 By Irv Rubenstein

I”m pretty sure by now that you can figure out where this blog post is going: Here he comes again talking about sedentariness vs being physically active. You’d be close in making that guess, but …

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Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: achieve well-being, Exercise, fitness, physical activity, self-concept

From Music to Muscles

Core Exercise, Part 2: Training the Abs to Do Their Job2

October 25, 2017 By Irv Rubenstein

Many studies have explored the effects of music on human emotions and motions. We’ve all had some experience with songs that revive the soul, allowing certain memories or feelings from way back to reammerge. Music, …

From Music to MusclesRead More

Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: achieve well-being, Exercise, music and exercise, music and health

King of Hearts: The One Bet That’s Well Worth It

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October 18, 2017 By Irv Rubenstein

Last summer I went to the American College of Sports Medicine (www.acsm.org) Annual Meeting in Denver where I sat in on a lecture about the dangers of overexercise. The doctor who presented it was from …

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Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: achieve well-being, cardiovascular, field of health or exercise science, Heart Health

How athletes age – like the rest of us

REAL-News --October-20201

September 5, 2017 By Irv Rubenstein

The NYT fitness writer added some more fodder to the aging well discussion with an article that summarized the results of a study of elite athletes from 50 years ago. As one might expect, these old …

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Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: achieve well-being, aging, Exercise, fitness, Heart Health, physically active

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September 2, 2017 By Irv Rubenstein

            September 2017 Specificity: Neuromuscular Adaptions Depend on How You Train There are two main principles to fitness training that determine your outcomes: overload and specificity. Overload refers to making …

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Filed Under: Real News Tagged With: achieve well-being, cardiovascular, exercise intensity, Heart Health, musculoskeletal improvements

Athletes’ hearts, Lean Obesity and Single-payer Healthcare

REAL-News --May-20202

August 3, 2017 By Irv Rubenstein

You’re probably thinking I was trying to get a bunch of keywords into the title so Google will spot me. You’re probably thinking, how in the hell is he going to link three disparate health …

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Filed Under: General News Tagged With: achieve well-being, body fat, burn off excess weight, cardiovascular, exercise intensity, fitness, Heart Health, physical activity

Wedding Vows Include Extra Calories

REAL News December 20173

July 17, 2017 By Irv Rubenstein

An almost-comical truism comes to the forefront once again, with statistics that make you go “Duh!” Men, a recent study shows, and most likely women, gain weight when they marry, after they have kids, and …

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Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: achieve well-being, higher risk of obesity, overweight, weight management

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September 2021 Do Common Clinical Measurements Predict Running Injury? Runners suffer injuries at a pretty high rate – 20%-80% have an injury at any point in time. Since running puts ~2.8 x body weight on …

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