All posts tagged with physical fitness

(Natural News) If 2017 was the “year of the fitness gadget,” then 2018 is shaping up to be the “year of the basics,” according to health experts who are monitoring trends. Americans seem to have gotten their fill of fitness gadgets, activity trackers and apps and are instead returning to real-world workouts that have proven […]

(Natural News) Here’s one more reason to start hitting the gym: according to a study, even a single workout can help improve your brain health. Based on a new review of the effects of acute exercise, researchers summarized both the behavioral and cognitive effects of a single bout of exercise and the data gathered from […]

(Natural News) For most people the holiday season brings lots of family face time, joy and happiness, but also no shortage of bad foods that taste far too good and, thus, are generally over-consumed, leaving us feeling miserable and hefty. As those holidays approach, however, now is not the time for preppers to lose sight […]

(Natural News) A study published in Acta Physiologica warns that long-term use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) such as ibuprofen may inhibit muscle growth in people who engage in weight training. As part of the study, researchers at the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden examined healthy men and women aged 18 to 35 who were randomly assigned to two groups: […]

(Natural News) I just read a headline on a prepper website claiming that you can learn “9 survival skills” while sitting on your couch. I’m not even kidding. Curious, I clicked on the article. And okay, some of the suggestions were pretty good. You can learn how to tie knots, identify edible (and poisonous) plants, […]

(Natural News) A new health survey revealed that boxing is the best way to shed those unwanted pounds — more so than sex or even swimming. Boxing can potentially burn around 800 calories in an hour, whereas sex burns a measly 200 calories an hour for men and a sad 138 calories for women. These […]