Angus

Angus

Specializing in aging, pathology, immunology, cancer, and data science, Angus distills complex insights into accessible wisdom, empowering you to lead a longer, healthier life.

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How to use High-Intensity Exercise to Overcome Disability

By Angus / August 3, 2021

Both resistance training and HIIT can improve the health, longevity, and quality of life of people with disabilities.

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How to Use Exercise to Overcome Disability

By Angus / July 28, 2021

Movement-based mind body interventions such as Pilates and Tai Chi are safe and improve your strength, mobility, flexibility and endurance.

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Submaximal Training for Older Adults

By Angus / July 26, 2021

A simple strength program designed for older adults to to increase bone density and improve strength, power and muscle mass.

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How to Get Strong Without Getting Injured

By Angus / July 16, 2021

Older athletes experience a higher rate of injury compared to younger athletes. Therefore, training programs for older adults must be designed to minimize the chance of injury.

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How to Use Resistance Training to Become Anti-Frail

By Angus / July 9, 2021

Resistance training helps you avoid frailty by making you stronger, improving your body composition, and increasing your physical performance.

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The strong link between frailty and reduced physical fitness suggests that improving your physical fitness can prevent frailty.

How to Become Anti-Frail: The Importance of Physical Fitness

By Angus / June 29, 2021

The strong link between frailty and reduced physical fitness suggests that improving your physical fitness can prevent frailty.

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Yoga for Reducing Depression and Anxiety

By Angus / May 15, 2021

Yoga is readily available, safe, and effective at reducing symptoms of anxiety and depression.

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Exercise for Immune Resilience

By Angus / May 8, 2021

Exercise makes you less vulnerable to viral infection, less likely to die from infection, and increases your immune response to vaccination.

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Training for Longevity

By Angus / April 16, 2021

Endurance training protects you from cardiovascular disease, whereas power training protects you from cancer. Therefore, if you want to live a long time, you should include both endurance and power training into your exercise routine.

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Interval Training for Healthy Aging

By Angus / March 31, 2021

Interval simultaneously increases cardiorespiratory fitness and muscle mass, making it an effective training method for healthy aging.

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Can Yoga Make You Smarter?

By Angus / March 27, 2021

Yoga is an effective way to improve several domains of intelligence, notably executive function, attention, memory, and processing speed.

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The Minimal Training Dose for Strength and Size

By Angus / March 7, 2021

The minimal exercise dose required to maintain strength and size is to train hard one day per week, using one working set per body part.

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