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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 […]

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Is Marathon Training a Risk for Your Heart?

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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

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Do you find time to Exercise?

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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,

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How to kill bulging belly fat?

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People with fat stored around their abdomen area are known as people having apple shaped bodies. Belly fat is basically the fat stored around the abdomen. These people generally have the tendency to store fat around the abdomen of the area and 80% men and 20% women fall under this category. There are two layers

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Chicago Marathon Runner and birth of her daughter!

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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

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Pregnancy and Protection against NeuroDegenerative Diseases

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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

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Is Lifting Weights ‘Good as Running’?

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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

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Power of Exercise and Diet?

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What did Gary Brennan from Hyde, Greater Manchester at 30, do to reduce himself from 40 stone to 13 stone? At his heaviest weight of 39st 13lb Mr Brennan, couldn’t even walk around his house without feeling winded. He suffered from diabetes and high blood pressure and was being tested for heart problems when his

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Ice Baths prevent Muscle Soreness?

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Many Physiotherapists recommend the bath to Sportsmen and women to prevent muscle soreness after exercise and to speed up recovery, claiming the icy cold helps shift lactic acid. The theory is that the icy cold causes the blood vessels to tighten, and drains the blood along with waste products such as lactic acid out of

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Fitness freebies or active lifestyle?

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Times may be hard, but experts say finding cost-free ways to get, or stay, fit has never been easier. Just going to the gym is not as important as an active lifestyle,” said Shirley Archer, spokesperson for the American Council on Exercise. “We have to shift that mindset. There are tons of free options. Archer,

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Physical Education alongside Mathematics and Reading?

Is Marathon Training a Risk for Your Heart?

Do you find time to Exercise?

How to kill bulging belly fat?

Chicago Marathon Runner and birth of her daughter!

Pregnancy and Protection against NeuroDegenerative Diseases

Is Lifting Weights ‘Good as Running’?

Power of Exercise and Diet?

Ice Baths prevent Muscle Soreness?

Fitness freebies or active lifestyle?

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