“Readers Respond: How do you avoid holiday weight gain with exercise?”
Source: About.com
This about About.com post is a year old, but the advise is timeless. Tips sent in by readers about how to avoid tubbing out over the holidays. Some you’ve likely heard elsewhere (“Eat a healthy snack before a big holiday party …”), others maybe not (“Go for a brisk run about thirty minutes before you go to bed, this is a refreshing way to end the day and it keeps your metabolism working as you sleep …”). Advice from the masses.
“Long-Term Physical Activity has an Anti-Aging Effect at the Cellular Level”
Source: Science Daily.
You have these things called “telemeres” — “the DNA that bookends the chromosomes and protects the ends from damage” — and they tend to get shorter as you age. According to a study reported in “Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association,” the telemeres of pro athletes and others who exercise intensely take longer to shorten, thus prolonging their telemeres — and lives. Read more in Science Daily’s report on the research.
Source: American Council on Exercise’s Get Fit Exercise Library.
Done right, crunches can do wonders for your abs. Done not so right they can be a painful waste of time. From the American Council on Exercise’s vast Get Fit Exercise Library, we pull this short tutorial intended to help you avoid the latter. An especially popular exercise as we battle to keep the waistline in check over the holidays.
Source: American Council on Exercise
Wanna get more out of your morning walk? Have a baby. Researchers at the University of Wisconsin, La Crosse, found that exercise intensity increased 18 percent and calorie burn 20 percent for people who walked pushing a baby stroller vs. people who walked strollerless. More here.