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In a new study, sedentary older people who began new exercise programs curbed their rate of cognitive decline, especially when it came to the ability to process complex information quickly.
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For some, exercise is the longest four-letter word.
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Whether you are a weekend warrior who does long stints of exercise when you have time on your days off, or a serious athlete putting in long hours doing some type of cardiovascular pursuit, your body needs fuel to function maximally.
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Different types of work site exercise programs have multiple benefits, including reduced neck and shoulder pain for employees who do all-around exercise and lowered heart disease and stroke risk factors for those who do strength training, reports a study in the July Journal of Occupational and Enviro
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( American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine ) People with pain in the elbow or forearm from playing sports or just from common everyday activities, might be able to use a simple bar and strengthening exercise to alleviate pain, say researchers who are presenting their study results at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine’s Annual Meeting in Keystone, Colo., July 9-12.
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Different types of work site exercise programs have multiple benefits, including reduced neck and shoulder pain for employees who do all-around exercise and lowered heart disease and stroke risk factors for those who do strength training, reports a study in the July Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, official publication of the American College of Occupational and Environmental …
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Betty Robinson is proof that no one is too old to exercise. Since 2002, the 82-year-old Palm Desert woman has been the force behind the Riverside County Office on Aging’s Fit After 50 program. She not only teaches four classes a week, but Robinson, a certified trainer, also has instructed about 100 people how to teach the program throughout the county.
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Konami Digital Entertainment announced today that it is developing Walk It Out, a rhythm-based physical fitness title for the Nintendo Wii. In Walk It Out, players stroll through a virtual world that evolves in sync with an on-screen avatar’s footsteps. Skyscrapers, windmills, and lighthouses will spring up as players successfully step to the beat of a background music track. Walk It Out uses …
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I received an interesting question from a musician who wanted to know if playing a musical instrument was exercise. She said playing some wind instruments “takes a great amount of stamina” and that playing the bagpipes feels like a workout. So is she really getting a workout?
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A new UQ Sport program which aims to help elderly people exercise in their own homes has been launched by Queensland’s Minister for Disability Services and Multicultural Affairs, the Honourable Annastacia Palaszczuk MP.
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Dozens of the nation’s leading organizations in health care, science, medicine and public health are meeting in Washington, D.C., this week with one goal in mind: to develop a national physical activity plan that will make America healthier.
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