People like 'bigger, better' in fickle gym business
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Health, fitness and medical experts make no bones about it. Middle-aged women should exercise to be strong for the years ahead, not just to fit into jeans from the past.
Grand Island apparently is populated by lots of morning people if the early Saturday scene at the Webb Road Athletic Complex was any indication.
Stacy Chick has a solution for Memphians thick and tired of living in the most obese city in the nation: get off the sofa and come to Mud Island.
Easy does it. That works for a number of things, including exercise. But physical activity is also part of a balanced, independent lifestyle.
Experts weigh in on eight benchmarks that are critical to conquer for healthy living.
Exercise can be considered activity, and activity can be considered exercise. So the difference between exercise and activity only exists in attitudes
Even when the pavement's scorching hot, Austin's fitness fanatics can be found on the city's streets and trails in running shoes or on bikes. This devotion to elevated heart rates and increased muscle tone has found its way into many area workplaces as employers set out to encourage healthy behaviors.
State schools Superintendent Tom Horne is convinced that most teens don't know why fruit is better for you than french fries and why vigorous exercise is healthier than video games.
CLAREMONT - Instead of hearing instrumental building music from the speakers, patients entering the Pomona Valley Health Center on Thursday nights are bombarded with world music, laughter and jingling sounds from women getting a weekly dose of cardio belly dance.
State School Superintendent Tom Horne has scheduled a public forum in Yuma next month to hear reaction to his proposal to include healthy eating and exercise standards in school lesson plans.
Aging athletes don't have the agility they had in their youth. Minor injuries accumulate and become major ones. And by the time they hit their mid-30s and 40s, they're considered geriatric -- that's the conventional wisdom.
Why work out? There may be nobody better to ask than bodybuilder Dave Draper, whose killer biceps have earned him the titles of Mr. America, Mr. World and Mr. Universe.
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(ARA) - Summer is here. Say 'so long' to the stuffy gym and hello to biking, swimming and outdoor exercise. An added bonus -- no more gym fees. "You can enjoy the sun and get fit at the same time," says Karin Muskopf, senior product manager, MSN division of Microsoft.
The idea of plyometrics is to develop the greatest amount of force in the shortest amount of time. Plyometrics is one of the best ways if not the best way to improve power. Power is similar to strength except you are adding a time factor.