Nearly three-quarters of the US population isn’t getting enough exercise. According to results from the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics, only 23 percent of American adults meet the national guidelines for aerobic and strengthening exercise. Researchers looked at five years of health and lifestyle data collected through the National Health Interview Survey. More than […]

Strength training—also known as resistance or weight training—is designed to improve your muscular fitness by working specific muscle groups against external resistance. Consistently performing strength building exercises has many important benefits aside from just maintaining a healthy bodyweight and increasing muscle strength. BELOW ARE SIX PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL BENEFITS TO STRENGTH TRAINING. 1. Burn More […]

I am sure all of us experienced a time in our lives when our attitude was really an anti-attitude towards the effects of aging. Not aging itself, as the only alternative to aging is dying. It reminds me of the Kenny Chesney song, “everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to go now.” […]

The idea of building muscle isn’t as simple as it ought to be. Some, of course, simply believe in a slimmer and leaner interpretation of peak physical health. Others more or less believe that the more “built” they are, the healthier they’ll be. The truth, insofar as there is one, is somewhere in between. Healthy muscles […]

Some days it can be tough to get motivated to workout. It’s so easy to tell yourself – I’ll do it tomorrow, but that’s a slippery slope! With our busy schedules and never ending to-do lists, working out is sometimes the last thing you want to do! Here are the 5 best workout motivation tips […]

Why are healthy muscles so important anyway? Here are 5 interesting ways that muscle health affects you (#5 is going to shock you!) Diabetes — Having healthy muscles actually decreases your risk of diabetes since muscle is not only important in blunting the magnitude of increases in blood glucose after meals. It also helps prevent decreases […]