The Benefits of Drinking More Water With Your Diet
Looking for quick and easy ways to lose weight? look no further than your very own kitchen. Your water faucet can help shed weight and help you look healthier and thinner. Healthy women should ingest about 11 cups (91 oz.) of water whereas healthy men should around 15 cups (125 oz.) of water a day, […]
The Difference between Asana and Exercise
The difference between Asana and Exercise Yoga and exercise are not the same. Today, most fitness programs teach exercises, Yoga asanas, pranayama, Tai Chi, aerobics, martial arts, etc or a combination of these. Though all of these are aimed at maintaining and improving […]
Bollyrobics -New High Intensity Workouts of Indian Dance
Bollyrobics is a high impact cardio workout, but it’s a fun way to get cardio. That’s what motivates people to continue with these sessions. This makes you look good on the outside and feel good on the inside Do you want to burn some calories? Join Bollyrobics – New Cardio dance workout will make you […]
Yoga Basics to Practice Yoga at Home
Contact Qualified Yoga Instructor and get some Yoga Basics: If you solely learn your yoga from a DVD, yoga posture cards or audio tapes, you might be practicing yoga in the whole manner. An incorrect pose or movement may cause long-term damage. It’s worth getting basic lesson from a certified instructor first to save you […]
Women’s Sports – Tanni Grey-Thompson in London 2012 Olympics
The Cardiff Born Athelete, Tanni Grey-Thompson Britain’s greatest Paralympian, changed the perception of Paralympic sport for ever. Sixteen Paralympic medals – 11 gold – six London marathon wins and 30 world records. Grey-Thompson, Britain’s greatest Paralympian, changed the perception of Paralympic sport for ever, from plucky hobbyists overcoming adversity to elite athletes in their own […]
What’s the Physical Activity for Children and Youth?
The thought of exercise doesn’t make Children and youth jump for joy, but no one was born with a ‘rubbish-at-sport’ gene. So, however hopeless you think you are, there’s an activity out there to suit you. In an official recent survey, doctors found 17 per cent of boys and 16 per cent of girls between […]
What is Pole Dancing?
Pole dance is a form of performance art which is a combination of dance and gymnastics involving dancing and acrobatics around a vertical pole. Although it has its roots in erotic clubs, it is an increasingly popular form of fitness and dance, practised by many enthusiasts in gyms and in dedicated dance studios. Pole dance […]
Walking holidays for over 50′s- Any Advice?
When it comes to Walking Holidays, Presentation, Practice and Performance are considered top tips in management. Silver Travel Advisor has come up with 10 ‘P’s to prepare for prolonged perambulation during walking holidays and when trekking with friends. Prepare: buy your boots early. Half a size bigger than normal, your feet will swell (flights, age, […]
Too many headers ‘can damage the brain’- Football
Footballers, who have a high rate of heading the ball during games and practices can have brain abnormalities and cognitive problems. Heading is believed to have killed the English footballer Jeff Astle. Astle, 59, who died in 2002, developed cognitive problems after years of playing for England and West Bromwich Albion. The coroner ruled that […]
Physical Education alongside Mathematics and Reading?
Sports medicine specialists say governments across the UK have squandered the chance to create an Olympic legacy of fitness. They have called for mandatory “physical literacy” tests in schools, alongside reading and mathematics, to help children with health problems and identify future sports stars. Leading Sports Medicine Specialist, Dr Andy Franklyn-Miller warns that the physical […]
Is Marathon Training a Risk for Your Heart?
Marathon runners who are less fit or lack the proper training can impair their heart with the stress of long-distance running, new Canadian research, presented on October 25, shows. Good news is that injury to the cardiovascular muscles for most runners is temporary and reversible, says cardiologist Dr. Eric Larose, a professor of medicine at […]
Do you find time to Exercise?
Unless you are a professional athlete who gets paid to train, it can be tough to fit your workouts into an already full schedule. Very few people enjoy working out, unless it’s done in a fun way (biking, swimming, hiking). Most of you are stuck in your living rooms with a treadmill or some weights, […]
Chicago Marathon Runner and birth of her daughter!
Medical guidelines generally say that if a woman was a runner and healthy before becoming pregnant, continuing during her pregnancy is fine. Some obstetricians, though, say pregnant women simply shouldn’t run marathons because they could push themselves too hard, while some experts say the level of exercise seldom becomes an issue during pregnancy. Marathon runner […]
Pregnancy and Protection against NeuroDegenerative Diseases
No one is resistant to the health benefits of exercise. A new study says working out during pregnancy will reduce the chances of unborn baby developing neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s, later in life. A new research report published online in The FASEB Journal shows that mice bred to develop a neurodegenerative disease roughly equivalent […]
Is Lifting Weights ‘Good as Running’?
What do the elite runners do? Well, very few elite runners who focus on events of 5k and up go anywhere near weight rooms. That doesn’t mean they don’t do strength training, though. The most popular form of strength training for elites is running hills. The bottom line is that they spend a lot of […]