by david | Mar 18, 2012 | endurance training, health & fitness, sports physical therapy
Last fall, I posted on the benefits of barefoot running. Since that time, I have attended meetings and new research has been published to support, if not true barefoot running, some of the changes that seem to accompany it. As a quick review, As the cadence...
by david | Feb 26, 2012 | health & fitness
Researchers from Japan’s University of Tsukuba recently published an interesting article further supporting the benefits of exercise for brain health. In their study (published in the most recent issue of The Journal of Physiology), exercising rats had...
by david | Feb 8, 2012 | health & fitness
From the American College of Sports Medicine: Research released this month by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) finds that increasing physical activity may decrease the risk of dementia-related death. The study, titled “Cardiorespiratory Fitness as a...
by david | Feb 1, 2012 | endurance training, health & fitness, sports physical therapy
I have written, posted and discussed stretching quite a bit over the past several years. The concept just fascinates me! Why is it so fascinating? When playing soccer and other sports as a child, teenager and in college . . . when learning about stretching in college...
by david | Jan 16, 2012 | health & fitness
Did you know that fat cells can be either white or brown and that each type has a different function? White fat is the type we typically think of when we think of fat cells. This white fat has, as one of its primary jobs, the ability to insulate us. This is the fat...
by david | Jan 9, 2012 | health & fitness
With the start of the new year, are you faced with what you perceive as an “impossible goal?” Below are some strategies from the National Strength and Conditioning Association to help you confront and overcome both physical and mental hurdles to achieving your goals....
