Chuck, you’ve always been seen by me as a guy who walks the walk. I try to walk whenever and wherever I can. What do you think of walking as a primary means of exercise? – Adam G., Maryland Sometimes we tend to skip the obvious when we are looking for an exercise regimen to…
Ida Keeling finished last in her 100-meter race at the Gay Games in Akron, Ohio, Tuesday, but she still ran away with the show. That’s because Keeling is 99 years old and really fast for her age. Keeling, a great-great grandmother from New York City, finished the race against competitors of many ages in 59.80…
The latest research shows there may be an upper limit to how helpful exercise can be on your heart It’s probably not news to you that Americans just don’t exercise enough.Less than half of us meet the recommended amount of weekly physical activity—despite research that shows exercise can be just as effective as drugs in some…
The prostate is can be a troublesome little gland. It is prone to painful infections and inflammation (prostatitis), enlargement that interferes with urination (benign prostatic hyperplasia, or BPH), and cancer. Prevention is the best medicine, something exercise can help with. Exercise has also been shown to help treat various prostate-related conditions. Although relatively few studies…
As a fitness trainer and as a person who is daily striving to motivate and encourage people to be physically active and live a healthier lifestyle, I can’t help but feel my heart break just a little more each time I see an obese child and learn that these children are at higher risk for…
In late-June 2014, my travels took me to Atlantic City, New Jersey to speak at a sports medicine meeting being held in conjunction with the first annual Challenge Atlantic City Triathlon. This was an Ironman Distance triathlon race and the conference was held to help educate the medical tent volunteers in preparation for their work…
Pedestrian crosswalk counter lights are at times overly optimistic for even the most agile pedestrians, but for many senior citizens and people with disabilities, those counters provide a laughable amount of time to safely cross busy intersections. Instead of leaving elders and people with disabilities stuck mid-way through busy intersections as the counter reaches zero,…
When you have anxiety or depression, exercise often seems like the last thing you want to do. But once you get motivated, exercise can make a big difference. Exercise helps prevent and improve a number of health problems, including high blood pressure, diabetes and arthritis. Research on anxiety, depression and exercise shows that the psychological…
(Today’s article is excerpted and adapted from the 2014 book People Habitat: 25 Ways to Think About Greener, Healthier Cities, distributed by Island Press.) This won’t be breaking news to most readers, but Americans don’t walk very much. Periodically, National Geographic publishes a 17-nation “Greendex” study on, among many other things, transit use and walking. In 2012 we…
Regular exercise may alter how a person experiences pain, according to a new study. The longer we continue to work out, the new findings suggest, the greater our tolerance for discomfort can grow. For some time, scientists have known that strenuous exercise briefly and acutely dulls pain. As muscles begin to ache during a prolonged…