Fitness & Exercise
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While it's great to get a full gym workout, most people don't have the space or the money to put all that equipment in their home. The GymPad Bench is the latest product to offer a solution to that problem, by packing multiple exercise machines into one compact package. -
While its movements are slow and gentle, Tai Chi is actually a martial art. Now, a study shows that it can not only help people learn movements grounded in self defense, but it can also help them fight the symptoms of Parkinson's Disease. -
A study has found that tai chi was more effective than aerobic exercise at lowering blood pressure in 18-to-65-year-olds with prehypertension, a condition that can progress to high blood pressure and other cardiovascular diseases.
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November 29, 2023A study found that interrupting prolonged sitting with intermittent half-squats improved blood flow to the brain and, with it, cognitive functioning and concentration. This simple exercise could be done at work or home to provide a brain boost. -
November 21, 2023Runners have treadmills for stationary indoor training, while cyclists have rollers and rowers have rowing machines, but … what is there for wheelchair users? Well, it turns out that they can utilize a li'l something called the Wheely-X. -
November 14, 2023For the first time, scientists have found how our internal body clocks that govern the brain and skeletal system sync up, and upsetting this balance might contribute to injury and accelerate age-related bone and joint decline and disease. -
August 08, 2023Researchers have undertaken a worldwide meta-analysis to look at the minimum number of steps needed to reduce the risk of dying and found that it takes far fewer steps than we first thought to reap the health benefits of walking. -
August 04, 2023If an older person is already weakened by a medical condition, then spending all day in a hospital bed is only going to make them weaker. New research, however, suggests that as little as 25 minutes of walking per day makes a big difference. -
July 31, 2023Researchers who previously found that exercising for just three seconds a day, five days a week, improved muscle strength have undertaken a new study to determine the minimum number of days of three-second exercise you need to do to see benefits. -
July 27, 2023A new study has found that short bursts of vigorous physical activity lasting just a few minutes incorporated into daily activities reduce cancer risk. It’s great news for people who don’t have time to – or don’t want to – go to the gym to work out. -
July 19, 2023For those who struggle to find time to exercise during the week, preferring to do most of it on the weekend, a new study has found that being a “weekend warrior” is still effective at reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease. -
July 17, 2023Nearly 560,000 Americans undergo dialysis each year, and while treatment can vastly improve quality of life, it can also contribute to worsening it. Now, a study has made the case for exercise programs to become part of the life-saving renal treatment. -
January 06, 2023"Ab wheels" are widely used to build core strength, with some models offering a limited amount of resistance via spring mechanisms or elastic bands. The ZeroWheel takes things further, however, by incorporating an adjustable-output electric motor. -
December 22, 2022Fitting regular walks into your daily routine can be a great way to get some active minutes into your day, but what if you make that walk as inefficient as possible? A new study has explored this idea via gaits exhibited in a Monty Python sketch. -
December 15, 2022A compelling new study has identified a gut-brain pathway in mice that connects specific gut bacteria with motivation for exercise. If the same pathway is confirmed in humans it could mean modifying one's microbiome may help prompt a desire for exercise. -
December 14, 2022Exercise obviously has a wide range of health benefits, and that doesn’t stop when you get cancer. A new study shows that a single workout produces anti-cancer proteins that significantly slow tumor growth in patients with advanced prostate cancer. -
December 11, 2022Finding time to exercise can be tricky business, but there's still a lot to gain from squeezing in short spurts. A new study highlights the effects of one-minute bouts of vigorous activity, which were linked to a longer life in thousands of subjects. -
December 06, 2022New research has homed in on the way our genes can be turned up or down depending on levels of physical activity. The unique study focused on exercise-induced epigenetic differences in genetically identical twins.
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