Fitness & Health

Written by Dr. Gabe Mirkin If you want to become stronger and faster and have greater endurance, you need to exercise on one day intensely enough to damage your muscle fibers and feel short of breath and sore on the next day. And then train at reduced intensity for as …

Written by Dr. Gabe Mirkin A recent study of almost 30,000 older women followed for 12 years shows that those who did strength training had fewer deaths from heart attacks and all causes than those who did not lift weights. Another study that followed 80,306 adults for two years shows …

You’ve made that New Year’s resolution. This is the year you’re going to stick with it and get fit. Where do you begin? Do you need to join a fancy gym? Do you need a personal trainer? Getting started can raise a lot of questions. We came across an interesting article …

Article by Adam Napper, Circuit 31 Fitness 3 Pro Tips for Sticking with Exercise all year 1 – Focus on one habit. And only one.  This tip has two parts. First, focus on a habit, as opposed to outcomes. Habits are things you have direct control over. For example: I will …

Article by Dr. Gabe Mirkin A healthy heart is so strong that it is almost never a cause of tiredness during exercise. Tiredness during exercise comes from your muscles. They run out of fuel or out of oxygen. Skeletal muscles use both fat and sugar for energy. When your muscles …

McKinney High School track coach Keith Pierce, 37, became the third back-to-back winner of the men’s division of the 47th annual Dallas Marathon Sunday. But the real drama was in the women’s division. Eventual women’s winner Chandler Self, 32, collapsed about a hundred yards from the finish and had to …

Adam Napper has been a personal trainer for 15 years. His goal was always to be the best personal trainer in Dallas. But a year or so ago he started having a dream of opening his own fitness center. Sometimes dreams can come true. In October, Adam and some business …

By Dr. Gabe Mirkin Several recent papers raise new concerns about the long-term health effects of artificial sweeteners. In one study, researchers showed that a sweeter-tasting, lower-calorie drink caused people to eat more food, to have higher blood sugar levels and to be more likely to gain weight and become …

By Dr. Gabe Mirkin Italian cyclist Michele Scarponi was killed by a truck on April 22, 2017.  At age 37, he was at the peak of his career as a professional bicycle racer.  He won the opening stage of the Tour of the Alps in Trento, Italy, eventually finished fourth …

By: Leanne Rainey, McKinney Running Club  Running a marathon is indescribable. It’s kind of like becoming a parent. You don’t fully realize the magnitude of the task at hand until you’re knee-deep in it. Sure, you can train for it. I ran a 22-mile training run before my first marathon, …