“Squats and deadlifts will help you build muscle everywhere because of the hormones released,” my High School football coach and weightlifting teacher said.
Coach Ron Lee, a firm believer in the Option Offense, wind sprints and polyester coach shorts was citing what was then–and still is–a conventional wisdom in weight lifting.
But the conventional wisdom [...]
“Yeah, but you have Old Man Strength,” the young soldier said.
We were wrapping up another day of work conducting a low-key data collection mission in Salah ad Din province, Iraq and the soldiers were planning on getting a bite to eat then hitting the gym at thier small outpost.
The soldiers of Battle Company of 1-28 [...]
Every few weeks I see a new study showing a link between exercise and improved cognitive performance.
The most recent from an article in the New York Times showing how strength training improves the cognitive performance of older women.
A quick sampling of the studies like this, this and this are adding to [...]
“You wanna be a cougar? Eat like one.”
It was meant to be a sarcastic comment to a personal training client of my co-author, Nita Marquez–but new research shows it was great diet advice.
Nita’s client, a woman of a certain age with an affinity for younger men, wanted to enhance her prowess as a social Cougar. [...]
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