Second Annual National Bike to School Day Let the bike bells ring! The National Center for Safe Routes to School announces National Bike to School Day registration is now open. Nearly 950 schools across the country participated in the inaugural national event in 2012. As excitement about the event builds, participation is expected to increase…
Joe Montana has arthritis. Yes, former professional athletes can have it, and indeed for Montana, years of playing impact-heavy football substantially damaged his joints, forcing him reevaluate his lifestyle and get serious about his joint issues. The month of May is National Arthritis Awareness Month, an effort to spread the word about joint health, prevention, and treatment….
Most adults with arthritis do no or little walking, but it is an effective and safe way to achieve proven arthritis relief, U.S. officials say. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report said for adults with arthritis physical activity is an essential self-management strategy proven to reduce pain and increase…
CAPTION GOES HERE and enclosed on a short code Did you know that May is both National High Blood Pressure Education Month and Stroke Awareness Month? Well, chances are you know someone who has high blood pressure, or hypertension, a condition that 67 million Americans have. That’s one in three U.S. adults who have to…
PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — About 20 percent of U.S. adults are meeting both the aerobic and muscle strengthening components of the federal government’s physical activity recommendations, according to a report published in today’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, a journal of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The data are based on self-reported information from the…
CHRISTOPHER BERGER, 42, an exercise physiologist and professor at the University of Indianapolis, has an uncommon view of airports and business travel. Where some see frustration, anxiety and long lines, Dr. Berger sees opportunities to move and relieve stress. Where some see an interminable wait, he sees an invigorating walk. “What I try to promote…
On April 27, 2013, the Northeast L.A. Riverfront Collaborative will host the River Bike + Walk Spectacular. The event will be held between 4 p.m.-8 p.m. at Marsh Park next to the L.A. River in the Elysian Valley neighborhood. Starting with a bike ride along the L.A. River Greenway Trail, visitors will enjoy a fun-filled…
Simple exercises with no-tech equipment (call them paleo or playground exercises, depending on how much fun they are) have long found disciples at niche gyms and in movements such as CrossFit. But in the last year and a half, major health-club chains have begun making hefting sandbags and shaking 25-pound ropes the standard, ditching the…
Wish those workouts didn’t seem to last forever? Research actually shows that people enjoy exercise more than they think they will. In fact, they enjoy it a whole lot more! There are about a billion mental and physical reasons to exercise regularly, so why not make the experience as enjoyable as possible? Here are 16 tactics designed…
CicLAvia — L.A.’s outdoor experiment in car-free urbanism — is set to return for a sixth time on Sunday, with an expanded route offering bikers, roller-bladers, walkers and others a route stretching from downtown L.A. to Venice Beach. Organizers said the expanded route will cover more than 15 miles, allowing individuals to make their way…