“12 Days of Christmas” Workout
Happy Holidays! It’s easy to let your workout routine slide during the holiday season. It’s more fun to spend time eating at the buffet and drinking egg nog with friends and …
Exercise Reinvented
Tag Archives: adult fitness
Eat Heart Healthy This Holiday Season
Thanksgiving is only two days away and it’s time to start thinking about our holiday eating habits. The holiday temptation of cookies, cake, pie and sweets begins at Thanksgiving and …
Exercise Helps Cognition
A new British Journal of Psychology study has looked at the details behind how cognitive performance may improve during aerobic exercise. The investigators found that both aerobic exercise and upright posture improved …
Back-to-School Fitness for Moms
The importance of improving fitness skills cannot be underestimated. Many adults with low levels of interest in physical activity are often found to have decreased self-confidence. The American Heart Association …
Soy and Bone Strength for Women
Do you have a woman in your life who has decreased bone strength? Osteoporosis, decreased physical activity and weight gain are serious health concerns for postmenopausal women. Researchers from the …
You Don’t Need to Have a “Quarterback” Body to Be in Shape
Did you know that you don’t have to run wind sprints and complete athletic training for hours a day like a NFL quarterback in order to be in great shape …
Overtraining May Hinder Athletic Performance
Now that summer is in full swing, many children – and adults – are making the most of the beautiful weather and are participating in numerous sports teams. All that …
Can Exercise Slow Brain Aging?
From early adulthood, memory and other aspects of cognition slowly decline. The rate of decline in certain aspects of memory may be explained by a combination of overall physical fitness …
Exergaming May Help Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI)
It is inevitable. As your brain ages, memory loss is more common and sometimes can become a precursor to dementia. Although there is no strong scientific evidence that Alzheimer’s can …
The Spring Cleaning Workout
Spring is here! Because many parents are celebrating the change of seasons by spring cleaning, I wanted to bring back one of my favorite blogs. The original was blog was posted …