News tagged with body workout

Create your own mini-gym for next to nothing

If you're like a lot of us, the New Year means your waist is noticeably thicker while your wallet is depressingly thinner than a month or two ago.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 06, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 1




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Swimming goes high tech with EPFL-developed inertial systems

Scientists from EPFL's Laboratory of Movement Analysis and Measurement have developed inertial systems, worn in a full-body swimming suit, which can analyse the strengths and weaknesses of elite-level swimmers during workout ...

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Latest gadgets give diets, workouts a high-tech boost

The math formula for weight loss isn't hard to understand. There's calorie input and calorie output - what you eat and what you burn. When the energy input is less than the output, you lose weight. But as simple as it looks ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Coloradans can make money by losing weight

(AP) -- Insurance company Kaiser Permanente Colorado is offering cash to Coloradans to lose weight and keep it off.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Dieters should eat foods rich in protein, mostly from dairy, to protect bones during weight loss

New research suggests that a calorie-restricted diet higher in protein—mostly from dairy foods—and lower in carbohydrates coupled with daily exercise has a major positive impact on bone health in overweight and ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 30, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Physical activity impacts overall quality of sleep

People sleep significantly better and feel more alert during the day if they get at least 150 minutes of exercise a week, a new study concludes.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers develop tools to resolve fitness dilemma for Canadians with spinal cord injuries

For most Canadians, finding a way to get fit is simple. Exercise equipment is readily available, and advice on workout routines and fitness guidelines are easy to find.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cells' 'neighborhood' can help prevent breast cancer

Exercise has given Lu-Ann Doria more energy, confidence and strength. It may also help her stay cancer-free, doctors say.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Some exercises yield more damage than progress

Maybe the biggest barrier to working out is time. Barrier, challenge, excuse? So fitness trainers hate to see anyone frittering away precious workout periods or filling them with less-than-effective exercises. Actually, it ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 30, 2011 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Exercise eases arthritis in obese mice even without weight loss

Adding another incentive to exercise, scientists at Duke University Medical Center have found that physical activity improves arthritis symptoms even among obese mice that continue to chow down on a high-fat diet.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Tendons absorb shocks muscles won't handle

Anyone who has hiked down a mountain knows the soreness that comes a day or two after means the leg muscles have endured a serious workout. While the pain is real, it's not well understood how leg muscles ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast


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