May 2021 Revisiting Sitting: Does Your Cardio Fitness Protect You? Sedentary living defines modern mankind. We have reviewed some of these effects here, here, here and here. And we now know that too much sitting …
REAL News – March 2021
March 2021 Does Higher Protein Intake Boost Strength in Older Women? For several years now, studies have shown that increased protein intake helps older people slow the rate of age-related muscle mass loss (sarcopenia.) …
REAL News – August 2020
August 2020 HIIT vs MICE: Which is best for the Arteries? High blood pressure (BP) and arterial stiffness often accompany aging. We kind of know that cardio exercise is good for the former but …
Real News: October 2016
October 2016 Resistance Training and Breast Cancer-Related Lymphedema: Treatment or Waste of Time? Breast cancer is the most common cancer for American women and the second leading cause of cancer death. Despite great new techniques …
Breast Cancer, Lymphedema and Weight Training
So, let’s consider the many reasons to NOT exercise: No time, inconvenience, don’t like it, hurts, boring, have to shower after, work/family/other obligations, too out of shape, sick….the doctors said I shouldn’t/can’t. Whoa! What the …