metabolic health https://fitgreystrong.com Sat, 21 Feb 2026 06:37:25 +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 metabolic health https://fitgreystrong.com 32 32 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 FitGreyStrong turns 2 https://fitgreystrong.com/fitgreystrong-turns-2/ https://fitgreystrong.com/fitgreystrong-turns-2/#comments Mon, 30 Oct 2017 11:42:02 +0000 http://fitgreystrong.com/?p=2652 Since the publication of the first FitGreyStrong blog ‘Sitting yourself into your grave‘ just over 2 years ago (click on the link or see the picture below), there have been a significant number of milestones and achievements that I would like to share with all of my followers.     There are now over 20,000...

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]]> https://fitgreystrong.com/fitgreystrong-turns-2/feed/ 2 Are Carbs Toxic, Is The CICO Concept Valid, Can Exercise Facilitate Fat Loss? An N=1 Experiment https://fitgreystrong.com/are-carbs-toxic-is-the-cico-concept-valid-can-exercise-facilitate-fat-loss-an-n1-experiment/ https://fitgreystrong.com/are-carbs-toxic-is-the-cico-concept-valid-can-exercise-facilitate-fat-loss-an-n1-experiment/#comments Thu, 15 Jun 2017 08:33:24 +0000 http://fitgreystrong.com/?p=2277 This before and after 6 month “transformation” was an individual experiment (n=1), which was inspired by my professional curiosity to test the validity of 5 key claims currently purported to be fundamental for improving health and body composition that I do not entirely agree with as an Exercise Scientist. The first 3 claims are strongly and enthusiastically...

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]]> https://fitgreystrong.com/are-carbs-toxic-is-the-cico-concept-valid-can-exercise-facilitate-fat-loss-an-n1-experiment/feed/ 4 Sitting Yourself Into Your Grave https://fitgreystrong.com/sitting-yourself-to-death/ https://fitgreystrong.com/sitting-yourself-to-death/#respond Mon, 26 Oct 2015 06:16:29 +0000 http://fitgreystrong.com/?p=126 The following article is a long review and appraisal of a study that investigated the effects that sitting had – with and without caloric restriction – on metabolic health and compared this to a group that was physically active. This was designed in an attempt to independently tease out just what effect – firstly, the...

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