So, you added a few more pounds when you were weightlifting to show off and now you think you tore your rotator cuff. Welcome to the side effects of weightlifting (and baseball, bowling and any other repetitive movement)! Symptoms of a torn rotator cuff Did you hear a distinct snapping sound when you were weightlifting? … Continue reading The 411 on Torn Rotator Cuffs From Weightlifting
Increasing your muscle power may do more than help you lift moving boxes multiple times or look good in a tank top. There’s new evidence that it could actually prolong your life. Muscle power vs. muscle strength So, what exactly is the difference between muscle power and muscle strength? While lifting 100 pounds once requires … Continue reading More Muscle Power May Lengthen Life
New research on mice indicates that meditation and listening to music may help enhance the effect of painkillers. Using two groups of mice, researchers exposed one group to ambient noise and the other group to three segments of Mozart. The researchers asked musicians to analyze sequences of Mozart pieces in order to optimize the playlist … Continue reading Music Appears to Boost Painkillers
Tomorrow I am going to check my body fat percentage at a health clinic so what’s better than to give you some information that I have researched on it. I have gotten my body fat percentage before and it was around 21%. At first, I was disappointed, but then I realized the huge difference between … Continue reading Body Fat Percentage
A 71-year-old man has beat the previous plank record time for his age group. A Minnesota man has set the Guinness World Record-holding an abdominal plank for 38 Minutes! The previous record was 36 minutes and 58 seconds for his age. Andy Steinfeldt, who recently finished radiation treatment for prostate cancer, celebrated his birthday by … Continue reading 71 Year Old’s AMAZING Plank Record!
Is the quality of your marriage based solely on whether or not you picked the right person? Not according to a new study. Looking at love from a genetic perspective A team from Yale School of Public Health found that a gene variant affects the quality of your marriage too. More specifically, oxytocin, also known … Continue reading Yale Study Shows Quality of Marriage May Be Genetic
A new study says that high-intensity interval exercise may help reduce the growth of colorectal cancer tumors. A team of researchers from the School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences at the University of Queensland in Australia knew that previous studies had found a link between long-term exercise and decreases in colorectal cancer mortality. But … Continue reading Exercise May Reduce Tumor Growth in Colorectal Cancer
If you’re looking for a free, fast way to measure your risk of cardiovascular risk, just do some pushups. A new study from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health has found that physically active men who can do at least 40 pushups may have a lower risk of cardiovascular diseases compared to physically … Continue reading Assess Cardiovascular Risk With Pushups
A new study found that just 10-minute bursts of stairs can help boost your health.
Having high blood pressure can put you at risk of developing cardiovascular diseases, but a new study says exercise may be just as effective as drugs at decreasing hypertension. The findings on exercise and hypertension New research published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine compared data from 194 clinical trials focusing on the impact … Continue reading Exercise Helps Blood Pressure as Well as Drugs
