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Category: Exercise for Health

Should you lift weights while losing weight to keep your bones strong?
  • Exercise for Health

Should you lift weights while losing weight to keep your bones strong?

  • Posted on November 25, 2020
  • by Caitlin Dow

When you lose weight, you may also lose bone. And that can spell trouble, especially for older adults, whose bones become more fragile with age. Solution: “Exercise can minimize weight-loss-induced…

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Can foam rolling ease muscle soreness?
  • Exercise for Health

Can foam rolling ease muscle soreness?

  • Posted on November 13, 2020November 13, 2020
  • by Caitlin Dow

We’ve all been there. We embark on a new workout routine and end up stiff, sore, and out of commission for days. You can blame micro tears in the muscle…

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Can exercise treat chronic low-back pain?
  • Exercise for Health

Can exercise treat chronic low-back pain?

  • Posted on October 23, 2020October 23, 2020
  • by Caitlin Dow

“People often think of low-back pain as not that serious,” says Roger Chou, director of the Pacific Northwest Evidence-based Practice Center at Oregon Health & Science University. “Maybe it hurts,…

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Should you stretch before a workout?
  • Exercise for Health

Should you stretch before a workout?

  • Posted on October 8, 2020
  • by Caitlin Dow

For generations, athletes of all ages and abilities were taught the gospel of stretching before they exercise to boost performance and prevent injuries. “Then in the late 1990s and early…

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What two weeks of inactivity can do to your health
  • Exercise for Health

What two weeks of inactivity can do to your health

  • Posted on September 21, 2020September 21, 2020
  • by NAH Editorial Staff

Even before the coronavirus, researchers wanted to know what happens when you’re stuck at home with fewer opportunities to exercise. “A lot of work has been done on complete bed…

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Does strenuous exercise boost your risk of knee osteoarthritis?
  • Exercise for Health

Does strenuous exercise boost your risk of knee osteoarthritis?

  • Posted on July 30, 2020July 30, 2020
  • by NAH Editorial Staff

Researchers followed nearly 1,200 middle-​aged and older people at high risk for knee arthritis—that is, they had symptoms (like pain or stiffness) or other risk factors (like excess weight, family…

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Got an hour to exercise?
  • Exercise for Health

Got an hour to exercise?

  • Posted on June 8, 2020
  • by NAH Editorial Staff

Just one hour of strength training may help people with prediabetes In a recent study, scientists had 10 sedentary middle-aged men with prediabetes and overweight or obesity either rest or…

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Need some at-home exercise inspiration?
  • Exercise for Health

Need some at-home exercise inspiration?

  • Posted on April 13, 2020December 23, 2020
  • by Caitlin Dow

Exercise can seem overwhelming, especially in the midst of the pandemic. Why bother? “Even after a relatively short bout of moderate-​intensity activity like brisk walking, we think better,” says Kathleen…

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How to fall better
  • Exercise for Health

How to fall better

  • Posted on October 21, 2019October 18, 2019
  • by Caitlin Dow

Being physically active can reduce your risk of falling… and of getting a serious injury if you do fall. “When you fall, you can sustain injuries like a hip fracture,…

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How accurate are calorie counts from gym equipment?
  • Exercise for Health

How accurate are calorie counts from gym equipment?

  • Posted on October 7, 2019October 4, 2019
  • by Caitlin Dow

Your fitness tracker, treadmill, or stationary bike can estimate the calories you burn. Just don’t put too much stock in those numbers. “Trying to determine how many calories somebody is…

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