EUGENIZATION.

There’s almost nothing quite as frustrating or annoying as feeling as though you’re making progress, then getting sick. Worst part is, if you try and force the issue, it’s all too easy to make yourself even more sick and lengthening your infirm time, setting you back even further.
Here’s a multi-part plan for you to [...]

If you read the Harvard Women’s Health Watch, then chances are you’ve already caught wind of a study published in the January 2008 issue of the journal Arthritis Care and Research.  This small study compared the effectiveness of strength training and general fitness training on reducing chronic work-related neck pain.
Result: The group who participated in “general [...]

One fear that clients (particularly older individuals) have regarding strength training is the integrity of their joints:  “Won’t I hurt my back (or knee/elbow/shoulder) lifting weights?” 
If you’re concerned at all about joint integrity on a resistance training program, don’t be.  Assuming you choose weights that are appropriately heavy, your joints should get stronger.  Here’s why:
First, [...]

What is the magical allure of a 5 x 5?  Or a well performed set of 15 reps?  How do I choose how many reps to do in a given set and what is the rationale for using one or the other?
Moreover, why do you never (intentionally) see a set of 17? Or a set [...]

NY Times’ Gina Kolata writes about strength training and the relationship of muscle to health:
More Than an Exercise in Vanity.
What’s excellent about this article is that it stresses the importance of strength training vis a vis the concept of “muscle health.”  Seem like a misnomer?  Not really - studies show positive correlation of muscle strength [...]