Every now and then we hear a tale about someone who is incredibly fit, eats well – and then has a heart attack out of the blue. Even if you lead a healthy lifestyle it is worth seeing your doc once a year and paying attention to any symptoms that[…]
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There has been much written about how the health problems that come from sitting cannot be reversed. Some health researchers cite studies that show excessive sitting can have similar effects as smoking. But new research shows it may be possible to reverse the impact of excessive couch/chair warming… but it’s[…]
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Barefoot running. For some people, it is a godsend. For others, like the video up above, it is an irritating fad that can’t go away fast enough. So which is it? This incredibly extensive and pretty entertaining look at the history of barefoot running breaks down the studies, the timeline,[…]
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You have heard a million times about the power of a positive mental attitude. And a new study points to evidence that how you feel about your own physical fitness may add to, or strip away, years of your life. Researchers looked at mountains of data of people’s self-perceptions and[…]
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We are big fans of music around here, especially when it’s time to exercise. So we could not agree more with this new study that finds music does indeed make exercising that much more fun. British researchers recruited 24 people and asked them to walk around an outdoor track at[…]
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This article in the NY Times is mostly about how running will likely not harm your heart as many people have feared. We’ve covered that before, so this isn’t news to us. But there is something in the study about runners and their hearts that we wanted to point out.[…]
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There are some statistics that look pretty grim when it comes to how much Americans exercise. But a new study is aimed at our friends in the UK, and it’s also a little more embarrassing than even what we’re capable of. This was a poll of 2,000 people by a[…]
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Every time you headed to the gym, instead of going to get rid of those love handles or hit a workout goal you wish you hadn’t made in the first place, imagine you were going because you needed to study how the body reacts after 90 minutes on a treadmill.[…]
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A new study shows that the brain can be more powerful than the body, as long as you put yourself in the right frame of mind. Brock University researchers wanted to research how mental outlook can help people struggling to hit their workout goals. They studied 18 cyclists with competition experience,[…]
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Staring at our screens or shuffling around papers or talking to our bosses seem to always make us want to reach for a handful of something sugary or salty. It’s a way many people reduce stress and alleviate boredom. But those extra calories from anxiety/boredom snacks do nothing for us except[…]
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