So, you’ve put together your exercise plan, and you’ve very carefully and responsibly included time for recovery. How much time? How do you know when you’ve recovered enough to start training again? Recovery is a multifaceted process, and so are all the different methods of assessing it. You need to keep track of the physiological […]
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There are two basic elements to trying to gain muscle. One is exercise, particularly resistance training. The other is your diet, which needs to include lots of muscle-building protein. You may find that some athletes use a cycle of what’s known as bulking and cutting to plan their diet. What exactly does this mean, and
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Inflammation is one of the great irritations of aging, literally as well as figuratively. It becomes more common, it becomes more serious, and it underpins conditions ranging from Alzheimer’s to arthritis. Why exactly is this, and is there anything we can do about it? There’s some debate among scientists about whether inflammation is a symptom
It’s a worrying thought that despite all we know about heart health, heart disease remains one of the biggest killers in the U.S. That’s true for men and for women. Does it include you? When we talk about heart healthy living, we mean both understanding your own specific risk factors and doing whatever you can
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Fat loss and weight loss are not the same thing. Not all of your body’s weight is fat. That’s important because a focus on fat alone can lead to missing the subtleties and complexities of weight. That includes making sure you’re not unhealthily losing the wrong mass in your quest for weight loss. Losing weight
You might think of creatine as a strength-building supplement. After all, it seems to be the preferred choice of those muscle-bound, gym-going types. Creatine certainly has its uses when you’re exercising, but it’s a lot more complicated than just increasing your muscle. One of its most important roles is as stored energy. There’s a compound
Nutrition is always important, but there are times in your life when you need to think about it extra hard. Either your body is in a particularly vulnerable state, or you’re preparing for something difficult. Either way, nutrition is a vital part of recovery. Clearly, exercise uses up a lot of nutrients. After you’ve exercised,
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We talk a lot about the food you should eat to make sure you receive a balanced collection of nutrients, and we often discuss the foods you should avoid consuming to excess to avoid a negative impact on your health. But when you have a bad stomach, all of the usual rules seem to go
It’s all very well saying we want to take care of brain health, but do we know what brain health actually means? The brain is a very complicated organ responsible for a lot of different roles in the body. How do we define a healthy brain, or assess when it goes wrong? Every organization seems
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Many parts of the body become weaker or less effective as we age. Mobility and flexibility decrease, physical strength is lost, hormone levels change, and even the brain slows down. Then there’s immunosenescence, or the aging of the immune system, which creates its own specific problems. The effects of aging on the immune system are
