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Target heart rate: is precision important?

17 Maggio 2015

Massimo Spattini

It isn’t necessary to exercise at maximum heart rate to improve fitness and gain the health benefits of exercise. Fitness adaptations occur at lower heart rates that maximum, with a much lower risk of injury. Your target heart rate zone – the rate at which you should exercise to experience cardiorespiratory benefits – is between

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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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Vegetarianism is healthy, but not because of lack of animal protein.

8 Maggio 2015

Massimo Spattini

A vegetarian lifestyle is healthy, but not as healthy as vegetarian ideologists would have us believe, writes a Slovakian nutrition scientist in a review article. Vegetarianism primarily helps to reduce the chance of heart attacks, but does little to prevent cancer. The four most healthy nationalities in Europe eat large amounts of animal products, Emil

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More arginine – more muscles, less fat.

7 Maggio 2015

Massimo Spattini

Many studies have been published in recent years on the fat reducing properties of the amino acid L-arginine. Give women who are dieting eight grams of the stuff, and they lose fat only, not muscle. Mix L-arginine with piglets’ feed, and they grow to be lean and muscled. There are several theories in circulation about

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Longevi se fate attività fisica duramente.

7 Maggio 2015

Massimo Spattini

Muoversi fa bene. Fare anche solo il giro del quartiere è meglio che rimanere distesi sul divano. Ma quanto intensa deve essere l’attività fisica per trarre da essa il massimo beneficio? Camminare o correre: questo è il dilemma. Ad intervenire nel dibattito è questa volta un ampio studio australiano apparso sulla rivista Jama Internal Medicine che ha

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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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