Inhale. Stretch. Exhale. Pose. Yawn. Sound familiar? Luckily, there's hope for the yoga-tired. Hybrid classes featuring yoga along with what may seem like its polar opposites are cropping up everywhere.
First in a series. Sports psychology has made impressive advances in the past 10 years in helping athletes play better and enjoy their game more. These athletes have discovered that the mind is just as important a piece of sports equipment as anything else. If your body's movements match your mind's intention, your game improves. The key to winning, it turns out, is in your head. It is your ...
TODAY, Nov. 21Senior fitness day — 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Educational health information services for asthma, diabetes, heart disease, obesity, healthy awareness and healthy living.
Forty years ago, only professional dancers - and some prizefighters - had heard of Pilates. When Virginia Nicholas began teaching Pilates classes in Tempe nearly 15 years ago, not even many fitness fanatics knew about it. Today, though, an estimated 5 million people nationwide practice Pilates.
Fewer than half of New Zealand adults take the recommended amount of exercise each week, despite a yearly spend of more than $900 million on sport and recreation.
The New Balance Foundation has awarded a $100,000 grant to Regis College School of Nursing and Health Professions to establish a program at Mount Saint Joseph Academy (MSJA) in Brighton, a Catholic high school for young women, to fight childhood obesity.