Physical activities Articles

Are you ready to find out the truth behind many or all of your preconceived notions on what cardiovascular exercise can do for you?

If you were to meet me in person, you probably would not say, "Now there's a man who does yoga every day."

Just 15 to 20 minutes of cardiovascular exercise 3 or 4 days a week done the right way can help prevent heart disease, but diabetics need to get an EKG and get blood sugar levels in control first.

The US Centers for Disease Control predicts that 6,000 athletes will go to the emergency room for treatment of heat-related illnesses this summer. The majority going to ER for treatment after working out in summer heat will be treated for dehydration.

Cardio training is a lot like building muscle, since the heart is a muscle. To make the heart stronger, it has to be challenged. There is never a rest and recovery period for the heart, since it has to beat each and every minute of our lives.

Human beings have known for centuries that physical exercise can remodel muscles. Working muscles to the point of exhaustion and then giving them an opportunity to recover and rebuild makes them larger, stronger, and less vulnerable to fatigue.

Lower back pain is incredibly uncomfortable, especially if you've been dealing with it for a while. When nothing else seems to work, yoga blocks are a great way to ease your lower back pain — they're cheap and easy to use!

Delayed onset muscle soreness, commonly referred to as DOMS is the bane of any gym goer’s training plan. You think you’ve just had the best workout ever, and all of a sudden, soreness strikes. What do you do to cure this?

The theory behind ice baths appears to be relatively sound. The extreme cold restricts blood flow to your muscles, and prevents inflammation and soreness. But new research suggests this may not be the case at all.

When you decide on your new gym program, you’re eager to get started. All guns blazing, you walk into the gym, ready to hit your first exercise with a vengeance. But you’ve missed one thing – your warm up.