DeLoyce Alcorn, 92, is a devotee of slow-motion strength training, which he's been doing for 12 years. (Marcus Ubungen / Los Angeles Times) DeLoyce Alcorn is 92 years old — and pressing nearly four ...

Although the underlying causes of essential hypertension and ISH are probably different, we recently published a study on the effects of slow breathing training on resting blood pressure in ...

DELOYCE Alcorn is 92 years old – and pressing nearly four times that in weight at the gym. On a Wednesday afternoon, Alcorn slid into the leg press machine, which was set at a whopping 312 pounds ...

On the other hand, low-intensity (40–50% of one repetition maximal (1RM)) slow training increases muscular size and strength. 4 Moreover, because it suppresses increases in blood pressure, 4 ...

Chuck Bystricky says Boulder County has been overdoing it. All you need for full-body fitness, he says, is to work out for 20 minutes, once a week. That’s quite contrary to Boulder County’s ...

When I first started running long distances, I had one goal: go as fast as I could for as long as I could. I ran the same 5k route a few times a week, always aiming to go faster. Every time out needed ...

Strength training has gone mainstream. But although most fitness experts agree that it is important to include weightlifting along with aerobics and stretching for a complete fitness regimen, there is ...

Just about a decade ago, popular wisdom in the running world for anyone looking to get faster used to be “nobody gets faster by running slow" and “to run fast, train fast". That’s no longer the case ...

LOS ANGELES -- DeLoyce Alcorn is 92 years old -- and pressing nearly four times that in weight at the gym. On a recent Wednesday afternoon, Alcorn -- dressed in a T-Shirt that read "Be Strong. Be ...