Use this tag for questions explicitly about health approaches that revolve around exercise and diet as a means to attain health.
Questions tagged [physical-fitness]
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Do the number of myofibrils increase with exercise?
According to this website, the number of myofibrils in a muscle can increase with exercise:
Thus, the muscle cells’ myofibrils will increase in thickness and
number.
I had a look on google scholar and I could find very limited evidence…
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Does stretching before exercise raise the risk of injury?
Robert McLeod: Pulling on a muscle for a long time doesn't make it longer, doesn't make it more pliable, and doesn't improve athletic performance. There's lots of scientific literature that shows that stretching before exercise increases the risk…
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Does performing an additional weightlifting set not increase progress by more than 5%?
Exrx, a widely-known exercise resource site, claims in its article Low Volume Progressive Intensity Training:
By performing an additional set (50% to 100% more sets) only 0 to 5% more progress will be observed. Each additional set yields even less…
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Does low-calorie/ high-protein diet + fitness regime allow simultaneous muscle growth and fat loss?
Does eating less overall (but high protein), in conjunction with weight lifting (4 days a week), have the effect of inducing fat loss while growing muscle?
On the CBC site it is claimed that a regime of exercise, very low calorie dieting and high…
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Will stretching help me have lean, shapely muscles?
I read that after exercising, we should stretch our muscles so that they won't be bulky but instead be long and lean. Is this true?
Edit: The question is more about aesthetics than whether stretching is healthy. So if I wanted to have toned but lean…
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Is mentally practicing a skill more effective than physically practicing?
I saw this video in which Tony Robbins claims practicing mentally can be more effective than practicing physically.
He refers to a study where basketball players struggling with free throws were split into three groups. One group practiced…
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Are Carpal Tunnel Syndrome exercises effective?
There are numerous articles/videos on the internet talking about exercises that supposedly help with/prevent carpal tunnel syndrome.…
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Can small amounts of exercise build muscle?
I have run across a number of exercise routines which claim individuals can lose weight and build muscle with very little exercise.
So, the question: Can an average person become ripped in three months using any exercise routine limited to an hour…
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