Akron, OH (PRWEB) November 04, 2012 Despite the wealth of evidence demonstrating the benefit of exercise for older adults, physical inactivity levels remain high due to several barriers including a lack of toolkits that provide evidence-based programs. The First Step to Active Health
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Home Exercise Programs Designed For Weight Loss
Home exercise programs are a great way to keep fit and lose weight. Along with proper diet and nutrition, an exercise program can help speed your metabolism and burn calories faster. There are a number of home exercise videos that will give you the direction and motivation you need to burn fat and lose weight […]
Using an Xtreme Bowflex Home Gym for Better Fitness & Weight Loss
Whether you’re an athlete in training or a stay-at-home parent, purchasing your own home fitness equipment gives you the opportunity to perform your workout routine whenever it’s convenient. This holds particularly true if you have a busy daily schedule making gym visits difficult, or you live too far from the gym to make traveling there […]
Faithfully fit forever–mixing faith and fitness.
Developed in Fargo, ND, through MeritCare Health System’s Parish Nurse Ministry (led by Janet Drechsel) and Cardiovascular Rehabilitation Services, Faithfully Fit Forever (FFF) incorporates an wholistic concept of Body, Mind, and Spirit. More than 500 people have completed Leader Training in a variety of faith communities across the United States. The goals are as follows. […]
Aerobic Water Exercises; Good For Weight Loss And Better Health
As we age we need exercise more and more in order to maintain good health. Unfortunately, the more we age the less able we are to handle the stress exercise causes on our bones and joints. And as jobs and careers become less and less physical and more and more mental across our society, we […]
Can Michigan Reduce Obesity, Become Fit and Healthy by Being Coached by a Man Who has Exercised for 1772 Days in a Row? Source: Don Staley Brain Cell Coach, LLC (800) 913-8517
Rochester Hills, MI (PRWEB) September 20, 2011 Last week, Governor Rick Snyder told Michiganders and the Michigan Legislature, “To build a stronger Michigan, we must build a healthier Michigan.” With a 31.7% rate of adult obesity and 12.4% rate of youth obesity as part of the major public health problems, Michigan is now #8 in […]
Balance exercises in arthritis need to be targeted to the individual.
The recent paper by Chaipinyo and Karoonsupcharoen (2009) raises some issues that warrant further discussion and research. Some of these are methodological issues, and some relate to the underlying constructs being addressed by the interventions, and how these were assessed. From a methodological perspective, a randomised Adj. 1. randomised – set up or distributed in […]
Weight Loss and Exercise: Not Always Related
Nothing is as frustrating to overweight people trying to lose weight as the failure of their exercise to help weight loss, especially when they are working hard and eating less. The usual thinking that all one has to do is eat less and exercise more may not be so simple. There are so many people […]