As heatwaves sweep across the US, marking the start of summer, I was kindly reminded by the 110+ degree weather outside (In SEATTLE, WA) that…
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Category: Physiology
Hormones and Fitness: How Sex Hormones Influence Exercise
The relationship between hormones and fitness is complex and oft-ignored which may impact personal training client motivation and performance. Understanding it may help break through…
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Grip Strength: The New Biomarker of Longevity and Quality of Life
Business professionals often equate a firm handshake with an individual’s level of confidence. Research now shows that a powerful grip also correlates to longevity. Learn…
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Igniting the Passion: Forging Fitness and Health Initiatives for Firefighters
Firefighters spend their days and nights carrying out one of the most vital of all community services: saving lives and saving the homes in which…
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Implications of Genetic Variants on Athletic Performance and Injury Risks
The quest to understand what makes an athlete excel lies at the heart of every competitive endeavor. Genetics, commonly thought of as the “blueprint of…
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Gene Doping in Sports: The Un-leveling of the Playing Field
Over the last million years or so, we humans have cultivated and finely tuned the instincts that have enabled us to survive and transmit our…
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AGEs and Glycation: How One Metabolic Process Can Impair Many Health Outcomes
The process of glycation (or, non-enzyme glycosylation) in the body may be an unfamiliar one to most fitness professionals, but one that impacts each of…
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How Toxins Can Cause Cellular Damage
Cellular energy is a must for athletic performance. Challenges to cellular energy include medications, work-every-day, and environmental toxins. Health depends on restoring cellular integrity and…
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How to Support Cellular Health: The Five “R’s”
Materials in our environment can have an alarming impact on our health: our food, our water, even home and personal care products all might be…
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Does Leucine Lessen Longevity? Unraveling Mysterious mTOR
The branched-chain amino acid leucine, long considered the kingpin of essentials for muscular growth, recently came under attack by some scientists as potentially lessening one’s…
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How to Stimulate Cellular Renewal to Offset Aging
Our cellular components and bodies inevitably become senescent, or in laymen’s terms – cells grow old. A client must practically find and drink from the…
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Kidney and Gall Stones: Can Exercise Help or Hinder?
Regular exercise helps to maintain the proper functioning of every organ in the human body, largely by keeping obesity, cholesterol, and blood pressure in check.…
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