Monday

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Workout of the Day

For time:
10 L chest-to-bar pull-ups
10 shoulder presses
15 L pull-ups
20 push presses
20 strict pull-ups
30 push jerks
25 kipping pull-ups

♀ 70 lb. ♂ 105 lb.

Practice scales for 20 minutes.

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Exercise as a Therapeutic Intervention for the Prevention and Treatment of Insulin Resistance

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“Given the strong evidence for a direct role of physical activity in the prevention of insulin resistance, and the fact that exercise training increases mitochondrial biogenesis and improves glucose tolerance and insulin action in individuals with insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes, the question of why such a potent modulator of these conditions is not more commonly prescribed is perplexing and should be of utmost concern to medical health care professionals worldwide. To continue to attack the growing health burden by investing almost exclusively in strategies that target secondary and tertiary treatment of chronic disease states (i.e. pharmaceutical interventions) is extremely short sighted: primary defence mechanisms (i.e. exercise/diet and lifestyle interventions) will decrease disease prevalence by preventing these conditions in the first place!”

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