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Perception of effort, not muscle fatigue, limits endurance performance

(PhysOrg.com) -- The physiological theory that underpins all endurance training and coaching for the last 100 years has just been disproved.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Mar 19, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (16) | comments 12 | with audio podcast

Being naughty or nice may boost willpower, physical endurance

New research from Harvard University suggests that moral actions may increase our capacity for willpower and physical endurance. Study participants who did good deeds -- or even just imagined themselves helping others -- ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Apr 19, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (13) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

The new exercise HIT: do less

The usual excuse of "lack of time" for not doing enough exercise is blown away by new research published in The Journal of Physiology.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 12, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Ion Tiger fuel cell unmanned air vehicle completes 23-hour flight

The Naval Research Laboratory's Ion Tiger, a hydrogen-powered fuel cell unmanned air vehicle (UAV), has flown 23 hours and 17 minutes, setting an unofficial flight endurance record for a fuel-cell powered ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (7) | comments 2

High-fat diet affects physical and memory abilities of rats after 9 days

Rats fed a high-fat diet show a stark reduction in their physical endurance and a decline in their cognitive ability after just nine days, a study by Oxford University researchers has shown.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Aug 11, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 4

Olympic gold? A new effect of caffeine boosts performance

New research shows increased muscle performance in sub-maximal activities, which in humans can range from everyday activities to running a marathon.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jun 29, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Gene alteration in mice mimics heart-building effect of exercise

By tweaking a single gene, scientists have mimicked in sedentary mice the heart-strengthening effects of two weeks of endurance training, according to a report from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Dec 23, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Seaglider sets new underwater endurance and range records

(PhysOrg.com) -- A University of Washington Seaglider operated for 9 months and 5 days in the Pacific Ocean, an endurance record more than double what any other autonomous underwater vehicle has accomplished ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 10, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Panasonic enters mini robots in Hawaii triathlon (w/ video)

A trio of small Japanese robots will be working together in the Ironman triathlon race in Hawaii next month in a show of their inner strength -- rechargeable batteries.

Electronics / Robotics

created Sep 16, 2011 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 3

Exploring Beneath Antarctic Ice

The NASA-funded ENDURANCE project has completed its second field season robotically exploring the waters of an ice-covered lake in Antarctica. Insight gained by the expedition will help scientists prepare ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 13, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

NASA considering space station for Mars dry run

The International Space Station may provide the setting for a 500-day pretend trip to Mars in another few years.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 20, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 3

Robot endures Antarctic cold to prepare for space mission

A NASA robot tested last winter in an icy Wisconsin lake will complete a monthlong underwater mission in Antarctica on Thursday, having successfully explored dark, deep waters frozen off from the outside world tens of thousands ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Dec 26, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 4

Inspiratory muscle training and endurance sport performance

An Indiana University study found that strengthening inspiratory muscles by performing daily breathing exercises for six weeks significantly reduced the amount of oxygen these same breathing muscles required during exercise, ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 03, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New study reports effects of endurance running

Using a mobile MRI unit, researchers followed runners for two months along a 4,500-kilometer course to study how their bodies responded to the high-stress conditions of an ultra-long-distance race, according to a study presented ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Nov 29, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Another reason to get your hands dirty

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American College of Sports Medicine recommends at least 30 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity on most days of the week in order to maintain and improve optimal ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 29, 2008 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Endurance

Endurance (also called Sufferance, Stamina, or Durability) is the ability for a human or animal to exert itself and remain active for a long period of time, as well as its ability to resist, withstand, recover from, and have immunity to trauma, wounds, or fatigue. In humans, it is usually used in aerobic or anaerobic exercise. The definition of 'long' varies according to the type of exertion - minutes for high intensity anaerobic exercise, hours or days for low intensity aerobic exercise. Training for endurance can have a negative impact on the ability to exert strength unless an individual also undertakes resistance training to counteract this effect.

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