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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Santa's fitness elves have affixed smartphone technology to home equipment, programmed Tour de France terrain into stationary bikes and stuffed holiday stockings with trendy and functional workout toys.Home treadmills, those stalwarts of basement exercise intentions, are becoming so ...
LONDON (Reuters) - Irish leprechauns, tea-sipping Britons, Australian ABBA impersonators and the oldest yoga teacher on the planet were just some of the people setting world records Thursday.More than 300,000 people around the world took part in the seventh annual Guinness World ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Heath) - In a new UK study of adults with chronic lower back pain, a 12-week yoga class led to a small improvement in how well participants could perform daily activities, but did not ease their pain.The report follows ...
(Reuters) - Middle-aged women encouraged to exercise at moderate intensity were much happier and more likely to continue working out than peers who exercised more intensely, according to a study.Researchers led by Steriani Elavsky of Penn State University in Pennsylvania recruited 255 ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - If the economic downturn has forced you to scrap that pricey gym membership or those private yoga lessons, don't despair.Times may be hard, but experts say finding cost-free ways to get, or stay, fit has never been easier."Just ...
KARACHI (Reuters) - Behind the high walls and gates of the only prison for women in Pakistan's commercial hub, inmates such as Sadaf escape from prison every day -- even if it's only in her mind.Small and thin, with friendly eyes set ...
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Doing just 15 minutes of moderate exercise a day may add three years to your life, a large study in Taiwan has found.Most people struggle to stick to the standard guideline of 30 minutes a day of exercise, ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Modern cardio machines come with so many bells and whistles that it's routine to watch a favorite movie, scale a virtual mountain, or share gossip with Facebook friends while getting fit at the gym.But what do you push ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Modern cardio machines come with so many bells and whistles that it's routine to watch a favorite movie, scale a virtual mountain, or share gossip with Facebook friends while getting fit at the gym.But what do you push ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - When yoga goes to the dogs, they call it doga.And while doga may not measure up, fitness-wise, to a game of fetch or a run on the beach, experts say practicing yoga with your pet can soothe ...
