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25 Fri

Still jumping and running at 100 years old

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Still jumping and running at 100 years old Paul Kochoa, PT, DPT, OCS, CGFI The New York Times recently had an article about a 100-year-old senior track and field athlete who broke 5 records in one day. Don Pellmann was able to run 100m in under 27 seconds, high...

Tags: age, ageing, exercise, geriatric, geriatrics, Paul Kochoa, sports

20 Sun

Power Versus Strength

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Power Versus Strength Michelle Millner, PT, DPT, OCS Muscle Power and Muscle Strength are not the same thing. Muscle power is defined as the product of dynamic muscular force and muscle contraction velocity. To measure power, you multiply the speed at which the muscle contracts with the...

Tags: age, arthritis, exercise, geriatric, Michelle Millner, pain, research

15 Tue

Does exercise change your brain?

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Does exercise change your brain? Paul Kochoa, PT, DPT, OCS, CGFI The New York Times had a recent article about exercise in the elderly. They outlined a study on a 95-year-old senior Olympic athlete who had not started serious athletic training till she was 77. Her name...

Tags: age, ageing, brain, elderly, exercise, geriatrics, Paul Kochoa, sport, sports

07 Tue

What’s your fitness age?

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What’s your fitness age? Paul Kochoa, PT, DPT, OCS, CGFI The New York Times recently had an article about older athletes and their strikingly young fitness ages. What does that mean? Researchers in Norway studied thousands of adults and recorded several vital signs and other cardiovascular measures....

Tags: adult, age, aging, exercise, fitness, geriatrics, injury prevention, Paul Kochoa

08 Thu

Defy age with exercise

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Defy age with exercise Paul Kochoa, PT, DPT, OCS, CGFI Great news everyone! Exercise keeps you young! According to an article in the New York Times that references a new study out of England, exercise changes how you age. They studied 126 men and women between the...

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Tag Archives: age

Still jumping and running at 100 years old

Power Versus Strength

Does exercise change your brain?

What’s your fitness age?

Defy age with exercise