This week, read about how green spaces make kids smarter, lifting heavy or light weights, gluten-free diets, how elite ultra runners fuel their performance, risks of drinking aloe vera, secret to Usain Bolt’s speed, supplement risks for athletes, and more. Why lift heavy weights if you don’t have to? Research questions the dogma that heavy […]
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This Week in Food, Health, and Fitness
This week, read about burger love, cost benefits of cycling, recovery baths for athletes, belly fat, gluten and athletic performance, figuring out headaches, strength training for a faster 5k, the best guacamole, and an easy recipe for making your own energy bars. The caloric math of huge burgers. Prince Edward Island holds an annual month-long […]
This Week in Food, Health, and Fitness
This week, read about building muscle as you age, more reasons to avoid supplements, why more running won’t kill you, tips to limit sugars, sleep guidelines, measuring training zones with perceived exertion, healthy obesity, why homeopathy is bunkum, and more. Building and Preserving Muscle as You Age It’s harder for older people to build muscle, […]
This Week in Food, Health, and Fitness
This week, read about event time and athletic performance, Isagenix under the microscope, urban design and health, coffee horror, how strength training helps weight loss, the limits of precision medicine, why your workouts should be high intensity, and more. Event Timing Can Affect an Athlete’s Performance Are you a late-riser who hates early morning races? […]