Are you sitting right now? How long has it been since you last left your desk? If you work at a computer, it’s easy to spend more time sitting than you should. Nurses across the country and around the world, have the opposite problem: being on your feet all day has several consequences. It’s a…
For men with recent acute myocardial infarction, a home-based walking program is associated with a reduction in reported erectile dysfunction (ED), according to a study published in the March 1 issue of The American Journal of Cardiology. Isis Begot, from São Paulo Hospital in Brazil, and colleagues examined the influence of a home-based walking program on…
We get it. You want to get better at your sport while keeping running injuries at bay — but you’re busy. You don’t have time for an extra 30-minute strength session on top of your current training plan. And forget about that 20-minute head-to-toe flexibility “warm-up.” You’re just struggling just to get your runs in,…
Boomers and Millennials say they want to live in compact, walkable developments, but builders are putting their money into suburban McMansions. LAS VEGAS—A decade ago, home builders put up thousands of new spacious stucco homes in the desert here, with marble countertops, ample square footage, and walk-in kitchen cupboards. Then the recession hit, the values…
Active older people resemble much younger people physiologically, according to a new study of the effects of exercise on aging. The findings suggest that many of our expectations about the inevitability of physical decline with advancing years may be incorrect and that how we age is, to a large degree, up to us. Aging remains…
If you believe the statistics, by the middle of this century no one – and I mean no one – will walk anywhere much. Granted, they’ll waddle from their self-driving cars to their chair lifts, but the notion of undertaking a routine journey on foot will seem hopelessly recherché. Of course, there will still be…
Walking for 20 minutes every day can reduce a person’s risk of death by up to 30 percent, according to a new University of Cambridge study. Source: NBC News January 15, 2015 http://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/new-study-finds-lack-exercise-deadlier-obesity-n287091
It’s mid-January, and you may feel like a fitness failure. Join the gym, find a yoga class or lose 10 pounds? Not a chance. Go from couch to 5K? Still on the couch. Achieve that feeling of euphoria your friends say they get after SoulCycle? It’s still Greek to you. Instead of calling it quits…
The ideal amount of running for someone who wants to live a long and healthy life is less than most of us might expect, according to a new study, which also suggests that people can overdo strenuous exercise and potentially shorten their lives. There is increasing consensus among physicians and exercise scientists that people should…
It is one of North America’s most celebrated outdoor adventures, and this week it will become more celebrated still with the release of Wild, a new film starring Reese Witherspoon. The Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) is a long-distance path that runs 2,663 miles (4,286km) along the high ridges of the Sierra and Cascade mountains of California,…
