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Muscle and Immunity
The Relationship Between Muscle Mass and the Immune System Muscle mass is often celebrated for its role in physical fitness, metabolism, and overall health. However, its connection to the immune system is increasingly gaining attention in...
The Benefits of Exercise for the Patient with Parkinson’s Disease
Parkinson’s disease is a progressive neurological disorder characterized by tremors, rigidity, bradykinesia, and postural instability. The condition affects the dopamine-producing neurons in the brain, leading...
Metabolic Syndrome
Dear Friend, After covering Osteoporosis/Osteopenia, in my last blog post I am discussing today an even more widespread health issue, the Metabolic Syndrome. Roughly 1/3 of the US adult population is affected by Metabolic Syndrome and thereby...
Osteoporosis/Osteopenia
Dear Friend, In today’s blog I want to address a problem that affects about 54 million of our fellow Americans. Non-Hispanic White and Asian American women make up the bulk of that number. Amongst men Non-Hispanic White men are more often affected...
The Effects of Aging on Human Performance
Dear Friend, I am scheduled to speak at the Annual Summit of the Functional Aging Institute in Denver early June (www.functionalagingsummit.com). The Headline for my talk is “The Effects of Aging on Human Performance” so I thought I’d kill two...
June 3-4: 8th Annual Functional Aging Summit
I want to personally invite you to the 8th Annual Functional Aging Summit on June 3 & 4 in Denver, Colorado! If you have attended a summit live in the past you know how valuable it is to hear from the leaders in our industry, network with...
Become more confident and versatile with the Caregiving Exercise Institute
Why Caregiving Exercise Institute? In this 8-part, self-paced series, learn how to deliver safe and effective home exercise programs that will have a dramatic impact on the functional ability of your caregiving clients! Empower...
Exercising and your Immune System
Dear Friend, Nearly two years into the Covid pandemic I have decided to take a closer look at our Immune System and how it responds to regular exercising and whether it can help you have a better fighting chance against a Covid-19 infection. Before...
Cognitive Fitness Training
Dear Friend, Recently I introduced you to Power Training for the 60plus population and its value and importance to prevent significant strength losses as we age. Today I would like to introduce another somewhat new trend in fitness training for the...
The Benefits of Power Training/Rapid Movement Training for the Adult 60plus
What is Power Training or Rapid Movement Training? Unlike the traditional way of strength training that we have offered our 60plus clients to increase muscular strength, which we had them perform slowly and controlled, Power Training/Rapid Movement...
Delaying Frailty
Dear Friend, In today’s blog I want to discuss the health-care challenge of an aging population and how we can make a positive impact on this challenge by delaying frailty and staying strong and fit for as long as possible. Besides the obvious...
Low back pain: rest vs exercise
Dear friend, in today’s blog I will address a problem that approximately 80% of Americans are faced with at least once during their lifetime and that many live with day in day out: Low Back Pain (LBP) aka lumbago. This blog will provide some...