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If you're thinking of buying a Wii this holiday for health-related reasons, you may want to think twice. A professor of health and exercise science at the University of Mississippi reportedly tracked eight families for six months to see if Nintendo's motion-driven console would impact their fitness levels and found that the console "had little effect on family fitness."
Quality exercise doesn't require a lot more than a comfortable pair of shoes and a determined attitude. In today's fitness world, however, there's a gadget for everything — and every single one promises to help you monitor and perform at a higher levels.
(ARA) - The holiday temptations of hot chocolate, savory turkey, warm pumpkin pie and other enticing treats can launch you into the seasonal spirit. But they can also make your New Year's getting-in-shape resolutions harder to achieve.
Studies have shown that exercise can help ward off heart disease and cancer, and now new research shows that the reason why may be found within cells themselves.
(ARA) - You stretch before your workout, stay hydrated throughout and follow safe cool-down steps afterward. But while you're enjoying your active lifestyle, are you doing enough to take care of two of your most valuable physical assets - your eyes?
Representatives of the county’s physical activity action group asked county commissioners to increase their commitment for a recreation coordinator position Monday.
In simpler times, maintaining good health was a matter of joining a gym or lacing up running shoes for a loop in the park. At most, you’d buy a watch with a digital display so you could time your laps. These days, a range of gadgets can help boost your workouts.
LISBON - Video gaming isn't considered a normal school activity, but one area school plans to encourage physical fitness among its students by using the popular Wii game system during recess, lunch and after school.
Representatives of the county’s physical activity action group asked county commissioners to increase their commitment for a recreation coordinator position Monday.
(ARA) - You stretch before your workout, stay hydrated throughout and follow safe cool-down steps afterward. But while you're enjoying your active lifestyle, are you doing enough to take care of two of your most valuable physical assets - your eyes?
Representatives of the county’s physical activity action group asked county commissioners to increase their commitment for a recreation coordinator position Monday.
Submit entries at least two weeks in advance to Fitness Calendar, P.O. Box 2090, Asheville, NC 28802, e-mail to melmoore@CITIZEN-TIMES.com or fax to 251-0585.
In simpler times, maintaining good health was a matter of joining a gym or lacing up running shoes for a loop in the park. At most, you'd buy a watch with a digital display so you could time your laps.
Chances are you'll be buying a present this holiday season for a senior citizen or someone with a health condition.
In simpler times, maintaining good health was a matter of joining a gym or lacing up running shoes for a loop in the park. At most, you'd buy a watch with a digital display so you could time your laps.
In simpler times, maintaining good health was a matter of joining a gym or lacing up running shoes for a loop in the park. At most, you'd buy a watch with a digital display so you could time your laps.
