The Scientific American reports on research conduced by Dietrich Rothenbacher, an epidemiologist at the University of Heidelberg. Rothenbacker and his research grouup surveyed 312 patients between the ages of 40 and 68 who suffered from coronary heart disease and 479 volunteers matching the patients in age and sex. The scientists […]

The New York Times reports on some new ideas about why we sprain ankles and what we can do to make sure we don’t. The paper of record gives us the results of years of research by Dr. Bruce Beynnon, a biomechanical engineer at the University of Vermont. In a […]

The nicest thing about Karen Voight, fitness writer for the L.A. Times, is that she knows how to keep things clean, simple, and useful. Here, for example, is Voight’s two-step advice about a simple exercise that will stretch both sides of your spine, the backs of your legs and your […]

The Washington Post gives us a seasonally appropriate three-parter on body odor; what causes it, what some apparel merchants are trying to do about it, and a look at the latest allegedly odor resistant clothing.Here’s are the short answers: eccrine-gland secretion, apocrine-gland sweat, and 30 odd chemical components; they are […]

Geezer is fairly certain that he falls on the “less masochistic” end of the spectrum of his many faithful readers, but because he such a giving sort of person, he is pleased to offer this extremely painful test of the ([pick one: endurance? obsessive compulsive disorder? totally nuts behavior?) requred […]

The New York Times reports that exercise physiologists have some new thoughts about how to prepare for running a marathon in places where the heat, humidity and pollution are off the charts scary–places like Osaka and Beijing. Cities like those are unlikely to offer the 54 degree days that have […]

Finally, students have an argument for sleeping in class. The Scientific American reports that Harvard Medical School resarchers asked 60 healthy subjects to memorize 20 pairs of random words, such as blanket and village. The participants were assigned to one of five groups of 12 and had unlimited time to […]

Geezer remembers when light-weight meant not wool and rain gear was as breathable as an inner tube. That’s not the way it is these days, as the New York Times reports in this nifty slide show-equipped piece on the latest and lightest in light-weight shirts and jackets. Anything over two […]

This encouraging piece in the New York Times points out that a personal trainers, usually exercise physiologists or former professional athletes, are no longer in short supply. There are, apparently, two reasons for that:1. Coaching is hip. There are now 1,420 USA Triathlon-certified coaches in the U.S., up from 8 […]

Now that we’ve learned how to look like a soccer player and how to eat like a soccer player, it’s time to discover how to perform like a soccer player. For this, we turn to the Washington Post’s Moving Crew, who directs us to the advice of John Philbin, a […]