By Coach John Hughes Here's a cycling truism for the season: Riding on the road is fun. Riding on the trainer is not fun (unless you’re a masochist!). If you're a typical roadie, though, you’re always looking for ways to improve: better equipment, smarter training, losing weight, etc. So, figuring out a way to add your trainer time to this list of ways … [Read more...] about How to Make the Most of Your Trainer Time
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Fit for Life VI: The Four Pillars – No.1 is Consistency
By Coach John Hughes The first column in this series was Squaring the Geriatric Curve. As you get into your 50s your physical capabilities naturally and inevitably start to decline. You can’t stop this; however, you can control the rates of decline of your different physiological systems. Squaring the geriatric curve means slowing the rates of decline as much as … [Read more...] about Fit for Life VI: The Four Pillars – No.1 is Consistency
Convert White Fat Cells Into Fat-Burning Brown Fat Cells
By Gabe Mirkin, M.D. In the United States since the end of World War II, there has been an increasing epidemic of obesity and diabetes that has not been slowed by the associated epidemics of: ineffective popular diets, countless drugs prescribed by doctors to treat obesity and diabetes, and a barrage of offensive advertising for worthless dietary supplements that just … [Read more...] about Convert White Fat Cells Into Fat-Burning Brown Fat Cells
Eat Whole Grains, Not Flour
By Gabe Mirkin, M.D. Whole grains are healthful, while refined grains (foods made from flour) can be harmful, particularly if you are overweight or have high blood sugar levels. A recent review of 20 studies, with 2,282,603 participants and 191,979 deaths during the study periods, found that greater intake of whole grains was significantly associated with lower risk of … [Read more...] about Eat Whole Grains, Not Flour
Aspirin’s Benefits from Plants
By Gabe Mirkin, M.D. A few weeks ago I reviewed data explaining why most doctors now recommend that heart attack-susceptible men and women, aged 50 to 69, take a baby aspirin daily or every other day to help prevent heart attacks and colon cancer, prompting more than 50 million Americans to take aspirin regularly. However, people who take low-dose aspirin regularly are at 58 … [Read more...] about Aspirin’s Benefits from Plants