Dr. Gabe Mirkin has been a radio talk show host for 25 years and practicing physician for more than 40 years; he is board certified in four specialties, including sports medicine. Read or listen to hundreds of his fitness and health reports at DrMirkin.com.
Older men and women can enlarge and strengthen muscles in the same way that younger people do. Most young people can lift very heavy weights and continue to lift through the soreness, but older people should stop lifting as soon as they feel the soreness during a workout...
Exercising to strengthen muscles strengthens the bones on which these same muscles attach. Bones in the arm that holds the racquet of a professional tennis player are much larger and stronger than the bones in the other arm...
Before you waste your money and your time on the latest diet gimmick, use the old rule, "if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is." Here are 10 tips to help you separate fact from fiction...