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Weightlifting’s Brain Benefits Surprise. So If You Lift, You Don’t Have To Be A Meat-Head After All!

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Weightlifting’s Brain Benefits Surprise. So If You Lift, You Don’t Have To Be A Meat-Head After All!
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The Amazing Biochemistry Of Muscle & Exercise Strikes Again!:
Most of us were raised to believe quicksand and sharks in swimming pools would be daily hazards in adult life.

Similarly, we were also raised to think that we’re born with a certain number of brain-cells and do nothing but lose them thereafter.

That may be true for “Florida Man”, but it’s not so for everyone else.

Dr. Sandrine Thuret showed us all a few years ago that we can grow new brain cells, with cardio and especially running.

The only downside to her results was that it appeared weight-lifting exercise didn’t help.

A team from IU looks like they might have a little light at the end of that tunnel…

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Exercise Vs. Prescription Meds For Depression & Anxiety. A Suprisingly-Strong All-Natural Remedy Wins!

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Exercise Vs. Prescription Meds For Depression & Anxiety. A Suprisingly-Strong All-Natural Remedy Wins!
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You Can Actually Run Away From The Dark Clouds Of Depression & Anxiety:
For some time now, psychologists and sufferers alike have been trying to decode the puzzles of Anxiety & Depression.

How can we fix them and why do they happen in the first place.

Well, at least more than the Lao Tzu quote on it tells us.

And quite recently, there have been some real controversies over whether or not the medications we have for them even really work; or how.

Given all the wandering-about with different doses, types, and figuring out treatment-resistant problems, who could blame them?

As you might have guessed, some rockstar (sorry, Paul Stanley!) researchers looked into many different ways to treat these mental health problems, and they came back with one really promising answer…

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Muscle Vs. Inflammation: The Magic Chemistry Of Muscle And Exercise May Be A Great Anti-Inflammatory

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Muscle Vs. Inflammation: The Magic Chemistry Of Muscle And Exercise May Be A Great Anti-Inflammatory
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Exercise Vs. Inflammation. Medication-Grade Results Thanks To Muscle:
In every age where society tries to move forward, there is usually a conflict.

It happens between what we think we “know” now, what we’re learning, and how much of the “old” is considered invalid.

We’ve done multiple posts here on HT about how ancient man wasn’t so stupid after all,

Including one about a medieval recipe that kills modern super-bugs.

Even further back in history than that or OG medicinal-foodie Hippocrates, society has worshiped people who were fit & lean.

But why? What is it that we intuited since the dawn of time that wasn’t just tied to brute strength? Maybe it was something more.

Researchers from Duke University think they might have an answer…

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Coronavirus Pandemic Got You Sitting All Day? !SCIENCE! Figures Out How To Offset The Damage To Your Health

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Coronavirus Pandemic Got You Sitting All Day? !SCIENCE! Figures Out How To Offset The Damage To Your Health
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Social Isolation From The Pandemic Makes Sitting Damage More Likely:
So the coronavirus pandemic has affected us all in many ways.

From self-quarantine & isolation, to social-distancing & facemasks,

It’s changed a lot about life all over the world.

And although we’ve done a good job of adapting, things are still weird.

One of the stranger things we’re faced with is a product of that isolation and also remote work.

But luckily enough, science has found a solution to the health-destroying effects of long-term sitting…

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Running & Longevity: A Little High-Quality Cardio May Lower Your Risk Of Premature Bucket-Kickage

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Running & Longevity: A Little High-Quality Cardio May Lower Your Risk Of Premature Bucket-Kickage
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Running & Longevity. Kick-Up The Cardio, Not The Bucket!:
When most people think about their health, it’s almost always about weight-loss.

And as we’ve shown many times before, Nutrition is king when it comes to that.

The question then becomes, “Why Exercise?” “Isn’t that just for vain gym-rats?”

As PE programs seem to dwindle away from schools and we get fatter as a nation, those might seem like increasingly-valid questions.

But as Science progresses, it finds new proof for old ideas; Ex: Food-as-Medicine.

And an Australian team just found out some concrete info on why you might want to consider getting back into exercise…

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What Animal Do You Even Lift? As Part Of Your Fitness Resolutions, Answer This Important Question

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What Animal Do You Even Lift? As Part Of Your Fitness Resolutions, Answer This Important Question
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What Animal Do You Even Lift? -If You Lift…:
We all try to make ambitious New Year’s Resolutions,

Because a great deal of us are self-improvers, especially the visitors to this site.

And after you have found the answers to the important questions you ask yourself every New Year,

Like, “Do You Even Lift?”,

The next one should definitely be, “Which Animal?”…

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Short Duration Exercise Bursts: Fitness-Tracker Research Hints At Interesting Exception To Old Cardio Rules; Apple Watches Really Do Save Lives…

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Short Duration Exercise Bursts: Fitness-Tracker Research Hints At Interesting Exception To Old Cardio Rules; Apple Watches Really Do Save Lives…
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Short Duration Exercise May Surprise:
Exercise seems like a daunting proposition for most of us.

Anything related to diet or physical-maintenance can be difficult to figure out.

This is really true for the most important part: Consistency.

You want to do the right thing, but somewhere between the scheduling and the elusive benefits, it seems easy to just give up outright or slowly ease off the wagon.

Especially since Science has always said there are Minimums;

BUT! Recently a few researchers from Duke University and the National Cancer Institute looked into those a bit closer…

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#FitnessFail Is a Hashtag Anyone Who Ever Set A Goal Can Relate To. So Let’s All Laugh At 30 Embarrassing Moments From Twitter To Feel Better!

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#FitnessFail Is a Hashtag Anyone Who Ever Set A Goal Can Relate To. So Let’s All Laugh At 30 Embarrassing Moments From Twitter To Feel Better!
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Fail Your Way To Fitness Success!:
We’ve all had the unenviable joy of joining the crowd to New Year’s Resolutions, often for fitness.

It lets you remind yourself of how much further you have to go,

And also gets you to take stock of just how hard the holiday hors d’oeuvres and drinks hit you over the past few months.

Because we all end up failing a bit, even on our way to success, Jimmy Fallon asked Twitter users for help…

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