The most popular day to exercise is “tomorrow.” To pump up your motivation, we know the classic tips: find a workout partner so you’re accountable, make your intentions known so you feel social pressure, set a deadline like running a 5K or your 20th reunion. Now, it’s not to say that these tips don’t work….
Semoran Boulevard in Orlando, lined with gas stations, strip malls and bus stops, is a good example of what’s wrong with the roads in this busy Florida city. It’s the most dangerous street in a city that ranks No. 1 in the nation for pedestrian accidents, according to a recent national study. There have been…
This week is National Men’s Health Week, and it ends on a day dedicated to the men who need to be reminded of their health the most: our fathers. Not surprisingly, June is also Men’s Health Month, dedicated to heightening “the awareness of preventable health problems” and to “encourage early detection and treatment of disease…
Conventional wisdom tells us that we don’t move enough, but could it be that we sit too much? Is it the lack of time spent being active or the excess time spent being inactive? It’s more than likely a combination of the two, but research over the last six months makes a case for reducing…
Women who lose weight by exercising and eating better may reduce their risk of breast cancer more than women who lose the same amount of weight through diet alone, according to a new study of postmenopausal women. Both exercising and eating better are thought to reduce women’s risk of breast cancer by decreasing body fat…
Regular exercise, including walking, significantly reduces the chance that a frail older person will become physically disabled, according to one of the largest and longest-running studies of its kind to date. The results, published on Tuesday in the journal JAMA, reinforce the necessity of frequent physical activity for our aging parents, grandparents and, of course, ourselves….
A new home-based exercise program has shown significant promise in encouraging people with clogged leg arteries to walk farther, faster. Researchers at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago published the first study to reveal the long-term benefits of a home-based walking program, in the Journal of the American Heart Association. PAD affects an…
While most of us are probably aware of the powerful benefits of regular exercise, we’re clearly not all convinced: Just about 20 percent of American adults over the age of 18 meet the government’s recommended guidelines when it comes to physical activity, according to a CDC report. The average adult needs at least two hours…
A recent study out of Stanford University found that walking for at least 10 minutes enhances a person’s creativity. Psychiatrist and author John Ratey is not surprised. Ratey has written several books about how the brain is improved by exercise. He says when his patients stopped exercising, many not only became depressed, by some actually…
What if there was a way to reduce the risk of many major diseases at the same time as helping improve your overall health, decreasing your weight and boosting your energy? And what if this treatment was simple to do and took only a few minutes each week? And further, what if it contributed a…
