Latest Fitness Industry News
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- Key Mobilisers for the Cervico-Thoracic Junction [news]
- The cervico-thoracic junction (C-T junction) is a key area for the function of the neck, shoulder and thoracic spine. The most common problem that is encountered in this region is that the upper thoracic spine and lower cervical spine becomes “stuck” in flexion (flexion DSM).
- Implantation of a Ventricular Assist Device May Aid in Weight Loss for Obese Patients Awaiting a Heart Transplant [news]
- For patients who are awaiting a heart transplant, Left Ventricular Assist Devices (LVAD) can literally mean the difference between life and death -- helping the patient's own weakened heart to continue pumping until a suitable donor organ becomes available.
- The Low-Carb Diet Craze [news]
- A diet is more than a fad. In fact, it's more than a diet--when skinny people are on it. Yet there they are, jogging into Noah's Bagels in Santa Monica, Calif., proudly ordering bagels with the innards scooped out, disposed like toxic waste and replaced with full-fat cream cheese.
- Can You Be Fat & Healthy? [news]
- In a culture that fetishizes slimness, the idea of being fat and happy raises eyebrows. The idea of being fat and fit is nothing short of apostasy. With 30% of American adults considered obese and as many as 50 million of us on some sort of diet--usually unsuccessfully--at any one time, perhaps we ought to be asking ourselves whether we're going about things all wrong.
- Midnight Snacks: More Fattening Than You Feared? [news]
- When it comes to weight gain, the timing of your meals may be just as important as what or how much you eat. According to a study of lab animals published online by the journal Obesity, eating during the hours that the body would naturally be sleeping may lead to excess weight gain.
- Obesity Drugs Work — Modestly [news]
- You probably don't need a scientific study to tell you there's no such thing as a magic weight-loss pill. Taking federally approved anti-obesity medications, such as Xenical and Acomplia, leads only to modest weight loss — an extra 6 lbs. to 10 lbs. (2.7 kg to 4.7 kg) a year — and it's not likely to radically trim down bulging waistlines.
- The Big Toe Causing Havoc [news]
- The big toe (or hallux) is integral in the propulsive phase of gait. In fact it carries twice the load of the lesser toes. During running the force passed through the big toe joint can be increased by two to three times bodyweight.
- Prevention of Shoulder injuries In Exercise Programmes [news]
- It is important for anyone working with clients to recognise uncontrolled or faulty movement . It is only a matter of time before he’s off to his health professional with a strain or pain. By Jacqui Clark
- Turn your family into healthy snackers [news]
- Ideas and help on getting the whole family into healthy snacking habits. Snacking can be fraught; it’s hard to know what the good and bad choices are, let alone what’s right for our families. Busy lives, work pressures and family commitments can make the idea of ‘healthy snacking’ seem like one of those “yeah right” billboards. But, with a little planning and preparation, it can happen.
- 10 tips for family fitness [news]
- Make exercise part of family fun with these 10 fitness tips. Do you sit on the couch at every chance? Because if you do, there’s very little chance your kids will be enthusiastic about exercise.
- How to ease lower back pain [news]
- Lower back pain can impact every part of your life. But you don’t have take it lying down. It can happen to anyone. You’ll be sitting at your desk working away, when suddenly, you feel a dull ache in your lower back. What do you do? More often than not, you’ll probably keep working and just ignore it. Or if it gets worse, you may get up for a quick stretch – hoping that will do the trick.
- How to choose: Spreads [news]
- We explain what the labels mean on table spreads. You may be wondering why this is not entitled ‘how to choose butter and margarine’. Both butter and margarine must legally contain at least 80% fat to be given those names.
- Asthma and eczema [news]
- A strong link between asthma and eczema is now globally recognised. We look at the role food plays in these conditions and how avoiding certain foods, especially those with sulfites, may help.
- What You Eat After Exercise Matters [news]
- Many of the health benefits of aerobic exercise are due to the most recent exercise session (rather than weeks, months and even years of exercise training), and the nature of these benefits can be greatly affected by the food we eat afterwards.
- New Research on Type 2 Diabetes Could Benefit Young Adults With Condition [news]
- New research on Type 2 diabetes by Trinity College Dublin researchers could benefit young adults (aged 18-25 years) with the condition. The study findings demonstrate new mechanisms in muscle cells that may explain severe insulin resistance which is the body's decreased ability to respond to the effects of insulin, and a reduced response to aerobic exercise in young obese patients with Type 2 diabetes.
- Mom turns passion for fitness into thriving business [news]
- Carlene Steenekamp was being asked questions, by other mothers who saw how quickly she got back into shape after having children. "I had a lot of women asking me, 'How did you do it?' It became very overwhelming and time-consuming trying to help so many people," Steenekamp recalls. "My husband and I were talking about it one night and he said, 'You could make a living doing this.'"
- Trickle-down Olympic fitness for the rest of us [news]
- It's thrilling to watch those Olympians perform in Vancouver, but what have their superhuman feats to do with the fitness needs of us mere mortals? Industry experts say the Olympic example can be a tool to uproot couch potatoes and fire the workouts of everyday athletes.
- Soccer Practice May Significantly Reduce Blood Pressure in Inactive People [news]
- A just published research experiment on inactive men with high blood pressure shows that just 3 months of soccer practise twice a week causes a significant fall in blood pressure, resting pulse rate, and percentage of body fat, and is more effective than the doctor's usual advice on healthy diet and exercise.
- Never Too Cool for a Hard Workout [news]
- IT was not long ago that most snowboarders, even professionals, saw exercise and training as redundant. Snowboarding was exercise enough, and the sport’s countercultural ethos did not mesh with the structure of a fitness regimen or a gym membership.
- Functional training exercises compete with machine-based workouts [news]
- As they do every January, people are cramming into gyms to lose weight. But this year, some gyms are also working to slim down -- by excising rather than exercising. Instead of love handles and jiggling arm flesh, their problem area is the equipment loaded with stacks of hefty plates meant to work a single muscle.
- Exercise protects and improves the aging brain [news]
- Two new studies provide more evidence that regular aerobic exercise not only staves off the problems with thinking and memory that often come with age, but it can actually help turn back the clock on brain aging.
- Which Are Worse: Calories from Carbs or Fat [news]
- If you're one of millions trying to lose weight, you probably wish you had a more effective diet than the one you're on now. And if you're wondering whether Dean Ornish's low-fat diet will help you shed pounds better than Dr. Atkins' low-carb menu, the answer is simple: it doesn't matter.
- America's Obesity Crisis:Eating Behavior: Why We Eat [news]
- For human beings, eating has never been a simple matter. To a frog snagging a fly or a pelican nabbing a fish, food is fuel and nothing more. To a human, the ritual of eating--the act of pulling up and tucking in, of passing around and helping oneself--is one of the most primal of shared activities.
- Cracking the Fat Riddle [news]
- If Kerry Sieger were a stone age hunter-gatherer instead of a 21st century molecular biologist, chances are she would have the taut, trim body of her dreams. In college, however, Sieger underwent such a dramatic weight gain that, ever since, she has been a size 6 butterfly struggling to emerge from a chrysalis of size 20 clothes.
- Bent Out of Shape [news]
- Though Michael Booth is a scientist, he delivers a speech like an actor. What he's about to say is "pretty frightening stuff, It should be R rated. It's not for the faint-hearted."
- Being the boss can take its toll on health [news]
- Being the boss might mean more money and challenging work but it can also take a toll on physical and mental well-being, according to a Canadian study.
- Chuck the TV to slim down [news]
- If you've lost a lot of weight and want to keep it off, banishing high-fat foods and getting rid of your TV might help, along with eating less and staying active, new research hints.
- Link found between diet and immune system [news]
- Australian scientists have found a "direct link" between what we eat and how well our immune system operates, a breakthrough that could explain rising rates of autoimmune disease across the western world.
- More fibre for a flat tummy [news]
- Eating just a little bit more fibre could have a big impact in trimming waistlines, new research shows.
- Low cholesterol may prevent prostate cancer [news]
- Men may protect more than their hearts if they keep cholesterol in line: Their chances of getting aggressive prostate cancer may be lower, new research suggests.
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