OVER 50 – LEAN v’s MASS
LEAN V’S MASS – WHY & HOW? This article looks at two broad aspects of training, one the concept of gaining muscle mass and second
October 30, 2019
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LEAN V’S MASS – WHY & HOW? This article looks at two broad aspects of training, one the concept of gaining muscle mass and second
STRENGTH TRAINING & AGING WOMEN Firstly the good news, there has been significant research indicating that women can improve both upper and lower body strength
What can you really expect from the gym when you are over 50 years of age and you start lifting weights or working out? This
Two key hormones that assist in gaining muscle mass and losing fat tissue are: Testosterone and Human Growth Hormone. Unfortunately, both of these hormones rapidly
This is the last of my Exercise Physiology blog articles on aging – I wanted to cover off the major physiological changes we can expect
In this article I review the literature on proprioception (what we would typically call “balance” and look at why we lose proprioception as we age
This article looks into recovery from exercise (which is key to getting enough training volume/cycle in to generate the improvements you are after) and what
MUSCLE-TENDON FLEXIBILITY CELLULAR CHANGES WITH AGE First the bad news!! There are a whole bunch of undesirable changes that take place within muscular/tendinous tissue that
This post is quite heavy on physiology. I decided to break up this topic and will provide more practical posts in the future on how
This is the first in a series of articles on recommended training principles for 40+ year olds. Recent research indicates that the observed loss of
Talk about a blast from the past. Recently there has been a renewed interest in the use of what is commonly known as the ‘Ab
Strength Training Tendons first increase in stiffness then in size after strength training. BUT their adaptation to strength training is significantly SLOWER than skeletal muscle
Weight – Set Point This article looks at the commonly referred metabolic process known as “Set point” – which is an approximate weight that the
Plyometrics Plyometrics utilises the physiological mechanism known as the The Stretch Shortening Cycle (SSC) which involves the stretching of musculature immediately prior to being rapidly
Plyometrics – Introduction This is another of my older articles that still seems to be quite relevant in today’s confusing training environment. Plyometrics is a
Since writing an article on the use of the Abdominal Stability Feedback device, there has been some interest in what sort of exercise progression should
NEAT NEAT is the daily energy expenditure that is additional to the better known: Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR), Exercise Activity Thermogenesis (EAT) and the Thermic
Basal Metabolic Rate The goal of this article is to try to shed some light on the immense amount of data (and often conflicting views)
I would have thought that this topic has been “done to death” over the past 20-years but very recently I was reading an article that
Speed Development Running velocity is determined by stride rate and stride length, (Running velocity = stride rate x stride length). However, as velocity increases from
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