So many of us have done it – you figure that going to the gym is quite an expensive hobby and see that it would be much more financially intelligent to get a treadmill for your own home. After all, you’ll be able to work out whenever you want no matter what the weather...
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General Fitness
The scientific reason why you aren’t using your Treadmill
New Way to Calculate healthy weight could Trump BMI
The most common way to calculate a healthy weight has been using the Body Mass Indicator for many years. The BMI adjusts its health weight range depending on height and gender, so a tall man would need to weigh more than a shorter woman before he was considered to be overweight.
But a professor of...
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You Don’t have to Reach Your Goals to Feel Good About Exercising
A new study has found that you don’t have to actually get physically fit in order to feel good about yourself when it comes to exercise, and then people that don’t achieve their fitness or weight loss goals still feel good about themselves due to simply doing a little exercise rather that dedicating serious...
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Exercising in Heat Could Help you Eat Less
Most of us might be used to doing our exercise in our homes or in a gym with the air conditioning keeping the place cool, but if you’re looking to cut down on your calorie intake a change your diet, a run in the heat could help you out more.
The study was conducted in...
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Is watching too much TV stopping you from losing calories?
The average adult watches around five hours of television every day, although this number is slowly slipping as the internet begins to replace the television as many people’s primary form of entertainment – even if they are just using the net to watch TV programs!
A study has shown that people that watch TV less...
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Marriage is good for Your Health – If you do it Right!
Married people around the world finally have the comeback they need when they have an argument or a rough patch – being married is actually good for your health and can help majorly reduce the risk of both depression and anxiety for both members of the marriage.
However, it’s only as good as your relationship,...
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Disruption in Body Clock linked with Heart Disease
The possibility has been raised by scientists that cardiovascular disease could be linked to the disturbances in the body’s 24 hour clock.
The team based in Japan were working on mice. Scientists are already aware of the genes that are needed for the circadian clock commonly referred to as the body clock, and mice lacking...
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Younger Looking People Live for Longer
According to a new Danish study people who look ‘younger’ on average tend to live a long life, so if you’ve ever been told you look younger than your age or that you’ve got a baby face, perhaps now is the time to celebrate.
The study believes that simple appearance can go a long way...
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More Exercise leads to reduce risks
A lifetimes worth of the exercise and lifestyle habits of over 4,000 women was recently conducted at the University of Northern Colorado that has found that women over the age of 30 could see a benefit in increased exercise levels ? a lower risk of developing breast cancer.
The studies involved women being asked to...
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