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CORE STRENGTH & STABILITY IN ADULTS
What is Core Stability? Core stability should not be confused with ripped abs or a 6 pack. Core stability actually refers to keeping our bodies stable and balanced, allowing us to perform every day tasks and movements without harming our spine or its surrounding muscles and tissue. Therefore it includes...
Americans take home exercise seriously
Having a home gym used to be as simple as buying an exercise bike and sticking it in the corner of the basement. But as Americans place more emphasis on fitness, they are digging deeper into their wallets for state-of-the-art home gyms. Sales of exercise equipment jumped from $4.4 billion...
A New Concept in Group Exercise Has Come to Fitness Options
A new concept in group exercise has just been launched in the UK after it has proved so successful in Europe. The Nessfit Fitwalker is a mechanical treadmill designed for group exercise classes similar to the very popular spin bike classes. It begins with an expert coach, Fitwalkers and people of all...
Can vibration training be good for you?
Can vibration training be good for you? This is a question that a magazine called GearTrends® a very well respected trade magazine in America has been looking in to. To begin with the first American Conference on Human Vibration has just taken place with a focus on disorders of the...
Home leisure when money is no object
Want a Roman bath, a cinema or a state of the art gymnasium but do not want to upset the planners with a massive eyesore of an extension, well if you have the money, dig down. Leonard Blavatnik, a Russian-born oil tycoon bought 15 Kensington Palace Gardens, probably the most...
Functional strength training
The New Movement in Weight Training Weight training has always been a popular fitness activity and the reason for this is quite simple. The results are quick; it can improve your performance in athletic activities and dramatically improve strength, muscle tone, appearance and health. Conventional weight training methods achieve excellent...
Fitness machines get iPod workout
Your workout at the gym isn’t going to be any less painful. But the world’s leading commercial provider of exercise equipment might at least help make the session on a stair-climber or treadmill more entertaining. Life Fitness, a division of Brunswick Corp., says it plans to offer seamless integration with...
Hong Kong health club harnesses human energy
The California Fitness health club in Hong Kong has connected car batteries to exercise machines so that they can harness human energy to reduce their electricity bills. Rita Wong a fit 27 year old said its very good motivation; for as she pedals furiously on the elliptical she can see...
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