By Gabe Mirkin, M.D. Nitrates from the foods you eat can be converted in your body to nitric oxide, which widens blood vessels to increase blood flow throughout your body, to improve exercise tolerance and to help prevent heart disease (Med Sci Sports Exerc, Feb 1, 2021;53(2):280-294; Scand J Med Sci Sports, Oct 1, 2012) and…
By Gabe Mirkin, M.D. A recent study used accelerometers to measure the physical activity of more than 90,000 healthy people for seven days in 2015, and then followed them to 2020. The more and harder they exercised, the less likely they were to suffer heart disease (PLOS Medicine, January 12, 2021). There was no maximum…
By Kevin Kolodziejski I bet that ancient Greek Sisyphus had killer quads, hellacious hamstrings, and the power-to-weight ratio of a cycling pro. If Zeus forced you to roll a boulder up a hill in Hades for eternity, I bet you would too. As a result of this punishment, we use Sisyphean to describe a task that…
By Rick Schultz Due to current events and now winter, I’ve transitioned to indoors for cycling exercise.
By Coach John Hughes “Baseball is 90 per cent mental. The other half is physical.” – Yogi Berra, 18 time Major League Baseball All-Star Hank Aaron the home run king died on January 22, 2021 at age 86. He broke Babe Ruth’s record of 714 home runs and held that record for 30 years. Aaron’s mental…
