Fitness-Diets

Almost all of us harbor the desire to somehow lose some of our weight. This amount can vary from person to person depending on his physical state. In some cases when the situation worsens and the person reaches a bad physical state then this need of losing weight is even suggested by doctors. So say you need to lose 10 pounds in 10 days. Is it achieveable? Rather is it safe? In the presence of so many diets present around, this task of Read the rest of this entry »

High school pitchers who go full-speed the first day or week of spring training may be headed down the road to serious injury.

“A large number of high school athletes take the winter off and just go out and start throwing as hard as they can,” said Matt Holland, a physical therapist with The Methodist Center for Sports Medicine in Houston. “The problem is that their arms are not in baseball shape and they open themselves up to serious shoulder Read the rest of this entry »

With the 2010 Winter Olympic Games just days away, officials in the anti-doping community are urging researchers and those in the athletic community to re-double their efforts to fight illegal doping.

The ethics commentary, called “Gene Doping and Sports,” appears in the February issue of the journal Science. Lead author Theodore Friedmann, MD, professor of pediatrics and director of the Gene Therapy Program at UC San Diego School of Medicine, Read the rest of this entry »

Among women who survive to age 70 or older, those who regularly participated in physical activity during middle age appear more likely to be in better overall health. Qi Sun, M.D., Sc.D., of the Harvard School of Public Health, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, and colleagues analyzed data from 13,535 participants in the Nurses’ Health Study.

The women reported their physical activity levels in 1986, at an average Read the rest of this entry »

Nearly half of adults (44 per cent) are ‘too busy’ to do physical activity and two out of three are not doing the recommended 30 minutes a day, according to a survey of 2,000 people.

Although three quarters of those questioned consider themselves healthy, nearly all (93 per cent) confess to having at least one health sin such as eating takeaways regularly, binge drinking, not eating enough fruit and vegetables, and smoking.

Most adults Read the rest of this entry »

Cellulite is a very widespread phenomenon nowadays, which disturbs many women around the globe, being a reason for depression and self-reproach. If you have cellulite you feel uncomfortable all the time, especially in summer. When you are at the beach, it seems that everybody around you is staring at your hips with disgust. Don’t tell that this situation doesn’t hurt your self-esteem.

Inner discomfort is the main reason why Read the rest of this entry »

The world’s largest sports medicine and exercise science organization today expressed its support for proposed safety legislation in the dietary supplement industry.

The American College of Sports Medicine - a professional society with more than 35,000 members and certified individuals - is a partner of the United States Anti-Doping Agency, the entity leading the charge for “Supplement Safety Now.” USADA held a press conference today with Read the rest of this entry »

Core Strength Training and Abdominal Muscle Training are fairly synonymous these days. Those designing their fitness routines should know, though, that there is much more to core strength exercises than just abdominal routines. Abdominal muscles have specific actions, and are fairly limited in nature. Core exercises are concerned with the entire muscular structure comprising the spine, pelvis, and torso. An anatomical picture of the muscular Read the rest of this entry »

One year of once- or twice-weekly resistance training appears to improve attention and conflict resolution skills among older women. Teresa Liu-Ambrose, Ph.D., P.T., of Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute and University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, and colleagues studied 155 women age 65 to 75. Participants were randomly assigned to participate in resistance training once (54 women) or twice (52 women) weekly, whereas 49 women in Read the rest of this entry »

For all those wanting to bulk up on your muscles and work towards a well toned body, the essentials of a good healthy diet rich in proteins would probably be known to all of you. The main job here is to get on enough proteins without having to bother about the calories which could come with them. Therequirement of getting adequate protein minus any of the unwanted calories is made relatively easy by bulk and muscle formula protein drink mix by Read the rest of this entry »