'Exercise and Fitness' Category
Losing Weight and Staying Fit: Does Moralising Help?
This question is prompted by a response to a survey released in Australia today.
This survey paid for by Subway restaurants was conducted on line, and so it doesn’t represent the Australian population in a balanced way. However the results are thought provoking.
Over 90% of those who responded said that they needed to be fitter and [...]Yoga and Evidence (The Good News and The Bad News)
Yoga has been shown to be effective in the treatment of Pre-Menstrual Syndrome (PMS).
The typical symptoms of PMS are, in the week before a monthly period:
psychological stress,
depression,
body aches, and
bloating.The study was conducted by Dr Ratna Sharma at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi. The study involved 40 women, [...]
A Healthy Waist
The best indicator for men of cardio-respiratory fitness is their girth.
You can find out with a tape measure - that’s all it takes. Forget calculating muscle vs fat and so on (the BMI or body fat index); the waist measurement is easier and more accurate too.
This is the finding of Dr Jean-Pierre Després and [...]Slimness For Teens
A hospital in Sydney, Australia, is studying weight-loss for adolescents (13-16 year olds).
They have a program called “Loozit” and is run by the Westmead Children’s Hospital (this is the link http://www.chw.edu.au/kids/loozit/).
They have what I think is a great approach. They invite the kids to turn up after school “for a snack and a chat” [...]Qi Gong Basics
Qi gong is a health practise engaged in by huge numbers in China. It may well be the reason why some many Chinese people are able to maintain good health well into old age. And you can do it to.
But first a little background. What does “qi gong†mean? “Qi†roughly [...]In Praise of Walking
Perhaps the simplest and easiest way of staying fit is walking. Our bodies are designed for it, it is low impact and so doesn’t stress your joints too much, it is low risk, can be fairly cheap to do and it is usually possible to make it convenient.
From the perspective of Chinese Medicine (TCM) it [...]
