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By Carla DiGirolamo, MD, CFL1
The push-up is right beside the squat among the most foundational of the functional movements. This movement requires the recruitment of many muscle groups, including the muscles of the shoulder, rotator cuff, pectoral muscles, muscles of the...
By Dr. Carla DiGirolamo MD, CFL1
This week's workout focuses on a key area that often falls through the cracks and that is overhead strength, mobility, and stability. Moving weight overhead is a functional movement required for everyday activities such as lifting a box or any heavy...
By Carla DiGirolamo, MD, CFL1
Zone 2 training is defined as exertion in a heart rate range that is maintained at 60-70% of one’s maximum heart rate. There are many ways to calculate maximum heart rate with the most common method being subtracting your age from 220. If...
By Dr. Carla DiGirolamo
In simple terms, the “hip joint” is the ball and socket joint where the head of the femur meets the pelvis. Flexion at the hip occurs, for example, when you do a sit-up. As your torso approaches your knees, the hip joint is...
By Carla DiGirolamo, MD, CFL1
This workout is a “go-to” for strength training if you're pressed for time or traveling. It’s versatile in that you can pair any two upper/lower body lifts that you wish, it's time-efficient, and can be done with minimal...
By Carla DiGirolamo, MD, CFL1
Last week, we kicked off this workout series with a focus on grip strength. We reviewed why grip strength is important and its correlation with various health metrics, such as low bone mineral density (BMD), depression, anxiety, sleep quality,...
By Carla DiGirolamo MD, CFL1
Loss of muscle mass and strength with age is related to many factors including the overall physiological changes with aging and the menopausal transition, reduced activity levels, changing nutrition - among other factors. Excessive loss of muscle...
Welcome to a sneak peek of Feisty 40+, a newsletter designed and created for active women forty and older who want to shape their strongest, healthiest, happiest future.
Written and compiled by Selene Yeager, with contributions from Dr. Carla DiGirolamo, this weekly newsletter is filled with...
Midlife women need to calculate their lifetime heart disease risks.
By Selene Yeager
We can’t let American Heart Month pass without a discussion on one of the most vexing cardiovascular factors menopausal women face—the changes that happen to their lipid levels...
Muscle is harder to make and maintain in midlife. These supplements can help.
By Selene Yeager
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If you had told me (and heck maybe someone did and I didn’t...
Pain and discomfort down there is common. You don’t have to live with it.
By Selene Yeager
Of all the changes and challenges that menopause can bring, vulvovaginal atrophy (VVA), which falls under the genitourinary syndrome of menopause (GSM), is among the...
Deliberate cold exposure through swimming, plunging, or showering may ease symptoms and improve mood.
By Selene Yeager
We live in a world where it can be exceedingly difficult to chill out. That’s doubly true for menopausal women, who can have a harder time balancing their...
