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Quattro minuti di esercizio al giorno per un cuore più sano.

31 Maggio 2015

Massimo Spattini

Pigri di tutto il mondo, una buona notizia: per mantenere un cuore sano, e la relativa salute dell’apparato cardiovascolare, non c’è bisogno di dedicare troppo tempo all’attività fisica. Basterebbero infatti 4 soli minuti al giorno di esercizio fisico – intenso – e il gioco è fatto. A suggerirlo sono gli scienziati giapponesi – che di

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WHEY PROTEIN promotes muscle growth.

23 Maggio 2015

Massimo Spattini

Whey protein supplements help athletes maintain or increases muscle mass when they train, or during rest periods when they tend to decondition. The supplements are particularly effective for maintaining muscle mass in aging people, which helps prevent chronic disease and improves functional capacity and the quality of the life. A review of literature by Michaela

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Music Improves Performance

19 Maggio 2015

Massimo Spattini

The influence of music on physical performance is controversial. Most studies show that music has only a limited capacity to improve performance, no matter how pleasurable or inspirational it may sound. A Brazilian study showed that well-trained distance runners who played music befaore a 5K run experienced positive changes in the brain and improve performance.

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Training all’aperto.

14 Maggio 2015

Massimo Spattini

L’allenamento all’aria aperta, “outdoor training“, è diventata la nuova frontiera del fitness: sempre più clienti chiedono di allenarsi alparco vicino casa, sulla spiaggia o in montagna. Alla richiesta dei clienti il personal trainer si pone una domanda chiave: in che modo proporre allenamenti efficaci e motivanti? Un aiuto considerevole viene offerto dal “circuit training“: si creano diverse stazioni (o megliopostazioni di

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Strength training increases testosterone production by forty percent.

10 Maggio 2015

Massimo Spattini

The Spanish researchers did an experiment with twenty male students who had never done serious training before. First the researchers measured the concentration of hormones like testosterone and cortisol in the students’ urine. That was measurement A. Then the researchers got the students to do a training session. The students had to do seven exercises,

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Effects of a combined physical training and nutrition intervention on physical performance and health-related quality of life in prefrail older women living in the community: a randomized controlled trial.

5 Maggio 2015

Massimo Spattini

The purpose of this study was to examine whether a 12-week combined physical exercise training and nutritional intervention improves physical performance and enhances health-related quality of life (HRQOL) among prefrail elderly women living in the community.

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mTOR and the health benefits of exercise.

4 Maggio 2015

Massimo Spattini

Exercise is the greatest physiological stress that our bodies experience. For example, during maximal endurance exercise in elite athlete’s cardiac output can increase up to 8-fold and the working muscles receive 21-times more blood each minute than at rest. Given the physiological stress associated with exercise and the adaptations that occur to handle this stress, it is not surprising that exercise training is

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