Exercise and Fitness

Benefits Of Acupuncture And Exercise For Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS)
by eNotAlone.com
A new evidence has demonstrated that exercise and electro-acupuncture treatment can reduce sympathetic nerve activity in women with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS). Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is one of the most common endocrine disorders

Quercetin - A Powerful Antioxidant To Improve Fitness
by eNotAlone.com
Quercetin, a powerful antioxidant and anti-inflammatory compound that is commonly found in the skin of some fruit and vegetables, could improve endurance in healthy, active people without regular exercise training, claims a new study.

Getting Enough Sleep Linked To Better Athletic Performance
by eNotAlone.com
A new evidence indicates that athletes who extended their hours of nightly sleep and reduced accumulated sleep debt, showed significant improvements in athletic performance.

Workout Does Not Contribute To Better Sleep
by eNotAlone.com
Individuals who think that a good day's workout will give them a good night's sleep, appear to be wrong, if the latest research is to be believed. According to new findings, by making you more tired, a good exercise will keep you awake, rather than send

Workout Fights Depression Better Than Drugs
by eNotAlone.com
It has been known for many years that a good moderate exercise can lead to an increased productivity and improved mood. Now, according to a new U.S. study, as far as mood boosting abilities of physical activity are concerned, they are actually much longer

Nintendo Launches New 'Wii Fit Plus' Game
by eNotAlone.com
Nintendo Co. Ltd, one of the largest Kyoto-based software companies in the world, will launch a new and more precise version of its 'Wii Fit' home exercise game the upcoming fall, according to Japanese media reports.

Antioxidant Vitamins Reduce The Effect Of Workout
by eNotAlone.com
Taking antioxidant vitamins C and E may reduce some of the most important beneficial effects of exercise, says a new study by German scientists, who found that taking these vitamins after a workout appears to prevent physical exercise from improving

Cereal As Good As Energy Drinks After Exercise
by eNotAlone.com
A bowl of whole-grain cereal along with nonfat (skimmed) milk, appears to be as effective as carbohydrate-electrolyte energy drink, for the recovery of the body and muscle revitalizing after exercise, claim researchers from Texas, USA.

Massage Is Not Beneficial After Exercise
by eNotAlone.com
Massage after exercise does not improve blood flow to the muscle, and what is even more, it actually impairs the flow of blood, and therefore oxygen, to the muscle, according to Canadian scientists at Queen's University in Kingston, Ottawa.

Good Body Image Can Harm A Woman's Health
by eNotAlone.com
All women want to look beautiful, slender and attractive, have perfect hair and the best clothes a woman can long for. However, according to the findings of a new study by U.S researchers, and extremely good body image can take its toll on a woman's

Drinking Coffee Before Workout Reduces Pain
by eNotAlone.com
A cup of coffee that many cyclists, runners and other athletes drink before a workout or a competition, does much more than just energize them. According to the scientists, caffeine kills some of the pain of athletic exertion by blocking the receptors

Yoga Benefits For Breast Cancer Patients
by eNotAlone.com
Yoga provides not only the emotional benefits to health of breast cancer patients, it can also relieve depression problems in them, reports a new U.S. study. Researchers found that women who participated in a 10 week course of Restorative Yoga

Exercise Helps Colon Cancer Patients
by eNotAlone.com
A new medical research has confirmed the fact that exercise can cut the risk of colon cancer for both men and women by 25 per cent. Colon Cancer, also known as Colorectal cancer, or large bowel cancer, is the third leading cause of cancer in men

Fitness Important For Aging Women
by eNotAlone.com
New research, published in the journal Neurobiology of Aging, found that women aged 50 to 90 who are aerobically fit and active have better blood flow to the brain which leads in its turn to better cognitive abilities.

It Can Happen to You ...
Fight Back; Arm Yourself with Mental and Physical Self-Defense
by Dominick DiVito
Dominick DiVito has been teaching self-defense for over twenty-five years to celebrities, law enforcement officers, and average citizens. In this new approach to self-defense, he won't expect you to master complex martial arts

Firm Commitment
Firm for Life
by Cynthia Benson, Anna Bruni Benson
Twenty years ago, Anna and Cynthia Benson created a revolutionary fitness program to achieve maximum fat loss. Following this routine, The FIRM clients found that they burned fat three times faster than with aerobics alone and saw visible proof

American Woman's Home
by Catharine Beecher, Harriet Beecher Stowe
In a work which aims to influence women to train the young to honor domestic labor and to seek healthful exercise in home pursuits, there is special reason for explaining the construction of the muscles and their connection with the nerves

Keeping Fit all the Way
by Walter Camp
It has long been a startling fact regarding Americans that so soon as their school-days were over they largely abandoned athletics; until, in middle life, finding that they had been controverting the laws of nature

The Path to Fitness
Mind Over Body: The Key to Lasting Weight Loss Is All in Your Head
by Nordine Zouareg
The true secret to weight-loss success is all in your head. Nordine Zouareg has helped thousands of clients get healthier, be happier, and lose weight for good. And in the process, he's discovered something astounding

How to Eat: A Cure for Nerves
by Thomas C. Hinkle
People in this country are now beginning to get away from the idea that a man or woman who is past sixty is getting 'old.' When the Rev. John Wesley, the itinerant preacher and author, was eighty-eight years old