Fitness
Reach out: Be flexible. Photo: Special Arrangement
Exercise on the move
Give your body its daily workout even while you holiday.
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Going with the flow
Stott Pilates instructor-trainer Anjali Sareen converted her fascination for fitness into her job
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No end to obesity epidemic, 20-year forecast shows
More bad news about Americans’ waistlines. The obesity epidemic may be slowing, but the number of obese adults is likely to keep going up.
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Walking helps with weight loss, improves fitness
The association has developed a health walking course together with physiotherapists. For seven weeks, 18 people working in various professions met twice a week to walk and exercise according to the programme.
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Sedentary lifestyle triggers frozen shoulder problem
Sedentary lifestyle, especially a work environment in which employees spend lot of time in front of computers, is triggering cases of frozen shoulder among many in the capital. Orthopaedics and ph...
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May 12, 2012
Sudden death
Football is often seen as the sport of the absolutely fit. After all, running across a field for more than over two hours needs the best of human ability and strength. But recently there have been...
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May 6, 2012
Not enough water sports in India
Koena Mitra, the actorand item girl known for her chiselled body, believes that in a city like Mumbai — where she lives, the only ways of keeping fit are to work out in the gym or go for a run reg...
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May 2, 2012
New fitness funda
Functional training has its origins in rehabilitation. Physiotherapists often use this approach to retrain patients with movement disorders.
Functional training attempts to adapt or devel...
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April 28, 2012
What about the right to exercise?
“When it comes to eating right and exercising, there is no tomorrow. Tomorrow is Disease”, said Terri Guillemets. Each election, the Election Commission releases figures of how many c...
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April 25, 2012
Beat the heat
Exercise: Start exercising slowly and keep your session short (15-20 minutes) when you begin. Monitor your exercise heart rate often and keep your exercise intensity low so that you can stay...
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April 21, 2012
Mum's the word
While motherhood is painted as the crowning glory and privilege of being a woman, it comes with its own inherent problems. One of the major problems is diabetes. Diabetes in pregnant women i...
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April 16, 2012
How exercise can prime the brain for addiction
Statistically, people who exercise are much less likely than inactive people to abuse drugs or alcohol. But can exercise help curb addictions? Some research shows that exercise may stimulate reward...
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April 15, 2012
Chain reaction
Dinesh, a healthy middle-aged man with a headful of hair, experienced an unexpected downfall in business. The creditors were closing in and he had no way out. One morning, he found himself nearly...
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London,
April 14, 2012
Walking could be a useful tool in treating depression
Walking can play a vital role in fighting depression, a study has claimed. The study in the journal Mental Health and Physical Activity showed walking had a “large effect” on depress...
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April 5, 2012
Training room: Plank
Method
Lie on the floor with your body straight.
Slowly lift your body off the floor and onto your toes and elbows, as shown in the picture.
Forearms should be fl...
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Relax, do an asana
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Swiss ball crunches
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May 9, 2012
What's your ‘H' factor?
Science has worked for years to find out what keeps humans happy and satisfied. Happy people make a happy world. And happiness cannot be bought. It is a feeling that is triggered by the ‘happy hor...
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May 3, 2012
Training Room: Side plank
Method
Lie on your side on an exercise mat.
Place your right forearm on mat under the shoulder and perpendicular to the body.
Lift your left hand straight up as s...
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Berlin,
April 30, 2012
Warm-up should precede strength training
Strength training should be preceded by a 10 to 15 minute warm-up on a treadmill, stationary bicycle or elliptical trainer.This is according to Ingo Froboese, a professor at the Health Cent...
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April 26, 2012
Pulse Rate - It's never too late for a run
Centenarian Fauja Singh who ran the marathon in London on Sunday is an inspiration for many athletes who did not have the opportunity to participate in national or international meets in their youn...
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April 25, 2012
Fun in the sun
As the summer heat continues to soar, the spirit seems to plummet downwards and the body feels like a wilting flower. The best way to beat the heat is to stay active and enthused. It will pump up e...
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April 18, 2012
What's your move?
We are already well into 2012. Time has a way of hurtling past; before we get our workout shoes on and off, the year will be over. Some of you must've got gym memberships as part of your New Year r...
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Berlin,
April 16, 2012
Getting fit by cycling
It is worth it having a bicycle helmet ruin your hairdo every morning. Cycling, after all, is healthy -- but only if the cyclist has a suitable bike and cycles with the proper posture.Havin...
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April 15, 2012
Know your knees
With advancing years comes the problem of aching knees, especially among women. “Seven out of 10 knee replacements are done on women,” says P. Suryanarayan, consultant joint replacement surgeon, A...
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Washington,
April 6, 2012
Active adults less prone to functional limitations
Older adults who experienced any level of psychological distress were more than four times more likely to experience functional limitation than those who did not, researchers from Australia have f...
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April 4, 2012
Live well, live healthy
April 7, 2012, will mark the 64th annual World Health Day, which commemorates the inception of the World Health Organisation (WHO). Every year, the WHO selects a theme or topic that represen...
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Exercise on the move
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Sudden death
What's your ‘H' factor?
No end to obesity epidemic, 20-year forecast shows
Walking helps with weight loss, improves fitness
Not enough water sports in India
Training Room: Side plank
Sedentary lifestyle triggers frozen shoulder problem
New fitness funda
