Muscle Soreness and Muscle Cramping with ExerciseThis week on Fitness Rocks I talk to Carol Torgan, Ph.D. about muscle soreness and muscle cramping.  Dr. Torgan has her Ph.D. in Kinesiology. She is a fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine and the Senior Content Director for Revolution Health on the web at www.revolutionhealth.com.Click here to vote for Fitness Rocks at Podcast AlleyReferences:Revolution HealthDr. Torgan's Blog - Body ShopMusic: Charlie Crowe - Crowe Jam Jon Schmidt - All of Me

Secrets of a Long and Healthy Life - an Interview with Author Dan BuettnerThis week on Fitness Rocks I talk to Dan Buettner, author of the best-selling book The Blue Zones.  Dan has spent the past several years traveling the world with a team of researchers studying the habits of people who live extraordinarily long and robust lives.  In his book, and in our interview, Dan shares what he learned about the secrets of a long and healthy life from the world's longest lived people.Click here to vote for Fitness Rocks at Podcast AlleyReferences:The Blue Zones WebsiteMusic: Charlie Crowe - Crowe Jam Jon Schmidt - All of Me

Fitness is an Independent Predictor for Risk of Chronic Illnesses - an Interview with Dr. Steven BlairThis week on Fitness Rocks I talk with Dr. Steven Blair from the department of Exercise Science and the Arnold School of Public Health at the University of South Carolina about his research work in the area of measured fitness level and health outcomes.Click here to vote for Fitness Rocks at Podcast AlleyReferences:Fitness and Cancer Mortality in MenFitness and Mortality in Patients with Type 2 DiabetesFitness and Obesity as Predictors of Mortality in Older PeopleMusic: Charlie Crowe - Crowe Jam Jon Schmidt - All of Me

DASH Diet and the Risk of Heart Disease and StrokeThis week on Fitness Rocks I have a conversation with Dr. Teresa Fung of Simmons University in Boston, Massachusetts.  Dr. Fung and her colleagues recently published a paper in the Archives of Internal Medicine on how the DASH diet affects the risk of heart disease and stroke.  DASH stands for Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension.  The DASH diet emphasizes increased consumption of fruits and vegetables, lower consumption of red meat and processed meat, lower consumption of sodium, and moderate consumption of low-fat dairy products.Click here to vote for Fitness Rocks at Podcast AlleyReferences:Original DASH diet article in NEJM 1997Revised DASH diet - low-sodium - NEJM 2001Dr. Fung's article - DASH diet and the risk of heart disease and strokeMayo Clinic DASH diet recipesNational Institute of Health information about DASH dietMusic: Charlie Crowe - Crowe Jam Jon Schmidt - All of Me

Spark: An Interview with John Ratey, M.D.This week on Fitness Rocks we have an interview with Dr. John Ratey, author of the best-selling book Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain.Click here to vote for Fitness Rocks at Podcast AlleyReferences:Dr. Ratey's WebsiteMusic: Charlie Crowe - Crowe Jam Jon Schmidt - All of Me

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