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Weight-Lifting Benefits All
Almost everyone should lift weights. Weight lifting strengthens bones, muscles ligaments and tendons; increases coordination for tasks requiring strength; and gives confidence and mobility to elderly or disabled people.
Author: Gabe Mirkin, M.D.
How to Become Very Strong in 30 Minutes a Week
Some body builders lift weights for more than six hours a day, but you don't have to waste that much time to become very strong. Training for weight lifting is done in sets.
Author: Gabe Mirkin, M.D.
Anabolic Steroids
When I look at today's baseball players, I just can't believe how big they are. They are larger and stronger than the best players of the 1930s to 1970s.
Author: Gabe Mirkin, M.D.
Heavier Weights Make You Stronger Than More Repetitions
In a study from Yokohama University in Japan, one group of athletes was asked to do low-intensity muscle contractions 3600 times in a row. Others were asked to lift very heavy weights 12 times.
Author: Gabe Mirkin, M.D.
Chronic Muscle Aches Should Not Be Ignored
Regular exercisers should expect their muscles to feel sore on the day after they exercise intensely, but if the soreness doesn't go away, they need a medical evaluation.
Author: Gabe Mirkin, M.D.
DOMS: Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness
If you are a regular exerciser and on the day after a hard workout, you never feel soreness in your muscles, you are not exercising properly and you will not improve your fitness level as much as you could.
Author: Gabe Mirkin, M.D.
Fatigue is Not Necessary for Strength Gain
Training that causes fatigue is not necessary to grow large strong muscles. In a study from the University of Brighton in England, men and women aged 18-29 were assigned to either a high fatigue or low fatigue protocol.
Author: Gabe Mirkin, M.D.
Lifting Weights Won't Make You Musclebound
In 1937, Dr. Peter Karpovich of Springfield College in Massachusetts published a ground breaking paper showing that lifting weights helped men improve their coordination. At the time, his paper was ridiculed by most athletes in professional sports.
Author: Gabe Mirkin, M.D.
Massage to Help Muscles Recover
An article from Cornell shows that a massage after vigorous exercise can help reduce muscle soreness. Several other studies show that deep massage helps to make muscle injuries heal faster, improves training in athletes and relieves painful pressure point
Author: Gabe Mirkin, M.D.
Muscles and Protein: How Much Do You Need?
Many body builders and weight lifters are overly concerned about what they eat and what food supplements they take.
Author: Gabe Mirkin, M.D.
Slow Lifting: Become Very Strong with Less Risk of Injury
If you want to become very strong, you have to lift weights heavy enough to make your muscles burn.
Author: Gabe Mirkin, M.D.
Training is Specific
A study from Norway shows that any training method that makes you stronger will also help you to exercise longer.
Author: Gabe Mirkin, M.D.
Weight-Lifting Benefits All
Almost everyone should lift weights. Weight lifting strengthens bones, muscles ligaments and tendons; increases coordination for tasks requiring strength; and gives confidence and mobility to elderly or disabled people.
Author: Gabe Mirkin, M.D.
Who Wins Bodybuilding Contests?
If you think that you win bodybuilding contests by taking supplements and eating special diets, you've been reading too many magazines for bodybuilders.
Author: Gabe Mirkin, M.D.
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