July in our house means the Tour. In case you don’t know what Tour – I mean Le Tour de France. Watching the tour, listening to the podcasts (the best one is former tour director Johan Bruyneel discussing tactics and strategies on The Move) and reading the news, le tour is all-encompassing. This year the race started in Belgium to …
No excuses
The most common reason for not exercising is, I don’t have enough time. However, a new study on the effects of a home-based fitness plan compared to the recommended 150 minutes a week of moderately challenging exercise seems to prove that you don’t need that much time. Researchers in Liverpool asked 32 obese people to complete a 12-week exercise program. …
Everything is Connected
One of my favourite cartoons is The Awkward Yeti. It features body parts, including heart, brain, tongue, gall bladder, as if your body could talk to you. Apparently, it can if you are listening. Research just published in the Journal of American Cardiology has shown what you may already suspect. What happens to your heart also happens to your brain. …
When do you exercise?
The timing of your exercise may have an impact on the results. A new study performed on mice, not humans, has shown that when you exercise could change the result. Morning exercise has more of an effect on the muscle cells. Exercising in the morning increased muscle metabolism, making it more capable of using fat and sugar for fuel. Evening …
Belly Fat 2.0
If you are participating in the 8 Week Fat Burner you will have changed your body composition! Even if you don’t do every workout you are still improving your health. The program, based on the study showing that one hour per week of interval training can reduce visceral (belly) fat. Participants did 3 sessions of 20-minute interval workouts a week …
Yoga. Yes or No?
Should I do yoga? Like most health and fitness questions, the answer is “it depends.” Yoga has recently been sold as the cure for everything. That is never the case. It may be a fantastic way to reduce stress, unplug and unwind. Yoga will not make your muscles long and lean. It is not going to improve your cardiovascular fitness. …
February is Heart Month
There is some good news when it comes to heart disease. New research published in JAMA Cardiology has shown that running at a 10 minute/mile pace for 5-8 hours per week, in this study classified as high-volume, high-intensity exercise, does not increase your risk of heart attacks. This study shows that men with high calcium scores don’t have a higher …
Use it and keep it?
Use it or lose it? It depends. New research shows that muscle memory is a remarkable thing. If you have gained muscle at any time in your life, your muscle’s control centre, the nuclei, will never disappear. You can never lose your muscle. Muscle cells are so tightly packed together that even when the muscle atrophies and seems to disappear, …
Should I eat breakfast before I exercise?
If you exercise in the morning is it better to eat before or after exercise? The answer depends on the following factors: Are you exercising within an hour of waking up? What type of exercise are you doing? How long does your workout last? Are you exercising fairly soon after getting up? You could be more comfortable waiting to eat …
New Year, New You? Not really.
January goals. Sometime around the third week of January, most people who have vowed to change their ways have stopped trying. At the gym yesterday morning, there was only one other person there. When I walked in he said “Where are all those resolutions?” They were not at my gym. I saved this addition to the 12 Worst Things We …
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