Weight Lifting Helps Bone Density

Problem 37% of Canadian men suffer from osteoporosis. It can start in your thirties, and most people don’t even know they have it Solution Start lifting weights. A recent study in Bone found that lifting weights can increase bone density. Method Thirty-eight physically active middle-aged men did either a weight-lifting … Read More

Protect Your Brain, Go For a Walk

Problem You’re worried about ageing well. Reality If you want to retain your mental acuity for longer, it’s a matter of exercising, according to a study published in PLOS One. Method Researchers recruited eighty-eight healthy but not very fit participants, aged sixty to seventy-eight. They all had to wear accelerometers … Read More

Sworkit Workout App

Everything else in your life is an app on your phone, why not your workout plan? With Sworkit, you can choose from twenty prebuilt workouts (or set up your own), and the app will lead you through the sequence, providing your audio and visual instructions and timing you as you … Read More

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