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Catch up on previous entries at My blog archive page Mar 17, 2008, Daily exercise improves quality of life among postmenopausal womenA new study of how exercise can increase the quality of life among postmenopausal women showed that physical training gives energy, vitality and improves emotional state. This study is a continuation of the Dose Response to Exercise in postmenopausal Women (DREW) study, but this time it shows really great and impressive results. Click for more infoMar 17, 2008, Exercise Your Body, Not Your ExcusesIf you're exercising more excuses than muscle, you're not alone. Millions of Americans understand the benefits of exercise, yet many of us spend more time making excuses than moving. "Exercise is probably the closest thing we have to a magic pill for keeping our bodies and minds healthy," says Joe Moore, president and CEO of the International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association (IHRSA). "Exercise can make us feel good quickly. Even modest amounts can have health benefits. The important thing is getting started." Click for more infoMar 16, 2008, Fitness Forum: The most important muscle you have but never seeIt isn’t a muscle that will catch the attention of the opposite sex. It’s not going to pop out of a shirt sleeve and make you look sexy. It’s not even a muscle that most people will know if they are working it correctly. Ready... It’s Your Heart! That’s right, your heart is the most important muscle you have but never see. Click for more infoMar 15, 2008, Which Exercise Suits You Best?The answer to this depends on what your motivation is are you aiming to lose weight? Are you wanting to maintain your weight after you have achieved your target? Do you simply want to enjoy all the health benefits of exercise or is it your intention to just increase your fitness levels? Is it all of these? Well, whatever your answer, you must remember that the choice of exercise and the regularity with which you do it are very important if it is to give you the required benefits especially long term ones. Click for more infoMar 14, 2008, Exercise your brain: Use it or lose itRegular physical exercise might help a person lose weight, but more intellectual exercises are important to fend off a brain-stealing disease. Studies show over and over again there’s just no substitute to brain exercise, said Dr. Seema Joshi, an internist and geriatrician with Trinity at Terrace Park in Bettendorf. I tell my patients to do their usual things in unusual ways, she said, noting that brain exercises can be as simple as taking different routes to work or more complicated, such as learning a foreign language. Click for more infoMar 14, 2008, Daughter inspired by mom to exerciseWhen she was a teenager, Zhanna Pauluhn started exercising with her mother. Her mother, Lois Ebel, now 75, refused back surgery after suffering a ruptured disk. After spending six weeks in bed and consulting with doctors, she decided to try healing through swimming. Together, mother and daughter would visit the Cottonwood Health Club, now the Niwot Market, to swim and, as her pain diminished, to do aerobics. Click for more infoMar 14, 2008, Women's Health Care for the 20sWomen's Health Care for the 20s, major women's issue Permalink -- click for full blog postMar 14, 2008, That's Perimenopause, Precursor to MenopauseThat's Perimenopause -Natural health menopause support Permalink -- click for full blog postMar 14, 2008, Fitness, In Spirit, Mind and BodyFitness-Peak fitness limited by our health Permalink -- click for full blog postMar 14, 2008, Beauty Fitness Healthclub Gym Ensures FitnessBeauty Fitness Healthclub Gym -Learn the benefits of a beauty fitness healthclub gym! Permalink -- click for full blog postMar 13, 2008, Obesity and Fast FoodObesity and fast food. Are fast foods bad for you? Permalink -- click for full blog postMar 13, 2008, Americans learn bikes cut costs and improve fitnessAt a time of soaring gasoline prices, expanding waistlines, and growing worry over climate change, more Americans are getting on their bikes. Bicycle advocates say the bike should be used for the 40 percent of urban journeys that are less than two miles (3.2 km), especially since 90 percent of those journeys are done by car. Click for more infoMar 12, 2008, Healthy Fast FoodHealthy fast food to ensure good health Permalink -- click for full blog postMar 12, 2008, Spa with a differenceIt seems, spas with doctors is the next big thing. Walk into a spa which has music, scented aroma candles, but here you'll meet a professional doctor rather than a Linda from the North-East. And order for yourself a quick botox, lunchtime peel, nip-and-tuck liposuction or a nose surgery. Click for more infoMar 12, 2008, Exercise may keep you youngerWill you live even longer if you exercise regularly? Hard to say. Will you live a shorter life if you don't exercise? Probably. Research suggests that even if you are preprogrammed for a long life, being sedentary increases the odds that you will die before your time. Click for more info |