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10 stories tagged "exercise"
Twenty Minutes of Lifting, Twice a Week: The Heart Workout We Filed Under Vanity
In a 12,591-person cohort, people who lifted weights once or twice a week had up to 72 percent fewer cardiovascular events, and the benefit held even for those who never met the aerobic exercise guidelines.
Metabolic & WeightThe 'Exercise Together' Marriage Study Couldn't Separate Couples Workouts From Solo Ones
BYU's survey of 1,693 young married couples is being sold as proof that working out together strengthens a marriage. Spouses who exercised alone showed a pattern the statistics couldn't tell apart, and all of it came from a single snapshot.
Metabolic & WeightHard Intervals Held the Lean Mass That Gentle Cardio Lost. The Researchers Say Don't Oversell It.
Treadmill intervals held onto lean mass in healthy older adults while steady moderate cardio chipped away at it. The researchers' own verdict on the difference: small, and not clinically meaningful once you account for the wobble in a body scan.
Nutrition & FoodMen Who Iced After Lifting Gained a Third of the Thigh Muscle Their Peers Did
Twelve weeks of cold water after leg day left men with 103 grams of new quadriceps muscle against 309 for those who cycled, and most of the recovery aisle is sold on soreness, not gains.
Brain & AgingAfter 30 Hours Awake, a 20-Minute Bike Ride Saved About as Much Memory as a 90-Minute Nap
Sleepless volunteers who cycled for 20 minutes recognized nearly as many photos three days later as those given a 90-minute nap, even though the ride left their fatigue markers right where they were.
Metabolic & WeightThe Exercise Paradox: Lousy for Losing Weight, Your Best Bet for Keeping It Off
A study of more than 1,100 people found activity did almost nothing for the pounds they shed, yet it was one of the strongest signals of whether that weight stayed gone.
Brain & AgingBracing for a Fall That Hasn't Happened Yet: The Bargain the Aging Ankle Strikes
Falls kill more older Americans than any other injury, and a study of 107 walkers points at the body's own defense: the aging ankle appears to brace for stability, buying it with a shorter, slower, more tiring stride.
Brain & AgingAny Amount of Midlife Movement Tracked With Slower Brain Decline, Most Clearly in Mexican American Adults
In a San Antonio cohort followed since 1979, any physical activity in midlife tracked with slower brain decline, and the link showed up most clearly in the Mexican American adults Alzheimer's research keeps leaving out.
Metabolic & WeightOld Muscle Forgets How to Clean Itself. A Gene Called DEAF1 Is Why, and Exercise Silences It.
In aging muscle one gene keeps the growth pathway jammed on and the cleanup crew locked out. Exercise suppresses it in flies and mice, no pill required.
Brain & AgingThe Supervised Prehab Worked. The Home Version Hospitals Want to Sell You Did Not.
Two randomized trials in older surgical patients, one positive and one null, draw the same line under what "prehabilitation" actually requires, and why the version a hospital can hand you on paper did nothing.