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Exercises To Help Knee Arthritis And Pain

July 18, 2013 7941 2
Dr. Murtaza Ahmed

As a doctor I spend a lot of my day listening to excuses as to why people can't exercise.  As I have repeatedly reinforced in previous posts, exercise is one of the most important treatments for many common diseases we see, and as such I find it hard when I see people missing out because…

Filed Under: Exercise Tagged With: Chronic Illness, osteoarthritis

Exercise With Heart Disease – Is it Safe and Should I Be Doing It?

July 15, 2013 9153 2
Dr. Murtaza Ahmed

Time after time I come across patients who are suffering from stable coronary artery disease (heart disease) who, through no fault of their own, are under the impression that they can’t partake in any form of ‘strenuous’ activity, as it would be detrimental to their health.  It is astonishing that they think they cannot or…

Filed Under: Coronary Artery Disease, Exercise Tagged With: Cardiovascular disease, Coronary Artery Disease (CAD), Heart Attack (Myocardial Infarction), heart disease

Should Children Lift Weights? The Evidence Explored

June 10, 2013 4502 0
Dr. Murtaza Ahmed

Over the past couple of decades there has been an explosion in awareness of the importance of physical exercise to the health of wellbeing of the population.  As a result there has been an increase in the availability of exercise and weightlifting equipment, not only in gyms but also at home and in schools.  There…

Filed Under: Exercise Tagged With: resistance exercise, resistance training, Strength training

Will Muscle Turn into Fat if You Stop Lifting Weights?

June 5, 2013 12454 0
Dr. Murtaza Ahmed

 Will Muscle Turn Into Fat if You Stop Lifting Weights? By Murtaza Ahmed MD One of the most damaging but commonly believed myths out there about exercise is the thought that if you stop exercising, all of the muscle that you have built or developed will be converted to fat. Several people who I have…

Filed Under: Exercise Tagged With: Rapid Weight Loss, resistance exercise, resistance training, weight loss

The Benefits Of Weight Training

May 26, 2013 6333 1
Dr. Murtaza Ahmed

The Benefits Of Weight Training  By Murtaza Ahmed MD In the previous post I talked about why you should exercise, but when it comes to exercise there are two major types, aerobic (‘cardio’) and resistance (weight).  These two forms of training are very different in their execution (although they can both provide an element of overlap) and…

Filed Under: Exercise, Risk & Prevention Tagged With: Basal metabolic rate, resistance exercise, resistance training, Strength training, weight lifting, weight loss

How Much Exercise Should I Do?

May 24, 2013 3983 0
Dr. Murtaza Ahmed

One of the big hurdles people wanting to get started with exercise face is not knowing what, or how much to do.  Everyone agrees that exercise is beneficial to health but sadly after this things seem to fall apart.  The problem is that everyone seems to disagree on what the right amount of exercise to…

Filed Under: Exercise Tagged With: Heart rate

The Benefits Of Exercise

May 23, 2013 3963 0
Dr. Murtaza Ahmed

By Murtaza Ahmed MD When it comes to our health, exercise is one of the most powerful tools we have at our disposal, yet so many of us choose not to utilize it and aren’t gaining the benefits of exercise.  In the modern day world we have begun to see exercise as a chore, something…

Filed Under: Exercise, Risk & Prevention Tagged With: Heart rate, weight loss

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