Fitness Rocks

Does Attitude about Exercise Affect the Health Benefits of Exercise?

This week on Fitness Rocks we review a paper that investigated the relationship between how people think about exercise and the health benefits derived from exercise.  Can your attitude about exercise affect the way your body responds to exercise?  The answer will definitely be interesting to you. 

The podcast begins with an article summary by me and closes with an interview with the article author, Dr. Ellen Langer of Harvard University.

Timing your eating and drinking for optimal weight loss and athletic performance

This week on Fitness Rocks we talk with Dr. Dan Benardot about the physiology behind timing our food intake and the best way to use sports drinks while exercising.  The information Dr. Benardot reviews applies to people who are engaged in weight loss efforts as well as people who are interested in maximizing athletic performance.

Anti-aging, Exercise, and Science

This week on Fitness Rocks I review a study from the Archives of Internal Medicine about the genetic effects of exercise that seem to indicate an anti-aging benefit.  I was also lucky enough to get an eight-minute interview with the lead author of the paper.

What does exercise do to your DNA?  Check out Fitness Rocks podcast 084 to find out.


References:

The Association Between Leisure Time Physical Activity and Leukocyte Telomere Length

Music:

Charlie Crowe - Crowe Jam

Jon Schmidt - All of Me

Managing Type 2 Diabetes - Video Interview with Michael Bihari, M.D.

This is a "pilot" video.  It is possibly the first in a series of discussions with Dr. Michael Bihari about type 2 diabetes.  Dr. Bihari is a physician who has had the diagnosis of type 2 diabetes for the past six years.  In this initial Fitness Rocks video he shares some of his thoughts and experiences in confronting the diagnosis of type 2 diabetes.

Lifestyle factors like diet and exercise play a pivotal role in either the development of type 2 diabetes, or its prevention. 


References:

The Diabetes Prevention Program - a major study on the role of lifestyle in preventing type 2 diabetes published in the New England Journal of Medicine

Exercise is Medicine - A New Initiative From The American College of Sports Medicine

This week on Fitness Rocks we talk with Dr. Robert Sallis, President of the American College of Sports Medicine, about the new Exercise is Medicine Initiative being cosponsored by the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Medical Association.  Dr. Sallis shares his insights into the health benefits of exercise and tells us why he believes that exercise should be considered a genuine medical therapeutic intervention.