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Strength training helps build bone
Some of our greatest success stories at 20 Minutes to Fitness are the clients who come in with advanced bone loss and are able to bring their bone scores up, just by adding our workout to their lives. We have countless clients who have come out of osteopenia and...
Exercise as preventative maintenance
We've always looked at our workout as a form of "preventative maintenance" that helps fight the effects of aging through increased strength and improved balance, stability and lean muscle mass. Check out this article on the New York Times that shows how critical...
This “younger half” of a pair of comedians has been a 20 Minutes to Fitness client since 2008.
Come on, admit it! You loved to tune into CBS on Friday nights back in the late 60s to see Dick and Tommy Smothers push the boundaries of television comedy. Well, younger brother Dick Smothers is still pushing something these days -- the weights at 20 Minutes to...
Why we call it “The Doctors’ Workout”
Did you know that, in St. Louis alone, there are more than 40 doctors, dentists and medical researchers who are building strength, lowering their risk of disease and slowing the aging process by training at 20 Minutes to Fitness? Vascular surgeon David Finlay, MD, 53,...
MORE proof that building muscle is linked to longer life
Hmmm...It looks like there just might be something to this idea of lifting weight to build muscle as we grow older. Read this article and you'll be a believer, too!
Even MORE research is in: strength training helps CURE chronic disease
A new book that looks at the latest research on strength training comes to a simple conclusion: "strength training is highly valuable for treating a dozen major chronic conditions - including cancer, diabetes, HIV/AIDS, Parkinson's, and depression and anxiety." So...
Ice dancing Olympian and 20 Minutes to Fitness client to appear on Show Me St. Louis today!
If you are in the St. Louis area this morning and near a television, be sure to tune in to Show Me St. Louis at 10 a.m. on Channel 5. You'll get to meet Dr. Stacey Smith, a physician and three-time U.S. Ice Dancing Champion who works out each week at 20 Minutes to...
How many pounds can this 90-year-old woman leg press?
You may find out when you watch these three Charlie's Angels look-a-likes when they appear LIVE (on tape) on Show Me St. Louis at 10 a.m. on Monday, Jan 20. That's Channel 5 for our St. Louis friends. If we're lucky, we'll even get to see Shirley (the Farrah Fawcett...
Watch how our workout builds bone density on Show Me St. Louis
Watch how this 67-year-old woman (yes, she really is 67) improved her bone density by as much as 20% -- AFTER she stopped taking medication. All it took was our ONCE-A-WEEK, 20-minute strength training program. You can watch it by clicking right here.
Worried about Osteoporosis?
Tune in to Show Me St. Louis on Monday, Jan. 13 at 10 am. That's Channel 5 in St. Louis. You'll meet a physical therapist from our Chesterfield studio named Jamie Boswell, along with a long-time 20 Minutes to Fitness client who saw her bone density increase by 10 and...
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