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Smart living, healthy aging

From the research world comes more incentive to stay active — or become so — as you age.
From the Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Yeshiva University comes “preliminary evidence” that keeping your brain sharp can help you physically. Einstein researchers took a group of 20 “frail” seniors (age 70 or older who walk less [...]

More studies weigh in on obesity

Move more, lose weight, so goes the conventional wisdom, right?
Well … .
A curious finding comes out of a four-year study of 212 kids at 54 schools in the town of Plymouth, U.K. This latest finding from the 11-year-old EarlyBird Diabetes Study being conducted by the Peninsula Medical School finds that physical activity may not play [...]

Cold weather exercise, exercised moms and who exercises most

Enjoy this tease of warm weather; After Tuesday we’re back to highs in the 40s, lows in the 20s.  According to Gary Sforzo, a professor of exercise and sports sciences at Ithaca College in New York, the return of cold weather shouldn’t deter you from exercising.
“If you are concerned about hypothermia, you don’t need to [...]

One word: Greenways

On this morning’s ride at Umstead with Alan and Tim, the conversation ranged, as it will on a good ride, from “Avatar,” to dinosaur dung http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coprolite  to, of course, biking. Alan and Tim are strong riders, and you might expect their end of the discussion to focus on training, technique, gear. And there was some [...]

Happy nuts, frozen nuts and other things I learned from “O”

The joke at our house (at least I think it’s funny) is that when the latest “O” arrives, I exclaim with mock surprise, “Oh, look! Oprah’s on the cover.”
This morning, the February 2010 issue showed up on the kitchen table. I was waiting for the coffee to finish, I didn’t feel like going out in [...]

Getting the most from your RMR allotment

Yesterday, we chatted with dietician Kara Mitchell about the importance of knowing your Resting Metabolic Rate, the number of calories your body needs to carry on such basic functions as breathing, pumping blood, growing new cells. Go below that number and your body will think it’s in trouble, switch into survival mode and burn fewer [...]

Not losing weight? Maybe you’re not eating enough

So it’s, what,  day 13 of the New Year — And I haven’t lost a pound despite the fact I’ve been starving myself!!!
That, says Kara Mitchell, a dietician and director of the Fitness Program at the Duke Health and Fitness Center in Durham, may well be your problem. “The biggest mis-conception for weight loss is [...]

Read, watch, listen

Some recommended reading, viewing and listening, especially for those of you who have recently renewed your efforts to lose weight and get in shape.
Reading

“How to lose 10 Pounds in Your 30s, 40s and 50s,” Health.com. It’s not your imagination, losing weight becomes more of a challenge as you age. For one thing, your metabolism [...]

10 exercise trends for 2010 (continued)

Yesterday, we shared five of the top 10 —
Well, pardon me, where’s my sense of propriety? Happy New Year, everyone! Now, what was I saying? Oh, yes … .
— exercise trends for 2010, according to the American Council on Exercise. Today, five more.
1. Functional training workouts Functional training workouts will increase in variety, including popular [...]

10 exercise trends for 2010

Still searching for the perfect workout for 2010 (which starts tomorrow, btw)?
Here are the top 10 fitness trends for 2010, according to a survey by the American Council on Exercise. Time and money appear to play a key role in how we’ll be exercising in the year ahead.
“Consumers will really look to maximize their workout [...]