The purpose of this section of the website is to serve as an information resource for anyone who visits the page.  We will regularly update the Weight Loss Benefits section with pertinent research articles and other publications that will allow our visitors to learn more about exercise and weight loss.  Listed below are short summaries of the articles and just below each summary is the link to the article itself.  Articles may be downloaded and viewed using Adobe Acrobat Reader.  If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader, click the link below to download a free copy of the software.

Health and Fitness Articles and Summaries

The title of this article is "9 Reasons to Get Off the Couch Already!"  It was published in AARP The Magazine and it suggests and explains nine life-enhancing reasons to start exercising and strength training.

This article is entitled "Postmenopausal Women and Exercise for Prevention of Osteoporosis" and it was published in ACSM's Health and Fitness Journal.  The article makes exercise and strength training suggestions based on the scientific research findings from the Bone, Estrogen, Strength Training Study, which was sponsored by the National Institute for Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases of the National Institutes of Health and Mission Pharmacal and was conducted by the University of Arizona Departments of Physiology and Nutritional Sciences.

The following link contains a compilation of articles entitled "Senior Fitness Articles."  Author Wayne Wescott, Ph.D, provides his expertise on various topics specifically targetting seniors such as "Seniors Respond As Well As Young Adults to Strength Exercise," "The Five Essential Strength Exercises For Seniors," and "Why Every Senior Should Do Strength Exercise" among many others.