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Stretching before and after workout is always your best bet for an appropriate warm up, to decrease muscle soreness and to decrease the risk of muscle or tissue injury. While stretching is beneficial it should be done in the correct way. Here are some practical tips to stretch it right!Stretching before and after workout is always your best bet for an appropriate warm... more
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Only one in eight youngsters is getting the recommended 60 minutes of physical activity a day, according to the British Heart Foundation (BHF).Only one in eight youngsters is getting the recommended 60 minutes of physical... more
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Interesting article on how to improve our physical education classes in order to make them more relevant in today's world. Much of it is common sense and the author does seem to overstate the problems with touching but all in all a very thought provoking article.
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Current physical education programs are mindless. Most consist of learning how to play different sports and games every few weeks. Quite frankly, you probably won't play most ever again. If you do, then it's your choice, and it is learned informally playing with friends, and family or formally on after school sporting teams. It is odd that such a useless class is required. What about the exercise factor? We'll it doesn't seem to effective since there are more overweight & out of shape kids than there has ever been before. It's time for physical education teachers, and school board officials to get their acts together.Interesting article on how to improve our physical education classes in order to make... more
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Only certain people can create a phenomenon. The fitness industry is relatively new and from the underground to mainstream there are certain figures which will always be remembered as Icons of Fitness.Only certain people can create a phenomenon. The fitness industry is relatively new... more
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"Children who spend hours in front of the television are at greater risk of developing asthma than those who are more active, a study has found.
Youngsters who watched more than two hours of TV a day were twice as likely to get the respiratory condition as children who watched less, according to research by British scientists.
The greater risk of asthma was not directly caused by watching television, which was used only as an indicator of how sedentary the children's lifestyles were.
The finding builds on recent work that points to a link between asthma and low levels of physical activity. Some scientists believe that inactive children do not inhale deeply and regularly enough, which helps to stretch the airways and may make them less prone to asthma.""Children who spend hours in front of the television are at greater risk of... more
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Watch TV, listen to the radio, browse websites and walk down the street and you will see fitness and diet industry advertising.
There is a lot of bark and not very much bite but you wouldn't know while checking out some of the advertising.Watch TV, listen to the radio, browse websites and walk down the street and you will... more
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Have you been making excuses since you make your empowering New Year's Resolution? If you think that you don't have time to exercise or you simply can't lift your enlarged rear end off the couch think again!
The worst 6 most pathetic excuses for missing your workouts.Have you been making excuses since you make your empowering New Year's... more
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Softball. Nope, there's nothing soft about it.
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Lulled into a sedentary lifestyle? Our bodies -- and our BRAINS -- can get flabby from a chronic lack of physical exertion. Psychiatrist and Harvard university professor John Ratey reveals in a new book "Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain" that the single most important tool people have to optimize brain functions *is* exercise.
Cognitive performance increases, the effects of stress are lessened, and even the negative consequences of women's hormonal changes can be "toned down." Neuroscience discoveries show that BDNF -- brain-derived neurotrophic factor [a protein that helps build and maintain the cell circuitry in the brain] is elevated with exercise.
Exercise benefits include delaying cognitive decline by as much as seven to 10 years! It plays a huge role in maintaining and regaining cognitive function.
Change your BRAIN for the better!
Exercise! =) Lulled into a sedentary lifestyle? Our bodies -- and our BRAINS -- can get flabby... more
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I don't know where this is, or what the competition is, but it doesn't matter, this is insane!I don't know where this is, or what the competition is, but it doesn't... more
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The healing power of Wii: "We've seen a variety of methods used to help stroke patients regain motion and motor functions, but we can't think of anything more exciting than playing video games as a critical part of your rehabilitation. Turns out, a number of physical therapists around the country are actually allowing patients to relearn balance and movement skills by playing the Wii, which as you know, it already quite the hit with the geriatric set."The healing power of Wii: "We've seen a variety of methods used to help... more
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What better way to experience Cape Town's breathtaking views than by dangling down the steepest cliffs of Table Mountain? This pod introduces us to "Abseil Africa," and one guy whose passion for this type of adventure has turned into a career.What better way to experience Cape Town's breathtaking views than by dangling... more
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