Senior adults can lower cholesterol by strength training

October 19th, 2011 by David


Whether you are young or old one vital statistic will show you what kind of shape you are in. Blood pressure and pulse are definitely rates that need to be checked but the one that can tell a lot about your health is your cholesterol which is tied to what kind of food you eat. [...]

What is stopping you from strength training?

June 3rd, 2010 by David


When ever something comes along that you think that you want to do or should do and it’s a challenge to do it, do you hesitate? It seems that your mind always has plenty of reasons not to do something. If that activity is strength training, what is stopping you?

Prevent loss of muscle mass as you get older

April 13th, 2010 by David


In an earlier article I wrote about Sarcopenia, the loss of muscle mass. This usually occurs as we age. Luckily there are things that we can do (strength training) to slow that down.

Progressive resistance strength training

February 4th, 2010 by David


You want to become stronger and you want your muscles to become larger. You are doing strength training on a regular basis but you just don’t see any improvement. What are you doing wrong?