Topic: Working Out
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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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