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Sports Medicine, Longevity, & More

Living A Longer, Healthier Life Shouldn’t Be Complicated.

Want to live a better life but feel overwhelmed? Longevity is achievable without sweat, without strict elimination diets, useless supplements, or pounding the pavement until you’re too sore to enjoy the rest of your day.

new runners HRV and training
Sports Medicine

Incorporating HRV into your training as a runner

As a runner, monitoring your heart rate is a common way to gauge your fitness level and track your progress. However, heart rate alone doesn't provide a

Zone 2 heart rate training and longevity
Longevity

The Causes and Presentation of Heart Disease… A Case Study

Heart disease is silent... until it's not. Most people do not understand the complexity with respect to causation, nor do they understand how heart-related

treadmill running
Sports Medicine

4 Things Runners Shouldn’t Do

As a runner, it's essential to take care of your body and avoid habits that can lead to injuries or burnout. Here are four things that runners should avoid in

return to running after injury
Sports Medicine

5 Mistakes Most Runners Make When Returning to Running

Running injuries are awful, and injured runners are cranky. Recovering and rehabilitating a running injury properly is critical... but not having a solid return

LEg exercises improve longevity
Longevity

Runners require strength too: What to do and when to do it

Strength training produces better runners. But many runners are confused about what type of strength training to do. We know that runners should engage in

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Running

Runners: How to fuel for your training and races.

When you’re training for a race or maintaining a certain level of fitness, certain food principles can help maximize your training efforts. A little science

lactate polarized training
Longevity

Lactate, the lactate shuttle, and lactate threshold workouts in polarized training

Most athletes poorly understand a small molecule known as lactate. Lactate is a fuel source for our cells, and we can train to use lactate more efficiently. The

proximal hamstring tendinopthy PHT
Longevity

Proximal hamstring tendinopathy- a true pain in the butt

Proximal hamstring tendinopathy (PHT) is one of just a few overuse runners' injuries that can be quite a bear to manage. It truly is a pain in the butt. You

Longevity

Sarcopenia: Muscle Loss and Its Impact on Longevity

Sarcopenia is the loss of skeletal muscle mass which occurs as we age. We can start losing muscle mass in our 30s, and the process continues relentlessly and

vegetables for weight loss and gut health
Longevity

Making the transition to a Plant-Based Diet

Whole food plant-based diets have gained a lot more attention of late. Folks are trying to consume a more healthy diet to help improve their health. They have

Outer hip Pain in Runners
Sports Medicine

Why Does the Outside of my Hip Hurt?

Hip pain, especially pain on the outside of the hip can become quite frustrating to a runner. There are a few causes of pain on the lateral or outer of the

Exercise snacks
Longevity

Exercise “Snacking” To Improve Our Health

Can exercising snacking help people become healthier without feeling like exercise is work? Does the word “exercise” already make you feel exhausted? Is your

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