Research Associate Ruth Barrientos and her team at U of Colorado-Boulder has found in a new study that a little exercise may solidly protect old folks from long-term memory loss that sometimes happens suddenly after an injury or illness. Displayed by lab rats, if one ran about 1/2 a km every week it was shielded [...]
Jerry Hill puts together some extreme workouts, here is another. Remember! Jerry is part android, so try these workouts in small doses if you’re a beginner, and don’t forget the plastic trashcan.
You might think your procrastination to exercise is caused by laziness, but researchers at McMaster University think that you might be missing crucial genes. This was found during an experiment with mice. (you’d be surprised how similar we are, which is why meesses are used in these studies.) Scientists made the discovery while studying mice [...]
Does your wacky schedule require that you workout alone? Just rather workout alone for your own reasons? Don’t sweat it. You can get as good or better results by training with a digital or on screen partner.
There’s so much controversy these days surrounding walking and whether or not it’s beneficial or not in the fitness industry that you’d assume we were debating how to settle world peace! For now, let’s settle the score on walking and we’ll let the brighter minds set flight to the dove and olive leaf. Here it [...]
Giant neon lighted billboards of men showing their abs; women in their skimpiest swim wear proudly displaying their curvaceous bodies; full page newspaper and prime time TV ads extolling the advantages of being fit. The fitness fever is raging! People want to lose the love handles, the beer bellies and the ego deflating unwanted fat. [...]
It is never a good idea to begin stretching without having loosened up and done some activities that involve low intensity workouts such as doing some light aerobics, or even having walked about briskly. There no doubts that stretching is something that will help you from becoming injured and should be practiced prior to exercising [...]
Starting a walking for fitness and weight loss program may be the very best way for you to improve your health and to get in better shape. It does not matter whether you are young or old you can walk your way to better health as long as you are in reasonably good shape and [...]
A health club is the place that you want to be if you need to get into shape and you want to do it the right way. By joining a health club you will have access not only to their equipment, but also to the many things they might have like a swimming pool or [...]
Walking is the best form of exercise to increase your health and fitness. It’s easy to begin, you can set your own goals and, best of all, it’s free! Whilst others may encourage you to join a gym you may lack the confidence to begin exercising in such a public arena. Walking for fitness will [...]
Walking for exercise is arguably the best way for the average person to lose weight and stay in good shape. Face it, everyone is looking for a way to lose a few pounds and feel more physically fit. Whether they’re trying that new all meat diet, or simply counting calories, the diet craze isn’t going [...]
The Stairmaster 4200PT Stepper is one of the premier home stair steppers on the market. You will be amazed at the benefits you can receive from this machine that lets you achieve a total workout on the lower half of your body. The Stairmaster 4200PT Stepper is not so different from an elliptical machine when [...]
by Karen Strauss Walking is still an excellent form of exercise that any physician will recommend especially if you have problems with other physical activities. For someone who doesn’t exercise that much, a half hour walking program every day would soon see results in breathing, slower heartbeat to name but a few. If you have [...]
Walking and weight loss go hand in hand. They really compliment each other, and you cannot have one without the other. If you are trying to lose weight then walking is a must, and there are a few things you need to know about. Many people take walking for granted as something they are forced [...]
Which is more productive and enjoyable, running indoors or outdoors? Sure, a treadmill is more convenient and it’s certainly nicer on a rainy morning, but is it any better or worse than simply hitting the bricks? The answer to this is fairly surprising. No, running outdoors isn’t massively better for you than running inside on [...]
