Her Active Life

When I was younger, I was an avid reader of Sports Illustrated for Women. To my recent surprise, I visited the SI for Women Web site and was shocked at what I…

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Saturday morning, I was among the 50,000 participants in the Susan G. Komen National Race for the Cure, a 5K event held in Washington, DC. The event raised $4.9 million to fund…

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Once an athlete, always an athlete. You never lose it. Your entire life, you have certain values ingrained in you that make you who you are. Teamwork, goal-setting, discipline, competitiveness, leadership, fair play… we all know how it works.

So when…

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There has been a lot in the news lately about obesity, health and basically how American’s can’t seem to close their mouths when it comes to food. However, there is also a lot in the news lately about rising oil prices, and –even…

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Today, I wrote a blog about the new Wii Fit and its possible impacts upon society. One of these impacts is the exposure of obesity in children. I think it’s a good thing. It will help kids get off their couches, maybe…

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Sportsmanship extends far beyond the “man” part of the word. Women across the globe now participate in sports in alarming numbers. In America alone, more than 40,000 student-athletes participate in NCAA championship competition each year, and that’s just at the collegiate level.…

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With the low temperatures and adverse weather, it’s no wonder that many exercisers choose to hibernate and sweat in the gym instead of going out in the elements.  But a great debate among all those fit is one of determining…

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The American College of Sports Medicine recently released 2007 updates for recommendations on the quantity of exercise needed to maintain good physical health of adults. This is valuable information, because it gives women…

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According to an article from spine-health.com, most types of sciatica will benefit from a regular routine of hamstring exercise, especially hamstring stretching. The hamstrings are muscles located in the back of the thigh. They help bend the knee and extend the…

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For thousands of years - dating back to the time of the Egyptians - garlic has been used for its health benefits in humans. Garlic, also known as Allium sativum L., is claimed to have many benefits - from preventing and reducing…

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We’ve all seen them, staring back at us from the side of the nutrition label. Trans fats. The scary two-word combo. Trans fats are really “trans fatty acids” which are really artificial fats. However, a small amount of trans fats occur…

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With about 2/3 of U.S. adults are overweight or obese, one wanders, as a population, will we ever recover from this edpidemic? Well, the answer may lie in genetics. That’s right, researched announced today that they are hopeful to have found agene…

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Over the past few months, the reach of DNA-sequencing technology has allowed researchers around the world to identify dozens of genetic variations that are strongly associated with coronary heart disease, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, Crohn’s disease, high blood pressure and several mental…

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If, over the years, your friends and family have “let themselves go” (gotten fat or gained weight), chances are you will, too. At least that’s what researchers report in a new study that suggests obesity is “socially contageous.’

The New England Journal…

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Elite athletes around the world constantly scour through the hottest research in sport and exercise science for the latest and greatest training trend for their field. One of the newest topics to surface is whole body vibration (WBV) training.

WBV training…

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