First up, strength training is officially heart medicine for women, and the science is no longer subtle about it.
A study published this week confirms that resistance training, talking about lifting weights, using resistance bands, and working against gravity, significantly reduces heart attack risk in women.
This is a good thing for females that have been trying to look for something to do for their cardiovascular system for decades.
For years, the prescription handed to women worrying about heart health was simple.
But the data draws a direct and compelling line from building muscle to building a more protected heart.
If you are not incorporating resistance training into your week, today is as good a day to start as any.
And if someone in your life, a mother, a sister, a daughter, they need to believe the weight room is not just for the men.
It may be one of the most useful things that you do for her health all week and all year.
next up we have the glp-1 drug conversation just got a little bit more complicated and more urgent we're talking about ozempic wagovi the class of drugs that rewired the national conversation about weight loss a new study out this week reveals high rates of bull use and misuse of glp-1 receptor agonists among individuals already diagnosed with eating disorders Researchers, they're not describing this as an isolated case or edge case.
They are flagging it as a systemic problem, a prescribing problem, one with serious consequences for a population that is already medically vulnerable.
First up, strength training is officially heart medicine for women, and the science is no longer subtle about it.
A study published this week confirms that resistance training, talking about lifting weights, using resistance bands, and working against gravity, significantly reduces heart attack risk in women.
This is a good thing for females that have been trying to look for something to do for their cardiovascular system for decades.
For years, the prescription handed to women worrying about heart health was simple.
But the data draws a direct and compelling line from building muscle to building a more protected heart.
If you are not incorporating resistance training into your week, today is as good a day to start as any.
And if someone in your life, a mother, a sister, a daughter, they need to believe the weight room is not just for the men.
It may be one of the most useful things that you do for her health all week and all year.
next up we have the glp-1 drug conversation just got a little bit more complicated and more urgent we're talking about ozempic wagovi the class of drugs that rewired the national conversation about weight loss a new study out this week reveals high rates of bull use and misuse of glp-1 receptor agonists among individuals already diagnosed with eating disorders Researchers, they're not describing this as an isolated case or edge case.
They are flagging it as a systemic problem, a prescribing problem, one with serious consequences for a population that is already medically vulnerable.
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