The benefits of physical activity for seniors extend beyond just helping them to avoid injury and disability; physical activity may also include faster and stronger recovery after injury There’s even more reason to exercise, especially as you get older. While study after study confirms the benefits of physical activity for the heart, mind and body,…
Young people frequently say that they want to exercise, but they just can’t find the time. The solution just might be in-office interval training. That means taking part in short bursts of intense exercise — while in the office. Recent studies show that very short but intense exercise rapidly builds and maintains fitness and health,…
Every day I walk myself into a state of well-being and walk away from every illness. I have walked myself into my best thoughts, and I know of no thought so burdensome that one cannot walk away from it. – Søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher and theologian Ideally, walking is a state in which the mind,…
ATLANTA — Could this traffic-clogged Southern city, long derided as the epitome of suburban sprawl, really be discovering its walkable, bike-friendly, density-embracing, streetcar-riding, human-scale soul? The answer is evident in the outpouring of affection that residents here have showered on the Atlanta BeltLine, which aims to convert 22 miles of mostly disused railway beds circling…
Lines are on trend. There’s New York’s High Line that created a linear garden above the streets of Manhattan, soon to be joined by the Lowline promising the same through Lower East Side tunnels, where sunlight is to be directed underground using fibre optics. Sydney has got in on the act with its Goods Line…
Three years after becoming the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage, Diana Nyad is ready to embark on her next big adventure – and she wants to bring one million Americans with her. On Thursday, Nyad announced the launch of EverWalk, the biggest walking initiative in American history that…
Everyone’s favorite Angry Birds – Red, Chuck and Bomb, along with two-time Olympic swimmer Chloe Sutton, are getting fired up for fitness and looking to engage kids of all ages! In celebration of The Angry Birds Movie, now available on Blu-ray™, DVD and digital, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) has teamed up with The American…
The chances of recovery for paraplegic patients were once considered nearly nil. But in 2014, 29-year-old Juliano Pinto, who faced complete paralysis below the chest, literally kicked off the opening match at the FIFA World Cup. Researchers had created a brain-machine interface (BMI) that allowed Pinto to control a robotic exoskeleton for the symbolic…
They don’t require yoga pants or a shower, but the research is clear: Walking meetings count as exercise. “If corporations were to adopt this ubiquitously, you just start to think of those health benefits adding up,” says James Levine, co-director of obesity solutions at the Mayo Clinic and Arizona State University. “It’s an amazingly simple…
Research has shown that the benefits of exercise go beyond just physical wellbeing. Exercise helps support emotional and mental health. So next time you’re feeling down, anxious, or stressed, try to get up and start moving! Physical activity can help: Reduce feelings of depression and stress, while improving your mood and overall emotional well-being. Increase…