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If you're planning to embark on a fitness routine but can't quite muster the motivation to get out of bed on those first few days, or if 5 minutes of running are enough to leave you gasping for breath and panting in the middle of the park, here is a thought that's bound to cheer you up: exercising is n... |
14 June 2008
05:17 GMT |
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Gwyneth Paltrow is on a roll at the moment. The actress has been hard at work making her way back into the glamorous world of fashion and cinema after spending a few years away from the showbiz world, focusing on her two children with husband Chris Martin. However, the charming Mrs. Paltrow decided it was time for a ... |
19 May 2008
06:55 GMT |
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If you were thinking that the only console which can be associated with the idea of fitness is Nintendo's Wii, you were wrong: Microsoft has just got the lead[SDMARK=1] and jumped in with the Xbox 360 to sponsor the first ever National Family Fitness Day which will take place on the 12th of May this year. Howeve... |
9 May 2008
13:06 GMT |
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As the Wii Fit is making history in Japan, where it is fast becoming the title that has sold the most in any given period since its launch, Shigeru Miyamoto, the creator of the Wii Fit and its accompanying Balance Board, has been talking to the "Times" about the way gaming needs to change and about how this one game ... |
29 April 2008
18:16 GMT |
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There's a strong reason to be a good father, especially in the case of the baboons. Even if baboon fathers have several "wives", they will have more grandchildren if they take care of their children while young. The researchers at Duke and Princeton universities describe this finding on a population of Kenyan ye... |
5 February 2008
06:11 GMT |
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As it always goes, scientists have to step up every once in a while to tell the world stuff that is just common knowledge really. This time around they're declaring the Wii as NOT a substitute for doing real sport since expending 60kcal (250 kJ) per gameplay hour isn't enough to make people lose weight.Acco... |
27 December 2007
06:39 GMT |
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Those impressive muscles are not continuously worked out to 'stay big' because the 'owner' wants them like that, but actually because he/she's afraid that they may eventually look worse. A team at the University of Bath, UK, investigated 281 male and female subjects (62 % being gym users) to ... |
28 November 2007
03:34 GMT |
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I don't know about you ladies, but I like to go jogging after each stressful day at the office. And if there is music in my ears, even better. Therefore, I believe this device is revolutionary enough to draw your attention.The gizmo was dubbed Platinum Club Series Treadmills, and it was designed to motivate the ... |
24 September 2007
05:11 GMT |
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All you fitness addicts out there, Casio introduces the latest RFID-based networked solution, wristband Fitness Club gadgetry! Interested?Using this smart Casio "mobile Check-Fit" system device, you can check-in to the club, perform your daily training on the machines, then faster pull up your training records on a P... |
12 June 2007
03:56 GMT |
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A big colleague costs more not only on the matter of space, but also in injury claims. A new research shows that obese workers presented a double rate of compensation compared to their fit counterparts. The 8 years research made by a team at Duke University on a pool of 11,728 subjects revealed that the fattest empl... |
24 April 2007
06:40 GMT |
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Exercising can get really frustrating sometimes. But if you add something interesting into the context, it can become quite interesting. Take games for instance. Of course, loosing fat while playing games is nothing new. "Exergames" devices are already famous in the entire world (excepting Antarctica maybe). Some of ... |
3 April 2007
11:21 GMT |
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Mobile media company Player X and Sky have teamed up to create Carol Vorderman's Mind Aerobics, a mobile game for launch with UK operators. Mind Aerobics comprises a wide range of mental exercises for players to take in 10 minutes, measuring and improving their Brain Fitness Index, or BFI. Each player's uni... |
23 March 2007
11:19 GMT |
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Scientists have tried to explain for quite some time now why male ungulates possess such large antlers and horns. When Charles Darwin emitted his famous theory of evolution and natural selection, he pointed out that the size of male ungulate antlers and horns signals a male's individual fitness, and thereby are ... |
20 March 2007
09:50 GMT |
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