Topic: Working Out

Barefoot workouts gain ground

NEW YORK (Reuters) - With barefoot running all the rage, the unshod workout is gaining ground across the exercise spectrum.Fitness experts from aerobics instructors to modern dancers are extolling the virtues of feeling the ground beneath their feet.Connecticut-based fitness instructor Ellen Barrett ...

Finding the sweet spot in group fitness

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Whether it is Zumba, bootcamp, yoga or kickboxing, whatever your workout pleasure is, there's nothing like a great fitness class to get you to the gym and keep you coming back for more.That's why major fitness chains keep ...

RICE PUTS THE RUNNIN' BACK IN THE REBELS

Some of the differences are subtle, some are not. If you pay close enough attention, you'll notice that when the UNLV basketball players now break a huddle, they yell "Runnin' Rebels" in unison rather than just "Rebels." Another phrase you'll hear around ...

Fitness freebies for belt-tightening times

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 ...

Formulating functional fitness for everyday people

NEW YORK (Reuters) -A mother-to-be hoists a rubber cylinder overhead. A 70-year-old balances on a wobble board and a firefighter grips a medicine ball while lunging across the gym floor.Called functional training, workouts mirroring the activities of daily life have become a ...

TRX: versatile workout forged from slapdash beginnings

NEW YORK (Reuters) - TRX, hatched when a U. S. Navy Seal improvised a fitness tool from his parachute webbing, has become the workout darling of personal trainers, group fitness instructors and home exercisers alike."It's a nylon strap with two handles," said ...

Making the cardio scene with the rowing machine

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Overshadowed by rows of treadmills and elliptical trainers, the rowing machine is vertically challenged, usually solitary and often consigned to one of the darker corners of the gym.But experts say if you take time to explore this ...

Personal trainers take their own training personally

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Personal trainers can appear to be cut from the same well-trimmed cloth: they warm you up, they cool you down, they watch your form and advise you on balanced, sensible fitness goals.But when they're not working, trainers, ...

Jump rope hops the schoolyard, boxing gym

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Low tech, inexpensive and versatile, the jump rope has long been a staple of boxers training for bouts and children chanting in schoolyards.But fitness experts say it can also be a springboard to adult workouts as varied ...

Indoor cycling classes add top spin and soul

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Indoor cyclists routinely sweat a real river pedaling down an imaginary road, but SoulCycle classes add upper body work, and a touch of the spiritual, to their metaphorical journey."We do push-ups on the bike, crunches on the ...
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