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Moderate Exercise Makes Cigarettes Less Attractive

Smokers who are trying to kick the habit often find themselves in a position where they have to deal with the so-called triggers. These can be smoking-related images in the media, other smokers, or habits usually associated with smoking (a cup of coffee, catching up with an old friend, and so on and so forth). A new ...

27 October 2009
16:31 GMT

Get in Shape Without Leaving the Room

When kids go to college, one of the first things they’re to expect to change in their life is their waistline, as most of them, as a rule, pack extra weight by the end of the first semester or year, nutritionists say. The same applies to those starting a new job, if that job implies sitting behind a desk for 8+...

30 September 2009
15:31 GMT

The Secret Behind Michelle Obama’s Well-Toned Arms

As much as the media criticized First Lady Michelle Obama for some of her fashion choices in the past, the one thing everyone seems to agree upon is that she has wonderfully toned arms. Guesses have been made and they have all summed up to taking shots in the dark about what she does to maintain them in such great sh...

9 September 2009
15:31 GMT

Russell Crowe Challenges Columnist to Bike Deathmatch

There was a time, as fans will surely remember, when one could hardly say something upsetting to or about Russell Crowe without being prepared to stand his wrath and whatever his highly flammable temper might have urged him to do at the moment. Now, the Australian, Oscar-winning actor is more in control and comparati...

8 September 2009
03:42 GMT

Cheeky Girls Raise Awareness on Anorexia

Few are those who could ever forget the catchy “The Cheeky Song,” like it or not. Even fewer can erase from their memory the tacky and often embarrassing outfits of the Romanian twins who broke on the international market with the above-mentioned song a few years back. Now, the two girls are all grown up ...

31 August 2009
14:31 GMT

Anna Paquin Reveals Secrets for Killer Figure

“True Blood,” HBO’s newest and very successful vampire series, continues to break ratings record after ratings record with each new episode, as we were also telling you the other day. One of the things that make the show so hot with audiences is former teen star, now established actress, Anna Paquin...

27 August 2009
14:21 GMT

Interval Training Ideal for Weight Loss

The hottest thing in working out right now is something called interval training, fitness experts tell us. However, unlike in the case of diets, this is not a fad that promises miracles, delivers nothing in return, and then slowly slips off the map. Interval training is not new on the fitness scene, even if its benef...

26 August 2009
16:21 GMT

The Skinny Jeans Workout, Perfect to Zip You Up

Skinny jeans are here to stay, fashion experts say, so those of us hoping it was just a “fad” that would die down in a couple of months so they could stick to their mommy jeans might want to start thinking about losing some weight or getting in better shape. Luckily, there is a new type of workout that ha...

14 August 2009
15:31 GMT

Hydrate Properly When Working Out

Drink water when you work out – this must be the one line that trainers say more times perhaps than any other. There is very sane reasoning behind it too, because we lose a lot of water and essential minerals by sweating, and we have to replace them somehow for the optimal performance. Men, in particular, train...

13 August 2009
16:11 GMT

Inactivity Is Biggest Health Risk, Expert Says

The need to lead an active lifestyle is almost constantly emphasized in all fitness and health-oriented publications, mostly because it is the most efficient way of combating another problem we’ve been trying to deal with for years: the extra pounds around the waist and, in more general terms, the obesity pande...

10 August 2009
15:21 GMT

Bedercise – Work Out Without Leaving Your Bed

If someone told us a few years ago that we could stay fit without as much as getting out of bed, we would have probably laughed at the assumption – or immediately thought of something inappropriate, or that would require the presence of another person. These days, we have Bedercises, a new form of exercises tha...

10 August 2009
13:31 GMT

Exercise Does Not Encourage or Lead to Weight Loss

We’re constantly told that, if we want to lose the extra pounds we’ve been complaining about since forever, we should get a gym subscription and start sweating all the fat off. We’re also told we’re to eat healthier but, whether we know it or not, the two don’t really seem to go hand in ...

7 August 2009
15:01 GMT

Walk After Eating to Stay Fit, Rosario Dawson Says

Rosario Dawson is not only extremely beautiful and in great shape, she’s also thinking constantly of the environment, as she reveals in a recent short interview with People magazine. Were she to sum up her fitness philosophy in just a couple of words, those would probably be “ditch the car, start walking,...

15 June 2009
15:21 GMT

Tennis Grunts to Be Banned by the International Tennis Federation

It’s been long since people have grown accustomed to hearing tennis players grunting and making all kinds of loud noises when hitting the ball. While many consider it cheating and cheap intimidation tactics and others have learned to ignore it in favor of the match, the International Tennis Federation may take ...

15 June 2009
07:58 GMT

Elementary Math for Your Kids

Any help in child education is sought-after from both perspectives, that of the parent and that of the youngster. In the first case all things that can contribute positively to the kid's upbringing and thus lift off the parents' shoulders some of the many responsibilities are yearned for. From the children&...

8 June 2009
11:01 GMT

Exercise More to Ease Lower Back Pains

People suffering from chronic lower back pains might have believed until now that getting lesser exercise was ideal for their condition, but they will certainly change their mind when they learn of the findings of a new study. According to researchers, working out four times a week provides the best pain relief possi...

3 June 2009
15:11 GMT

Smartslip, the Slip that Helps You Lose Weight

Women looking to work the muscles on their legs, backside and lower abdomen even when they’re not in the gym can no do so with the Smartslip, an undergarment slash fitness equipment that can be worn outside while doing errands, and reportedly helps fight off the flab. Unlike the Scala Bio-Fir Underpants, the Sm...

2 June 2009
15:01 GMT

Recession Brings Retro Aerobics Back from the ‘80s

They don’t say boredom is the killer of a good workout for nothing. Once we slip into routine and, eventually, reach that weight plateau where nothing else seems to change, we’re bound to quit, experts tell us. Because of this, trainers have thought of bringing back a routine that was once as popular as i...

2 June 2009
14:21 GMT

Avoid Crowded Streets when Exercising

We all know from common sense that pollution is not good for our lungs and our overall health, but we might actually be doing more harm than good if we work out where the air is filled with pollutants. In order to avoid putting an unnecessary strain on our body, and ultimately on our health, we should know just a cou...

19 May 2009
13:11 GMT

Get a Body like Matthew McConaughey’s in Just 8 Weeks

Actor Matthew McConaughey has often made headlines for his dedication to working out and keeping in the most enviable physical shape, as well as for his love of doing so without a shirt. Women love him, men love to see him work out, it has often been said, which is why trainer Gunnar Peterson, C.S.C.S., who has worke...

12 May 2009
16:21 GMT

Tracy Anderson: Any Woman Can Have Madonna’s Body

Tracy Anderson has made a name for herself after working with A-list celebrities like Madonna and actress Gwyneth Paltrow, both of whom she has brought in such an enviable shape that, at one point, foul play (that is, plastic surgery) was actually speculated. Currently preparing to open her own gym and to launch a ne...

12 May 2009
15:31 GMT

Singer Taylor Swift Tells Allure of Her Workout Plan

She’s only 19 years old and already an icon of the new generation of musicians. Taylor Swift is also a role model for girls all around the world, being the epitome of talent, elegance, class and common sense. Many say that, despite her age, Swift is more mature than most adults in today’s showbiz, and thi...

25 March 2009
16:31 GMT

Moderate Exercise Means 100 Steps per Minute

Staying in top shape and excellent health requires working out. In the US, federal exercise recommendations underline a minimum of 150 minutes a week of “moderate exercise” to achieve both, yet, until recently, what this specific term means has never been made clear. Researchers have just translated it in...

18 March 2009
17:31 GMT

The Plank - Get Toned Muscles in Just Minutes

While most of us might live under the impression that it’s just the abdominal muscles that need working out, our not so healthy lifestyles and eating habits never cease to prove us wrong. If you too fall in this category, learn that there is one simple exercise, with two very popular variations, that can help u...

19 January 2009
06:45 GMT

Two-Minute Exercise Ideal for Office Workers

A desk job can have potentially harming effects on our body and overall wellbeing, which is why lots of attention has been recently paid to the little things that we can do to counteract them. FitSugar and Glamour magazine say that there’s more to the exercises we can do to feel better than what we have previou...

16 January 2009
16:41 GMT

Narrow Squats with Overhead Weights for Full Body Workout

Given that, as a rule, most of us are constantly out of time these days, and that life does seem to move at a faster pace than it did, say, when we were teens, working out has also started to be considered a process that should take as little time as possible, while also being extremely efficient. FitSugar has one ex...

13 January 2009
14:41 GMT

Get a Flatter Stomach Without Losing a Single Pound

If you have ever found yourself in a situation where, no matter how hard you exercise and diet, you still can’t seem to be able to get the results you want, or if, quite the contrary, you could use to lose a couple of pounds but can’t find the energy to go to the gym, then here’s a solution for all ...

6 January 2009
15:21 GMT

Deskercises – Things to Do at the Office to Stay Fit

The term “the office 15” has been especially coined recently to denote the average of 15 pounds 45 percent of women gain in the first three months of a new desk job. While most of these women do not plainly do something to make the pounds pile on (like overeating), it has become a well known fact that sed...

20 December 2008
04:50 GMT

Exercising on Work Days Boosts Productivity, Reduces Stress

While this is not the first time it has been showed that exercising at the workplace is not only highly recommended especially in the case of a more sedentary job, but also very beneficial, it is the first in terms of proving that working out comes to boost productivity, as well as reduce stress. Researchers at the U...

19 December 2008
06:48 GMT

Top Three Dieting Mistakes

Dieting is such a common practice in today’s society, for both women and men, that we often tend to forget that a stricter alimentary regime, especially if spanning over a longer period of time, can have disastrous effects on our health and, at the same time, quite the opposite effects from what we expect from ...

6 November 2008
04:06 GMT

Stretching – Types and Benefits

Few are the people who keep to their workout sessions religiously, and even fewer those who actually know that stretching, as simple and sometimes completely redundant as it may seem, should actually be an integrated part of it. As the latest issue of "Women’s Health Mag" reveals, after several séances a...

30 October 2008
08:35 GMT

Kissing Burns Calories, Helps You Stay in Top Shape

While a kiss has always been regarded as a sign of love, or anything along those lines, recent studies reveal that there’s more to it than we might have initially thought. Not only is it “the beginning of a beautiful friendship,” as they say, but this sometimes-underestimated gesture of human affect...

29 October 2008
11:21 GMT

Facial Exercises – Fight Wrinkles the Easy Way

Most women believe that only expensive cosmetic products, or even more expensive plastic surgery, can really return good results in their constant fight against old age and its most infamous ally, wrinkles. As it turns out, there are plenty of other things, little things they can do in the privacy of their own home a...

28 October 2008
10:21 GMT

The Three Benefits of Pilates

Although it’s been a little over 40 years since Joseph Hubertus Pilates, the creator of the exercises with the same name, passed away, fitness enthusiasts and those just looking to unwind and lead a healthier life continue to show the same interest, if not even a greater one, in Pilates. Starting from the premi...

9 September 2008
12:11 GMT

Forget About the Gym, Take a Pill

Sounds too good to be true? Not quite. Researchers from the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have recently identified two signaling pathways that can be activated through drugs in order to increase endurance. Both pathways are naturally activated through exercise, but the effects of a workout session can be mimi...

1 August 2008
09:41 GMT

The Best Way to Burn Calories I

When it comes to using up excess calories, the rule is extremely simple: the more you exercise, the more calories you burn. However, there are a few things about calorie burning that most of us don't know - things that are bound to help us get a better understanding of the amount of effort we need to undertake i...

23 June 2008
11:42 GMT

The Bicycle Crunch - Fastest Way to Shape Your Abdomen

Summer is here, which - in terms of body image and weight loss - means that many of us will be looking for faster, more effective ways to lose weight without spending grueling hours doing sit-ups and stomach crunches in the gym. And even if we are willing to invest a lot of time and energy into perfecting an exercise...

23 June 2008
11:00 GMT

Modern Lifestyle Is Killing Our Backs

If you thought that living in an age where communication is the easiest thing in the world and a world of knowledge is at our fingertips at the touch of a few buttons was the best thing that could have happened to you - think again. It's true, a modern lifestyle means that our lives are about a million times eas...

5 June 2008
04:11 GMT

Slimming Secrets of the French

As far as dieting goes, the French are probably one of the biggest lifestyle paradoxes around: they drink red wine regularly, have a high-fat diet and yet they have the lowest heart-attack rate in Europe and only 7% of the population is obese, compared to a staggering 23% in Britain, for example. The obvious question...

2 June 2008
06:20 GMT

Diabetes Could Be Delayed or Prevented

Diabetes is one of the most widespread diseases of the moment, a metabolism disorder that has grown to reflect some of the deepest vices of modern lifestyle. Type two diabetes, which accounts for the vast majority (about 90%) of all diabetes cases, is closely linked with obesity and physical inactivity. At the moment...

24 May 2008
05:55 GMT

Exercise at a Young Age Helps Prevent Breast Cancer

Remember when you were young and there were days when you just felt you wanted to lie in bed all day and watch TV or just play with your favorite dolls in the privacy of your own little room - and then your parents came and told you to go outside and play? Well, it seems that their advice might have been more than ju...

14 May 2008
08:59 GMT

Britney Spears' Diet and Fitness Regime Revealed

Britney Spears has been in the news almost every day for the past year or so, ever since her previously picture-perfect life has taken a downward spiral and became the sometimes annoying, otherwise mildly entertaining circus we all know it to be. From a bitter divorce and a still-raging custody battle to a substance ...

26 April 2008
03:13 GMT

Wii Fit Is a Big Hit

The Nintendo Wii has always put emphasis on different and sometimes quirky gameplay over the classic game recipes. The control scheme of the Wii rewards those developers who create games that do not follow already existing patterns. And who's better prepared to take advantage of this than the Wii's creators...

2 April 2008
06:48 GMT

More (Unsexy) Celebrity Horror Pictures

I always heard people saying that you can't have too much of a good thing and that excesses are bad - you know, those boring cliches that we so easily dismiss and imagine that there's absolutely no degree of novelty or relevance in them. Well, we may be right most of the times, but nevertheless - sometimes,...

5 March 2008
06:33 GMT

Working Men Will Have Longer Sex Life!

A physically active job may lead to more than a better condition: it may lower the risk of developing prostate cancer, as found by a research carried out by a team at UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center and published in the journal "Cancer Causes Control." The study was made on 2,100 men, ex-employees at the Rocketdyne...

12 February 2008
05:16 GMT

Irregular Exercising Makes You Even Fatter!

Want a brake from your training program? Think twice! It could cost you more than you thought, as found by a new research from the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and published in the journal "Medicine & Science in Sports and Exercise." Weight gained during a rest period can be ...

5 February 2008
03:46 GMT

Couch Potatoes Live 10 Years Less!

The remote control saves you from wasting too much energy changing the channels. The only problem is that now and then you have to go to the bathroom.... Damn it! But don't worry: you will be saved of too much effort, as you will live 10 years less because of this couch potato lifestyle. This is the result of a ...

30 January 2008
02:57 GMT

10 Facts About Exercising

In other times, people had to hunt animals and gather plant food for a living. At the same time, they had to avoid predators, while sheltering in caves or miserable huts. Our bodies had to be fit and strong in order to survive. But in the last millennium, and especially last centuries, technology reversed this. Our c...

9 January 2008
14:06 GMT

Why a Little Alcohol Prolongs Your Life?

Being a saint won't help you much. A little alcohol added to an active lifestyle may prolong your life. A new Danish research published in the "European Heart Journal" points that a little alcohol can lower your risk of heart disease. The study enrolled about 12,000 men and women, who have been followed up for a...

9 January 2008
05:07 GMT

Healthy Lifestyle Prolongs Your Life by 14 Years!

Living like Brad Pitt will prolong your life by 14 years! Exercising, not drinking too much, eating your fruit and vegetables and not smoking can have this impact on you, as found by a research made by the University of Cambridge and the Medical Research Council of Norfolk (UK) between 1993 and 2006 and published in ...

8 January 2008
04:15 GMT


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