Blogging with Dr. Stacy Sims

Lifting weights is now recognized as good for more than “just” making muscle.

For decades, aerobic exercise was regarded as the primary form of exercise you should do for cardiovascular and other health benefits. Heck, that’s why endurance type exercise such as walking, biking,...

The popular zone 2 protocol doesn’t work the same way for women. Here’s what to do instead.

In my last blog, I reviewed down to the cellular level, why zone 2 training, which is currently being promoted across the internet as the priority training for health, longevity, and...

Zone 2 training is a hot topic, but like many things, it’s different for females.

If you even remotely follow fitness and training media, you will have seen the buzz around “Zone 2 training”--generally known as steady, conversationally-paced exercise–and how it is the...

Study finds higher intensity exercise helps relieve anxiety.

I am a huge proponent of high-intensity exercise, especially short, sharp high-intensity training like sprint intervals of 30 seconds or less because it's like powerful medicine.

Sprint interval training (SIT) fires up your fast-twitch...