by webcontempo | Aug 31, 2018 | Fit Tips
GROWING MUSCLES AT 60 AND BEYOND The average adult in the US loses about six pounds of muscle per decade after the age of 30. Which means, on our 60th birthday, we’ve lost 18 pounds of muscle relative to our 30-year-old self. We generally don’t recognize this, and...
by webcontempo | Aug 24, 2018 | Fit Tips
RADICAL TRANSPARENCY WITH OUR OWN FITNESS Prior to purchasing our own Bod Pod, Discover Strength regularly scheduled times for our clients to Bod Pod test at the University of Minnesota. My first assessment was almost nine years ago (September 2009) as a part of our...
by webcontempo | Aug 22, 2018 | Fit Tips
Great Abs: Refocus on what works The fitness topic that garners the most confusion and outright misinformation continues to be the quest for improved abdominal appearance. Interestingly, the effect of exercise on abdominal appearance is one of the most thoroughly...
by webcontempo | Aug 22, 2018 | Fit Tips
My physician told me i shouldn't strength train We have an injury and we receive the well-intended advice to “discontinue strength training.” This recommendation is rooted in the very genesis of strength training as a form of exercise. When the average doctor,...
by webcontempo | Aug 22, 2018 | Fit Tips
Fast Food & Fat Loss; Can they go hand in hand? Improving body composition, defined as the percentage of our body weight that is comprised of muscle versus fat, is a paramount goal for the clear majority of exercisers. Two primary interventions drive body...
