Staying active will help you look and feel better. Here you’ll find the latest news on fitness trends, exercise and sports along with professional advice and tips from Activebeat’s own set of fitness experts.
A recent study from the journal Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise has determined that intense aerobic exercises performed for 75 minutes per week resulted in lower reports of pain compared to moderate exercises performed for 150 minutes per week. The reason for the reduced pain levels came from endorphins being created continuously in […]
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Want to keep your kids healthy and reduce the risk of diabetes? A new clinical trial has concluded that 20 minutes of daily exercise can significantly reduce the risk of diabetes in children. The study involved 222 overweight and inactive children, and randomly assigned them to one of three groups over a 13-week period. Two […]
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Group fitness has traditionally been a female dominated exercise style, but that might be changing. The origin of the “jazzercise” trend started with Jane Fonda and Richard Simons. These television and film routines generally showed an all female group and catered to the female market. Iowa State has been reporting lower numbers of men at […]
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With obesity rates among children and adolescents nearing 17 percent in the United States, parents are turning to different strategies to try to encourage their kids to stay active. While kids are still encouraged to play outside and participate in sports, more and more parents are scheduling workout classes for their children. In particular, yoga […]
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According to a longitudinal study performed at the Cooper Center, people with high fitness levels during middle age are at decreased risk for developing chronic health conditions later in life. The study tracked 18,670 healthy middle-aged people over a median period of 26 years. At its conclusion, researchers found that those in the highest fitness […]
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