The Dangers of Chronic Inflammation…

These days, we are faced with constant threats from our environment that our immune systems must be on red alert for.  As industrialization took hold, we faced new threats to our immune health such as: smoking outdoor and indoor air…
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Your Aerobic Capacity and Exercise

How many times have you begun an intense exercise program only to stop at some point? If you’re like most, that answer is in multiples. Although it is possible for all of us to begin again at any time, that…
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Resistance Training Fights off Aging

It’s pretty much common knowledge these days that a healthy body requires healthy habits. That means the right type of exercise supported by the right type of a nutrient-dense diet. The critical component that is often overlooked in the quest…
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Exercise – The Best and Cheapest Medicine

Every minute of everyday, life or death decisions are made terms of what you choose to put into your body and how you choose to use it. You are the only chance your body has to remain healthy. If you…
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The Six Factors of Physical Fitness…

Because exercise is based on the muscular and joint functions of the human body, functions we all share, we can surmise that the general principles and application of exercise are universal and the same for all humans on the planet.…
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The Power of Strength Training…

Essential to staying strong and vital during our lifetime is participation in regular strengthening exercises that help prevent muscle weakening, osteoporosis and frailty by stimulating the growth of muscle and bone. Strengthening exercises are easy to learn and have been…
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Healthy Immunity – Longer Life

The immune system is the body’s natural defense system with differing branches that serve unique functions, all working to to keep the body out of harms way. Its network of cells, tissues and organs protects the body against internal and…
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Strength Training is Key to Healthy Longevity

Seeking the ever elusive fountain of youth? You’re not alone. “Looking younger” is big business and anti-aging remedies and procedures are increasingly in high demand. Superficial changes such as mini face lifts, glasses, and changing the color of one’s hair…
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The Value of Strong Core Muscles…

Our bodies once received enough physical activity simply through the act of survival. It was natural and built into our daily actions/needs, and provided an automatic way for us as humans to be fit. But times have changed. How many…
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Body Weight Exercise: Is it Effective for Strength Training?

Before the advent of modern gyms offering a wide range of free weight and resistance training machines those who wanted to improve their strength and fitness did so using their own body-weight. Body-weight exercises are strength training exercises that do…
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