Endurance https://fitgreystrong.com Tue, 17 Mar 2026 07:12:04 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://fitgreystrong.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/cropped-Untitled-design-7-1-32x32.png Endurance https://fitgreystrong.com 32 32 Resistance Training for Older Adults: 12 Evidence-Based Reasons (Part 2) https://fitgreystrong.com/12-reasons-why-older-athletes-need-to-hit-the-gym-part-2/ https://fitgreystrong.com/12-reasons-why-older-athletes-need-to-hit-the-gym-part-2/#comments Thu, 14 Nov 2024 20:22:00 +0000 http://fitgreystrong.com/?p=1160 In part 1 of “Resistance Training for Older Adults: 12 Evidence-Based Reasons” I outlined some of the benefits to health that have been shown to occur as a result of partaking in regular resistance training exercise. The scientific evidence supporting the inclusion of resistance training as part of a healthy lifestyle is now indisputable. Whilst...

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]]> https://fitgreystrong.com/12-reasons-why-older-athletes-need-to-hit-the-gym-part-2/feed/ 3 Resistance Training for Older Adults: 12 Evidence-Based Reasons (Part 1) https://fitgreystrong.com/resistance-training-for-older-adults/ https://fitgreystrong.com/resistance-training-for-older-adults/#comments Sun, 02 Apr 2023 12:56:00 +0000 http://fitgreystrong.com/?p=1039 What are benefits of resistance training for older adults? Increases longevity and improves quality of life Helps manage hypertension and decreases heart disease Enhances sleep quality and quantity Prevents/treats type 2 diabetes & decreases inflammation Prevents cognitive decline & neurodegenerative disease Improves mental health  Enhances skeletal health Maintains or increases lean body mass (muscle) Increases strength, power,...

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]]> https://fitgreystrong.com/resistance-training-for-older-adults/feed/ 3 Personalised programming with FGS https://fitgreystrong.com/personalised-programming-with-fitgreystrong/ https://fitgreystrong.com/personalised-programming-with-fitgreystrong/#respond Sun, 02 Feb 2020 04:52:31 +0000 http://fitgreystrong.com/?p=3818 CUSTOMISED ONLINE TRAINING  Please note: This is a recurring subscription service which will be billed every 4 weeks. Forget about those generic celebrity program packages that just want your money and aren’t tailored to your individual goals. Get a REAL program that’s based on the best available scientific evidence and practical know-how going round. Have...

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]]> https://fitgreystrong.com/personalised-programming-with-fitgreystrong/feed/ 0 Is High-Intensity Resistance Training Bad For Your Heart? https://fitgreystrong.com/is-high-intensity-resistance-training-bad-for-your-heart/ https://fitgreystrong.com/is-high-intensity-resistance-training-bad-for-your-heart/#respond Fri, 01 Nov 2019 02:25:38 +0000 http://fitgreystrong.com/?p=3718 “Intense resistance training without adequate aerobic endurance exercise may not be good for your cardiovascular health” FitGreyStrong 2019 The aorta (the largest artery in the body and that which sits at the top of the left ventricle, the heart’s muscular pumping chamber) can be assessed for arterial stiffness (the stiffer it is, the worst the prognosis)...

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]]> https://fitgreystrong.com/is-high-intensity-resistance-training-bad-for-your-heart/feed/ 0 Cycling And Bone Health – Part 2 https://fitgreystrong.com/cycling-and-bone-health-2/ https://fitgreystrong.com/cycling-and-bone-health-2/#respond Thu, 25 Oct 2018 06:05:46 +0000 http://fitgreystrong.com/?p=50 Why all cyclists need to ‘hit the Gym’ – part 2 In “Cycling and bone health” we learnt that road cycling is not good for your bones with research showing that bone mineral density (BMD) is compromised over the long-term. This is not good news for those that want to get their training, exercise or racing...

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]]> https://fitgreystrong.com/cycling-and-bone-health-2/feed/ 0 Cycling and Skeletal Bone Health https://fitgreystrong.com/cycling-and-bone-health/ Thu, 18 Oct 2018 17:40:32 +0000 http://fitgreystrong.com/?p=26 Why all cyclists need to ‘hit the Gym’ I’m going to get straight to the point. Cyclists need to lift weights, period. I don’t want to, in this article, go into the performance-based data that supports this position. What I want to do is explore the growing body of scientific evidence that demonstrates that road...

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]]> Why The “Strengthification” Of Gen X’ers & Baby Boomers Is The Greatest Health Challenge Of The 21st Century https://fitgreystrong.com/why-the-strengthification-of-gen-xers-baby-boomers-is-the-greatest-health-challenge-of-the-21st-century/ https://fitgreystrong.com/why-the-strengthification-of-gen-xers-baby-boomers-is-the-greatest-health-challenge-of-the-21st-century/#respond Sat, 03 Feb 2018 06:36:04 +0000 http://fitgreystrong.com/?p=2202 Last October l presented at the Ancestral Health Society of New Zealand (AHSNZ) International symposium with the title of my talk: “Why the “strengthification” of Gen X’ers & Baby Boomers is the greatest health challenge of the 21st century”. In this session I discussed a number of things in relation to ageing and the dynapenic/sarcopenic...

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]]> https://fitgreystrong.com/why-the-strengthification-of-gen-xers-baby-boomers-is-the-greatest-health-challenge-of-the-21st-century/feed/ 0 The Unspoken Truth: Why People Struggle To Lose Weight https://fitgreystrong.com/why-exercise-doesnt-work-for-everybody/ https://fitgreystrong.com/why-exercise-doesnt-work-for-everybody/#respond Tue, 24 Nov 2015 05:29:31 +0000 http://fitgreystrong.com/?p=339 In my article titled “It can’t possibly be true, can it?” I questioned whether there was any foundation to the claim that inactivity is not a chief cause obesity and provided scientific evidence suggesting otherwise. Today I will try explain to you what the bottom-line is as to why exercise doesn’t work for everybody trying...

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]]> https://fitgreystrong.com/why-exercise-doesnt-work-for-everybody/feed/ 0 Ageing versus Disuse? https://fitgreystrong.com/disuse-versus-aging/ Sun, 18 Oct 2015 03:29:53 +0000 http://fitgreystrong.com/?p=17 FitGreyStrong Research Fact: Research shows that as we get older skeletal muscle tissue and mass is lost because fast-twitch muscle fibres are atrophying or decreasing in size. This sarcopenia-induced alteration fundamentally affects muscular strength and functional physical capacity thereby making activities of daily living significantly more challenging, and in some cases, even dangerous. The interplay...

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