Exercising When You're Older
As you age, the maximum pumping capacity of your heart declines, resulting in less oxygen to exercising muscles and a decrease in your cardiovascular fitness.
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Fat, Yet Fit?
Even with exercise, being overweight is a risk factor for many health conditions.
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Ankle Flexibility Gains During an 18-day Intensive Stretching Regimen
The ankle flexibility gains the participants enjoyed were retained for at least three weeks after their intensive exercise program ceased.
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Weekend Athletes at Risk for Achilles Rupture
If you jump into a strenuous tennis match or a basketball game on the weekend, with little or no related exercise during the week, you're at risk for an Achilles injury.
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Strong Reasons to Start Strength Training
Strength training, whether you use weight training machines, elastic resistance bands, dumbbells, barbells or simply the weight of your body, offers many health benefits.
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It's Never Too Late to Start Strength Training
If you exercise, you can maintain significant muscle mass well into your later years.
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Thrill-Seeking Snowboarders, Skiers at Higher Risk for Injuries
Two thirds of snowboard injuries affect the upper extremities, with the most common injuries occurring to the wrist and shoulder.
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Helmet Use Associated With Reduced Risk of Head Injury for Skiers and Snowboarders
Alpine skiing and snowboarding are enjoyed by several hundred million people worldwide despite high head injury risk.
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ACE Recommends Strength Training to Address Obesity
One more way to steer the overweight children toward an active lifestyle is through strength training.
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Studies Show Exercise Can Spice Up Your Sex Life
Exercise improves sexual Function in men and women, so for Valentine's Day forget the box of chocolates or flowers and head to the gym for a workout with your partner.
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ACE Fitness Tools of the Trade: Stability Ball 101
The ball is an effective tool for stretching and mobility exercises.
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Diets and Last Minute Gym Sessions May Ultimately Only Do Harm
The problem with this rushed approach to fitness is that the body doesn't respond to sudden exercise and unhealthy dieting in a favorable manner.
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Get Moving With Dad This Father's Day
Give the gift of fitness this upcoming Father's Day with cool, calorie burning outdoor activities.
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Fitting In At The Gym Doesn't Have To Be A Challenge
American Council on Exercise offers five tips to help consumers feel comfortable in the gym.
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ACE Study Evaluates Benefits of Pilates
Check out the group fitness schedule at most health clubs and it's clear that Pilates is still one of the hottest trends in fitness.
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ACE Lists Best Butt Exercises
The American Council on Exercise (ACE), America's nonprofit fitness advocate, recently announced exclusive research that determines the most effective gluteal exercises.
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Fitness Counteracts Cognitive Decline From Hormone-Replacement Therapy
Higher fitness levels enhance the effects of shorter durations of hormone treatment and offset the declines associated with long term use.
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ACE Makes Fitness Trend Predictions for 2006
Functional fitness continues its strong presence in personal training sessions and group fitness classes.
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The 5 Hidden Costs of Your Old Fitness Routine
Personal trainer and fitness expert Leah Arnold shares the five top fitness pitfalls one should avoid in order to keep losing weight and stick with fitness program.
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Walking Helps The Planning Process
Australia's Chief Medical Officer says walking helps the planning process and exercise promotes better health, encouraging Australians to try the experience by walking.
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Fitness Program Designed Especially for Bariatric Patients
Though the fitness program will be optional, benefits of physical activities improve cardiovascular fitness and overall muscle tone.
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How to Keep That New Year's Resolution to Get More Exercise
Many people make New Year's resolutions to get more exercise but most quit after only a few workouts.
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Poor Fitness Common in Teens and Adults
Poor fitness common in teens and adults, with associated increase in prevalence of cardiovascular disease risk factors.
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Women Tracking Men in The 100 Metre Sprint
Female athletes have been catching up with men in the race to become the fastest human on the planet. But they may have to wait another 150 years before they finally overtake them, scientists believe.
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Prescribed Walking Can Improve Physical Fitness
Exercise counseling with a prescription for walking at either hard intensity or high frequency produces improvements in cardiorespiratory fitness.
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Exercise Adds Years To Life and Improves Quality
Effects of exercise on aging point to new findings that may inspire people to get up, get out and get moving on a regular basis.
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K Lab Helps Athletes Excel, Stay Healthy
Physicians, exercise physiologists and other researchers are helping athletes reach their full potential and avoid potentially threatening injuries.
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Exercise Improves Outcomes in Artificial Disc Replacement
A structured exercise program could improve recovery from lumbar disc replacement surgery.
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Walking to Public Transit May Meet Daily Exercise Needs
Researchers examined walking times for 3,312 transit users, finding that their average walking time was nearly 25 minutes on days they used public transit.
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Attention Seniors: It's Never Too Late to Start Exercising
Starting a regular exercise program can greatly benefit the health and quality of life of seniors of all ages.
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Exercise Amount More Important Than Intensity
Study demonstrates that you can exercise at an intensity much less than the classic exercise regimen and still achieve fitness benefits.
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Moderate Exercise Yields Cardiovascular Benefits
The amount of exercise may be more important than intensity to improve cardiovascular health. The effects of exercise amount and intensity in sedentary overweight men and women.
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Fitness Oriented Gym Classes Demonstrate Measurable Health Benefits for Overweight Children
Fitness oriented gym classes were designed to make fitness and good nutrition fun and achievable and to maximize the amount of fitness movement during the class period.
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Female Athletes At Risk for Gender Related Injuries
Women have different sports medicine needs than men. Other issues unique to female athletes include exercising when pregnant, exercise induced incontinence.
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Visceral Fat Build Up Is The Cost of Inactivity and Lack of Exercise
Lack of exercise leads to significant increases in visceral fat, and a moderate exercise regimen can keep this potentially dangerous form of fat at bay.
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Walking Shoes and Healthy Walking
Cheap gas prices are hard to find and people are taking out their walking shoes and walk more.
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Genetics May Affect How Older Adults Respond to Exercise
New research suggests why some older adults who exercise have better physical function than others.
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Are You Burning As Many Calories As You Think?
Fitness activity is very important to maintaining good health and also helps to burn calories.
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Add Regular Physical Activity To Your Daily Routine
With planning, you can easily fit 30 to 60 minutes of aerobic activity into your routine most days of the week.
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Certain Gene Variation Associated With Better Mobility for Older Individuals Who Exercise
Older individuals with a certain gene variation who exercise are less likely to develop mobility limitations.
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