Balance Blog

Why muscles deteriorate when you age is a question scientists are still trying to answer, but they do know one thing — the best approach to restoring or maintaining muscle mass and strength is exercise, particularly resistance training. According to a recent article in the New York Times, doctors and scientists are trying to establish [...]

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No, we can’t believe it’s taken this long either, but there’s finally a study proving that the  more water you drink, the better chance you have at losing weight. Funded by the The Institute for Public Health and Water Research, the study found that over the course of 12 weeks, dieters who drank water before [...]

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Spare tire. Muffin top. Beer belly. Love handles. These nicknames may all sound playful, but if you have a little more wiggle in your middle, no jokes about it, it can be deadly. According to an Associated Press article, a recent study from the American Cancer Society found men and women with the biggest waistlines [...]

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Many athletes at Balance Gym will tell stories about how Sports Beans, Gatorade or power gels have helped them run or bike those extra miles during a race. Well now scientists are saying that perhaps all the body needs is a carbohydrate rinse! A recent article in the New York Times reports: “Athletes can improve [...]

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Most Balance Gym members won’t let a little heat and humidity get in the way of their workout routine. With the temperatures reaching close to a 100 degrees most of this week though, those sweaty routines and wet clothes (smelly socks!) can create friction causing those nasty little inconveniences known as blisters. Thinking only a [...]

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It’s a commonly known fact that exercise has a positive effect on a body’s metabolism. However, up until now, it’s been a bit of a mystery to how it actually works. Thanks to a new study by Harvard researchers, we now have a better understanding about what goes on inside the body at a molecular [...]

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At Balance Gym we’re constantly telling our members and clients about the positive effects just a little more sleep can do for them. Well now we have a new study from Stanford University that proves us right! NPR recently reported that researchers found “that extra hours of sleep at night can help improve football players’ [...]

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Though summer doesn’t officially start until June, many people mark Memorial Day as the kick-off to the season. For some of our Balance members (especially our Bootcampers, CrossFitters and runners!) this means it’s time to start taking some of your workouts outside. Let’s face it, Washington, DC isn’t exactly known for it’s easy, breezy, humidity-free [...]

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For the third year in a row, the American College of Sports Medicine ranked the  Washington, DC area, the fittest city in the country in the American Fitness Index. We here at Balance Gym are proud to be a part of keeping this city healthy. “I’m not surprised by the results at all,” says Balance [...]

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Yet another reason for older adults to get into the gym — a new study reports “more than than 2.5 million baby boomers are likely to have a potentially fatal heart attack or stroke in the next five years because they refuse to lose weight, exercise or take blood pressure medication.” A recent article in [...]

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