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The Relentless School Nurse: Embracing “Exercise Snacks” For a Healthier You!

Relentless School Nurse

When you hear “exercise snacks,” you might think of a protein bar or a piece of fruit. In 2023, consider incorporating these short bursts of activity into your daily routine to help achieve the recommended 150 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic exercise per week.

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Bioactive Peptides From the Fava Bean: The Future of Muscular Health?

Designs for Health

Physical activity can be an effective way to improve muscle tone; however, an intense exercise routine may be associated with delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) lasting several days and manifesting as muscle pain, stiffness, and reduced function, which can negatively impact athletic recovery and performance.

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Recent Meta-analysis Investigates Role of Quercetin in Post-Exercise Recovery

Designs for Health

High-intensity physical exercise has the potential to cause certain temporary cellular changes including increased cellular metabolism, the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS), muscle soreness, and exercise-induced muscle damage (EIMD). A total of 13 studies involving 249 participants were included in the review.

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The Importance of Exercise

Physical Education Ideas

When it comes to exercise, this is all language you probably don’t need to tell your students. In a world where technology is taking over and “Fortniting” is more popular than bike riding, it is important we all send the same consistent message about the importance of exercise to our students. How much exercise do children need?

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Collagen Peptides to Promote Skeletal Muscle

Designs for Health

Kitakaze and colleagues demonstrate that the dipeptides and tripeptides in collagen, such as hydroxypropyl-glycine, may activate the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway, which plays a critical role in muscle protein synthesis. Collagen peptides have a unique amino acid composition that may support muscle production.

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Hiking: 10 physical and mental health benefits

The Sporting

Hiking Delivers a Great Cardio Workout You get sustained cardiovascular exercise from hiking, which means it can increase your cardio-respiratory health and should become a semi-regular part of your fitness training. When you hike, you're exercising your muscles. A hike is considered to be a form of low-intensity exercise.

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Is There a Link Between Magnesium Status and Healthy Cognition?

Designs for Health

Supplementation with magnesium was also shown to help support exercise-related fatigue and muscle strength. This is believed to be due to the potential of magnesium to help increase the availability of glucose in the brain, muscles, and blood.