News tagged with fitness training

To work your brain, work your body

The problem: I lost my car keys. What kind of training will make my brain work better?

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Traditional aerobic fitness the way to go

What to do: walk around the block or work up a sweat in an aerobic workout at the gym? If you're looking for the best health benefits from an exercise program, University of Alberta researchers have found a traditional aerobic ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 14, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

A more active lifestyle crucial for day-to-day function in COPD patients

There is no magic bullet to help patients with COPD improve their ability to function in daily life. In fact, the best advice they might get is "do by doing," according to research to be presented at the ATS conference in ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 16, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Ubisoft puts players in new fitness videogame

French videogame powerhouse Ubisoft is putting players into the action when it comes to fitness training.

Technology / Software

created Jun 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Seniors use brain training software to sharpen their minds

Angie Rogers wants to stay fit enough to ride her motorcycle well into her 60s, so the 54-year-old Sachse, Texas, resident is working out on her computer almost every day.

Technology / Software

created Feb 27, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Computer exercises improve memory and attention

Study results to be published in the April 2009 issue of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society show that computerized brain exercises can improve memory and lead to faster thinking.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Army's new fitness tests add taste of battlefield

(AP) -- Sit-ups don't make a soldier, the Army has decided. So its 30-year-old fitness requirements are getting a battlefield-inspired makeover.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Exercise is good medicine for lymphoma patients

A healthy dose of exercise is good medicine, even for lymphoma patients receiving chemotherapy, University of Alberta researchers have found.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0