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Fit Happens – Fall 2018

REAL-News --October-20192

October 15, 2018 By Irv Rubenstein

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Filed Under: Fit Happens Tagged With: aging, Exercise, exercise intensity, musculoskeletal improvements, resistance training, strength training

Designing Your Own Workout…May Require a Pro

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September 29, 2018 By Irv Rubenstein

I wish DIY was applicable in all aspects of life. As a client told me the other day, when confronted by a minor repair of his toilet a few years back, he considered DIY. His …

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Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: Exercise, field of health or exercise science, functional fitness, musculoskeletal improvements, resistance training, Senior Training, strength training

Obesity Ain’t What You Think It Oughta Be

Obesity Ain't What You Think It Oughta Be

September 22, 2018 By Irv Rubenstein

A fascinating, lay article in the Huffington Post, with the catchy title, “Everything You Know About Obesity is Wrong“, attempts to offer readers a simple, and emotionally moving, synopsis of obesity science. It is heartbreaking …

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Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: achieve well-being, childhood obesity, Exercise, field of health or exercise science, hormones, obesity, Weight loss vs Exercise gain, weight management

Exercise – Sedentary Behavior = 0

September 10, 2018 By Irv Rubenstein

As I wrote here, here , here and here, the science of sedentary behavior is the current variation of exercise science that is confounding experts. Here, a NY Times fitness and wellness writer summarizes a recent …

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Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: achieve well-being, calories, Exercise, field of health or exercise science, musculoskeletal improvements, science of sedentariness, sedentary

REAL News – September 2018

REAL News - September 2018

September 5, 2018 By Irv Rubenstein

 September 2018 Pick Your Protein The nutrition debate as to what to eat/drink before or after a resistance training exercise routine is not yet settled science. The consensus is that the anabolic window – that …

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Filed Under: Real News Tagged With: body fat, Exercise, exercise intensity, field of health or exercise science, musculoskeletal improvements, resistance training

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

REAL News April 2018

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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

The Greatest, Bigliest Exercise Ever

REAL-News - September-2020

December 11, 2017 By Irv Rubenstein

Weight loss and weight management are major bugaboos for the fitness/wellness world, not because they’re not useful draws and marketing ideas but because they’re so very hard to do, like breaking up. As I’ve posted …

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Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: burn off excess weight, childhood obesity, dieting, Exercise, resistance training, Weight loss vs Exercise gain

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

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