How Exercise Prevents Frailty and Fragility Fractures
Aging changes the body — but decline is not inevitable.
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Cardio vs Weights vs Both: What Actually Works Best for Fat Loss?
If you hang around our gyms long enough, you’ll hear some version of this debate in every locker room:
“If I want to lose fat, should I just do cardio?”
“But I heard lifting is better because it boosts your metabolism.”
“What if I do both—will they cancel each other out?”
A 2025 systematic review and meta-analysis (36 randomized trials, 1,564 adults) just took a hard look at this exact question: comparing aerobic training (cardio), resistance training (strength), and concurrent training (both in the same week) and how each affects body fat, body weight, and muscle mass (PubMed). Here’s what it means for you at FITNESS SF.
Beyond the Bathroom Scale: Why InBody Is the Smartest Way to Track Your Progress at FITNESS SF
Most people own a scale. Most people also know how misleading a scale can be.
One day you’re “up.”
The next day you’re “down.”
Nothing about your training changed — but the number did.
That’s because body weight alone tells you almost nothing about what’s actually happening inside your body.
How Heavy, How Often, How Many Sets? What 192 Studies Say About Getting “Stronger”
When a new or returning member sits down with me at FITNESS SF, I’ll often hear