Just moving around makes people more happy. Or maybe not moving makes people less happy. While you figure it out, think about this: a new study conducted at the University of Cambridge used an app to track motion over a 17 month period for 10,000 people, who answered random questions […]
Fitness
Weekend Warriors Reap Benefits
Forget the cynical comments and warning of pulled muscles directed at weekend warriors, those of us who exercise only once or twice a week. A new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine finds significant mortality benefits for all manner of weekend warriors. The Washington Post reports on the study, which found […]
Gym Members Are More Fit
OK, the researchers don’t suggest why people who belong to a gym exercise more and also happen to be more fit, but readers may be able to figure that out. What the University of Iowa study did find was that people who belonged to a health club not only exercised […]
How Running Helps Your Knees
What if everything they told us about running and knees was wrong? That’s what New York Times fitness writer Gretchen Reynolds suggests, based on research at Brigham Young University, where scientists drew blood and synovial fluid (the stuff the lubricates joints) from 30 healthy volunteers before and after they either […]
20 Minutes of Exercise Slows Inflammation
Just 20 minutes of exercise, and not even strenuous exercise, is all it takes to reduce the kind of inflammation that can eventually lead to heart disease and other long term ailments. HealthDay reports on research conducted at the University of California in San Diego that tested the blood of […]
Three Things Exercise Does For Your Brain
Wendy Suzuki, professor of neural science and psychology at NYU, on three good things that exercise does for your brain.
Runners’ Brains Have More Connections
No, it doesn’t mean that runners are smarter than the rest off us, but research conducted at the University of Arizona has found that runners, overall, have greater functional connectivity  or connections between distinct brain regions  within several areas of the brain, including the frontal cortex, which is important […]
Which Sports Add The Most Years To Your Life?
Looking for a sport that will keep you alive longer? Try tennis. Or squash.  People who play racquet sports, according to researchers at the University of Sydney, have an almost 50 percent lower risk of dying from any cause. And playing a racquet sport was linked to a 56 percent lower […]
Sweat Patch Monitors Body During Exercise
No, you can’t buy one yet, but a very cool flexible microfluidic device that sticks to your forearm may be the be model for the next generation of fitness bands. A Northwestern University news release reports that researchers at the school have designed an inexpensive, quarter-size patch to analyze key […]
Ski Safety Tips From The People Who Own the Mountain
That National Ski Areas Association (NSAA) would very much like to ski safely this winter, so that you can come back and ski safely next winter. Toward that end, they offer these safety tips: Have the right equipment. Get ski or snowboard bindings properly adjusted at a ski shop. Good […]