Category: Fitness
Burnout protection with resistance training and cardio training
Employees, freelance workers and entrepreneurs are less likely to succumb to a burnout if they do an intensive training session twice a week. Psychol [...]
Sleep better by doing strength training
Having sleep problems? Strength training can help, sports scientists at Appalachian State University in the US discovered. According to their study, [...]
Why it’s best to train big muscle groups first and then the smaller muscles
Do your squats first, and then calf presses. Do bench presses first, and then triceps extensions. You train big muscle groups first and then the smal [...]
Maintain muscle mass and live longer
If you want to reach a ripe old age in good health, make sure you maintain your muscle mass. With age, muscle mass protects us against dying. At leas [...]
Isolation exercises for strength training require longer recovery time
The more isolation exercises that strength athletes use in their workout, the longer their muscles need to recover. Sports scientists at the Universi [...]
Curcumin more glycogen, less lactic acid, more stamina, more strength
Curcumin supplementation may be of interest to endurance athletes. This is suggested by a Taiwanese animal study in which a relatively low dose of cu [...]
Capsaicin keeps metabolic rate high during weight loss diet
You can probably speed up a weight loss diet a little by consuming a gram of chilli powder at meals. According to a human study that Dutch nutritioni [...]
Fat loss faster with 2g choline daily
A supplement containing 2 g choline per day speeds up weight loss on a low-calorie diet. Sports scientists at Zagazig University in Egypt came to thi [...]
Raspberry ketone: lose weight and strengthen your bones at the same time
Raspberry ketone, a compound found in weight loss supplements, may also make bones stronger, according to an in-vitro study that researchers at Ehime [...]
Green lip mussel extract reduces damage to muscles after extreme exertion
If you take green lip mussel extract for a couple of weeks and then subject your muscles to unusually heavy exertion, you can reduce the unavoidable [...]
Aloe vera as a slimming supplement
Too fat? Take two aloe vera capsules at breakfast and another two with lunch. Do that for two months and guess what? You lose almost a kilo of fat an [...]
The best way to do interval training
Even more explosive exertion, for even shorter bursts, with even shorter rests in between: according to sports scientists at Lillehammer University [...]
Strong muscles = strong immune system
The riper the age you reach, the worse your immune system functions, and it declines more each year. At a certain point it becomes so weak that a sim [...]
You benefit from strength training just as much in your 60’s as in your 30’s
If men in their sixties start doing strength training they don't build up just as much muscle mass as men in their thirties do. But we shouldn't exag [...]
Strength training fights belly fat better than aerobic training
Men who do strength training keep their fat percentage lower in the long term than men who run, cycle or do other aerobic exercise. Epidemiologists [...]
