Everyone hears the constant refrain about how important it is for us to exercise. But how important is exercise safety? Read this article to find out.
What can improve your mood, boost your ability to fend off infection, and lower your risk for heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, and colon cancer? The answer is regular exercise. It may seem too good to be true, but it's not. Hundreds of s...
If you don't exercise, your muscles will become flabby and weak. Your heart and lungs won't function efficiently. And your joints will be stiff and easily injured. Inactivity is as much of a health risk as smoking<br>Helps Prevent Diseases<br>Our bodies were meant to move -- they actually crave exercise. Regular exercise is necessary for physical fitness and good health. It reduces the risk of…
Exercise may aid in weight control and help to fend off diabetes by improving the ability of fat cells to burn calories.
Follow our step-by-step plan to make it easy to fit in a workout first thing in the morning.
How to find out when happens to your brain when you exercise. What your mind to stay fighting fit and your concentration to improve, then follow this advice.
For many people, being glued to a desk with a computer is a part of their daily routine. But sitting at the computer all day may not be good for your body or mind. It may cause backaches due to poor posture, discomfort from lack of...
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(Johns Hopkins Medicine) As we age or develop neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s, our brain cells may not produce sufficient energy to remain fully functional. Researchers discove…
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When should you inhale and exhale while lifting weights? Should breathe through your nose or mouth when you run? What's with the special breathing in yoga and Pilates? Get answers from the experts!
Do you hate to exercise? You might not have tried the right type yet. WebMD tells how to find exercise that you'll enjoy and stick with.
Being new to working out can be terrifying. Walking into a gym and seeing a room full of equipment that looks to you like Medieval torture devices, can be enough to send you running. Never mind the fact that everyone seems to know what they are doing while you stand there feeling lost and confused. You may think you are the only person left on the planet who has yet to be initiated into this community but that is just plain untrue. While…
A reduction in stress is tantamount to an expansion of time.
Stopping exercise for 10 days can reduce brain blood flow by 20% to 30% in eight brain regions, including the hippocampus, which is responsible for learning and memory and is one of the first brain regions to shrink in Alzheimer’s disease.
Taking the time to warm up will actually help you work out harder, feel better and reduce your likelihood of injury.
To help fight rising rates of inactivity, a physiologist argues that doctors should write prescriptions for exercise for inactive patients.
Breaking a sweat on a regular basis can get you into amazing shape, but research shows it can boost your brainpower too. Learn to harness the total-body benefits of heart-pumping exercise.