INFS Health Series

Muscle Fibers: Principles of Hypertrophy

Author: Nikita Rungta,

Visiting Faculty, INFS

 

Key Points:

  • Muscle fiber is an important component because muscles are made of numerous muscle fibers. There are two kinds of muscle fibers and training each one is equally important
  • Muscle can be developed with the help of resistance training which provides a number of benefits including increased muscle size, fat loss, etc.
Fitness

Ageing and Exercise for the Elderly

Key Points

  • Aging results in several musculoskeletal changes causing a decline in physical functions. Abilities like strength, flexibility, and power are also compromised. Regular exercise is an effective intervention for reversing this age-related decline and provides a myriad of health benefits to the aging population.
Nutrition

Nutritional Requirements of the Elderly

Key Points

  • Aging results in a reduction in caloric requirement. Caloric restriction (CR) is a proven intervention in the prevention of chronic diseases and promoting healthy aging. Caloric intake should be kept between 1.30 to 1.52 times the REE.
  • Protein requirement increases with age to preserve the decreasing muscle mass, and partly due to ‘Anabolic Resistance (AR)’.
Research Review

CREATINE AND STRENGTH IMPROVEMENT

Introduction

Creatine is one of the most popular and widely researched natural supplement. There have been several researches conducted to find the effectiveness and ergogenic usage of creatine especially in sports nutrition.

Creatine is produced endogenously at an amount of about 1 gram per day, whose synthesis mostly occurs in the liver, kidneys and to some extent in the pancreas.