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Interested in growing old gracefully? Studies show that practising the ancient Chinese art of Tai Chi may improve balance and stability.
In a study published in April 2005 in Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation researchers tracked 51 elderly participants in a community-based Tai Chi program. After 12 weeks participants had better postural control and increased spinal flexion. They also had greater range of movement, which is especially important for older individuals to help reduce their risk of falling.
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Exercise Your Heart Safely
The major killer in North America today is heart disease, even though it is preventable with proper nutrition and regular exercise.
The major killer in North America today is heart disease, even though it is preventable with proper nutrition and regular exercise.
Triathlon
In reality, most people are quite capable of achieving the Ironman distance if they're willing to put in between 12 to 20 hours of training a week and have the discipline to follow the training regimen!
In reality, most people are quite capable of achieving the Ironman distance if they're willing to put in between 12 to 20 hours of training a week and have the discipline to follow the training regimen!
Skip It!
You don't have to join a gym or invest in sophisticated exercise equipment to stay fit. You don't even have to worry about staying fit while you're travelling.
You don't have to join a gym or invest in sophisticated exercise equipment to stay fit. You don't even have to worry about staying fit while you're travelling.
Kick Up Your Heels
Take a turn around the floor with ballroom dancingBallroom dancing is fun for all ages and will keep you fit as a fiddle throughout life. Historically, dance has always been with us.
Take a turn around the floor with ballroom dancingBallroom dancing is fun for all ages and will keep you fit as a fiddle throughout life. Historically, dance has always been with us.
On Track with Cross-Country Skiing
Gliding into winter is easy with this low-impact sportThe quiet swish swish of skis over snow is one of the supreme joys of winter.
Gliding into winter is easy with this low-impact sportThe quiet swish swish of skis over snow is one of the supreme joys of winter.
Aerobic Exercise for Life
If someone told you that there was a way for you to have more energy, be more productive, sleep better, live longer and maintain emotional well-being, would you be interested? Who wouldn't be, right? It almost sounds too good to be true. You may think, "Okay, what's the catch?" Actually, there is no catch.
If someone told you that there was a way for you to have more energy, be more productive, sleep better, live longer and maintain emotional well-being, would you be interested? Who wouldn't be, right? It almost sounds too good to be true. You may think, "Okay, what's the catch?" Actually, there is no catch.
Heart Happy
Your heart must be challenged on a regular basis. It is a muscle and, like any other muscle in the body, the more it is used, the stronger it becomes. And, also like other muscles, a stronger heart will also be more efficient at doing its job.
Your heart must be challenged on a regular basis. It is a muscle and, like any other muscle in the body, the more it is used, the stronger it becomes. And, also like other muscles, a stronger heart will also be more efficient at doing its job.
Muscle vs. Fat
Stepping on the scale is "over weighted." To determine healthy body composition, consider your percentage of body fat in proportion to muscle mass.
Stepping on the scale is "over weighted." To determine healthy body composition, consider your percentage of body fat in proportion to muscle mass.
Moving Through a Frozen February
The dull days of frozen February provide little motivation to be active in a country where inactivity is already an issue year round. A survey conducted by the Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute in 1999 shows that 64 percent of Canadians are still not active enough to reap the health benefits of a physically active lifestyle.
The dull days of frozen February provide little motivation to be active in a country where inactivity is already an issue year round. A survey conducted by the Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute in 1999 shows that 64 percent of Canadians are still not active enough to reap the health benefits of a physically active lifestyle.
A Trim Waistline
The spare tire around your waist may be causing you more than embarrassment or frustration. It may be robbing you of health and longevity. Natural health supplements such as chromium, panthothenic acid, and vitamin C can help.
The spare tire around your waist may be causing you more than embarrassment or frustration. It may be robbing you of health and longevity. Natural health supplements such as chromium, panthothenic acid, and vitamin C can help.
Measuring Up
Many people remain at the same weight for years, even though their valuable lean muscle tissue has been replaced by fat..
Many people remain at the same weight for years, even though their valuable lean muscle tissue has been replaced by fat..
Balancing Act
Muscle soreness and accelerated heart rate is often associated with Western methods of fitness training. However, over the past few decades, meditative Eastern exercise methods such as Tai Chi have crept in to complement mainstream fitness programs..
Muscle soreness and accelerated heart rate is often associated with Western methods of fitness training. However, over the past few decades, meditative Eastern exercise methods such as Tai Chi have crept in to complement mainstream fitness programs..
Regulating Cravings and Appetite
How many times have you heard someone say, "I tried eating just one cookie but eventually ate the whole box? This unfortunate approach to eating represents one of the major problems encountered by those who wish to lose weight and improve their health: how.
How many times have you heard someone say, "I tried eating just one cookie but eventually ate the whole box? This unfortunate approach to eating represents one of the major problems encountered by those who wish to lose weight and improve their health: how.
Sweat It Out
My best friend, Kim, never sweats. Instead, a light film of glistening moisture begins to cover her skin as her workout progresses from the warm-up to a more intense stage.
My best friend, Kim, never sweats. Instead, a light film of glistening moisture begins to cover her skin as her workout progresses from the warm-up to a more intense stage.
Reduce Cellulite Naturally
I have always been jealous of my friend, who is naturally petite, eats all she wants, and never seems to gain a pound. But despite how skinny she is, she still complains of cellulite.
I have always been jealous of my friend, who is naturally petite, eats all she wants, and never seems to gain a pound. But despite how skinny she is, she still complains of cellulite.
Exercise to Entertain
Most often people do not stick to exercise programs because they lack motivation due to stress, time management issues or simply a boring workout. The key to sticking with your resolutions comes from making your workouts fun.
Most often people do not stick to exercise programs because they lack motivation due to stress, time management issues or simply a boring workout. The key to sticking with your resolutions comes from making your workouts fun.
Cardio vs. Strength Training
Cardiovascular training provides a good foundation when it comes to exercise, offering benefits in weight control, endurance, and overall cardiovascular health. Unfortunately, as we age cardio exercises alone can't help us preserve muscle mass. Combining strength and cardio training is the ideal way to keep your heart, muscles, and bones toned and healthy.
Cardiovascular training provides a good foundation when it comes to exercise, offering benefits in weight control, endurance, and overall cardiovascular health. Unfortunately, as we age cardio exercises alone can't help us preserve muscle mass. Combining strength and cardio training is the ideal way to keep your heart, muscles, and bones toned and healthy.
Take It Outside
Successfully enjoying winter sports requires specific preparation and training. Even active adults involved in sports like cycling and jogging haven't trained for shifts in balance, setting them up for possible injuries when participating in winter sports.
Successfully enjoying winter sports requires specific preparation and training. Even active adults involved in sports like cycling and jogging haven't trained for shifts in balance, setting them up for possible injuries when participating in winter sports.
Tai Chi
Although Tai Chi was originally developed as a method of self-defence, research has confirmed what the Chinese have known for centuries: regular practice has many health benefits including increased physical functioning and mental well-being. This is why Tai Chi is often referred to as "meditation in motion.
Although Tai Chi was originally developed as a method of self-defence, research has confirmed what the Chinese have known for centuries: regular practice has many health benefits including increased physical functioning and mental well-being. This is why Tai Chi is often referred to as "meditation in motion.
Fight Night at the Gym
Fitness boxing is a fun and exciting way to stay in shape. It's an easy-to-learn workout that demands full physical and mental commitment. The results are incredible. Fitness boxing can help you find yourself in the best physical and mental shape of your life.
Fitness boxing is a fun and exciting way to stay in shape. It's an easy-to-learn workout that demands full physical and mental commitment. The results are incredible. Fitness boxing can help you find yourself in the best physical and mental shape of your life.
Mysterious Tai Chi Chuan
Over time, practice of tai chi improves balance, flexibility, and posture. Using a series of movements, deep breathing, and mental control, tai chi is practised in a choreographed sequence known as forms. These forms may appear simple but, in fact, they demand muscular strength and mental awareness.
Over time, practice of tai chi improves balance, flexibility, and posture. Using a series of movements, deep breathing, and mental control, tai chi is practised in a choreographed sequence known as forms. These forms may appear simple but, in fact, they demand muscular strength and mental awareness.
ROLL'N
Inline skating is a great aerobic workout that the entire family can use to help stay in shape. Some people enjoy taking long leisurely skates, while others use inline skating for intense cardiovascular training or as a mode of transportation on city streets.
Inline skating is a great aerobic workout that the entire family can use to help stay in shape. Some people enjoy taking long leisurely skates, while others use inline skating for intense cardiovascular training or as a mode of transportation on city streets.
Perseverance Pays Off
My lifestyle makeover is coming to a close; the strong foundation laid down over the last seven months will be complete. So how do I feel now?
My lifestyle makeover is coming to a close; the strong foundation laid down over the last seven months will be complete. So how do I feel now?
Self Defence
Would you like to get over the fear of attack or learn to act on your own behalf? These are just a couple of considerations that might motivate you to take up a self-defence program. Let's face it-violence happens; therefore, self-defence is a life skill, not a luxury.
Would you like to get over the fear of attack or learn to act on your own behalf? These are just a couple of considerations that might motivate you to take up a self-defence program. Let's face it-violence happens; therefore, self-defence is a life skill, not a luxury.
Bliss on the Water
The turquoise blush of the Pacific sparkled in the afternoon sun as my wife and I eased our sea kayaks onto a beach of white, talcum-powder sand. A jumble of bleached driftwood fringed the lush coastal rainforest, home to a pair of bald eagles cruising the cloudless sky.
The turquoise blush of the Pacific sparkled in the afternoon sun as my wife and I eased our sea kayaks onto a beach of white, talcum-powder sand. A jumble of bleached driftwood fringed the lush coastal rainforest, home to a pair of bald eagles cruising the cloudless sky.
It's as Easy as One, Two...Eight
The lesson of today is we can improve upon yesterday while getting ready for the days to come. The New Year is an excellent time to reflect and motivate ourselves to make small yet significant changes to our health.
The lesson of today is we can improve upon yesterday while getting ready for the days to come. The New Year is an excellent time to reflect and motivate ourselves to make small yet significant changes to our health.
Capoeira
A group stands in a circle clapping in rhythm along with three musicians. Two people from the circle jump into the centre. What follows is a beautiful display of kicks and flips, with each of them executing movements in close proximity but just missing each other. This is Capoeira.
A group stands in a circle clapping in rhythm along with three musicians. Two people from the circle jump into the centre. What follows is a beautiful display of kicks and flips, with each of them executing movements in close proximity but just missing each other. This is Capoeira.
Flamenco
Flamenco-dance, music, and song-is a living art form originating in Southern Spain. Celebrating the amalgamation of people from diverse cultures, creeds, and stages of life, flamenco is an art form that nurtures the mind, body, and soul. One needs merely the courage and the desire to explore.
Flamenco-dance, music, and song-is a living art form originating in Southern Spain. Celebrating the amalgamation of people from diverse cultures, creeds, and stages of life, flamenco is an art form that nurtures the mind, body, and soul. One needs merely the courage and the desire to explore.
Playing in a Winter Wonderland
Now that the holidays are under way, it can be a challenge to stay in shape. Instead of being jealous of the two preteens boxing on the interactive video game you bought them for Christmas to thwart childhood obesity, resolve to commandeer the controls of the first one who sits on the couch.
Now that the holidays are under way, it can be a challenge to stay in shape. Instead of being jealous of the two preteens boxing on the interactive video game you bought them for Christmas to thwart childhood obesity, resolve to commandeer the controls of the first one who sits on the couch.
The Obesity Epidemic
Excessive body fat accumulates when we take in more calories than we expend. But the expanding North American waistline is caused by a complex relationship between environment and genes. This month Research Watch explores the causes of the obesity epidemic.
Excessive body fat accumulates when we take in more calories than we expend. But the expanding North American waistline is caused by a complex relationship between environment and genes. This month Research Watch explores the causes of the obesity epidemic.
Play Well With Others
When you think about exercise, do you picture boring jogs on the treadmill, cut off from the rest of the world by those treadmill rails and your iPod? If so, perhaps you should revise your definition. It's time to discover the joys of working out with others, including your valentine.
When you think about exercise, do you picture boring jogs on the treadmill, cut off from the rest of the world by those treadmill rails and your iPod? If so, perhaps you should revise your definition. It's time to discover the joys of working out with others, including your valentine.
Work Your Butt Off
You're careful to eat the right foods and you take a daily vitamin supplement. But you know that something valuable is missing from your daily regimen. If finding the time and motivation to exercise is a burden, then why not give yourself the boot?
You're careful to eat the right foods and you take a daily vitamin supplement. But you know that something valuable is missing from your daily regimen. If finding the time and motivation to exercise is a burden, then why not give yourself the boot?
Stress Less
Many Canadians suffer from stress. It’s the root cause of numerous health challenges we experience. Finding ways to reduce stress is essential to improve our health and our quality of life.
Many Canadians suffer from stress. It’s the root cause of numerous health challenges we experience. Finding ways to reduce stress is essential to improve our health and our quality of life.
Change It Up!
Are you burned out or bored with your fitness routine? Did you start out eager to make improvements to your strength, conditioning, and healthy lifestyle, but now find yourself sidetracked?
Are you burned out or bored with your fitness routine? Did you start out eager to make improvements to your strength, conditioning, and healthy lifestyle, but now find yourself sidetracked?
