That sipping carbohydrate drinks during long distance running helps has been known for long. By providing a constant supply of glucose as energy for muscles, …
That sipping carbohydrate drinks during long distance running helps has been known for long. By providing a constant supply of glucose as energy for muscles, …
Did you know that the influence of traditional slow, long-duration aerobic activity of low to moderate intensity (as in brisk walking or jogging) in causing …
Traditional endurance training (like running) does cause weight loss and helps cessation of smoking (Koplan, Powell, Sikes, Shirley, & Campbell, 1982). However, the process of …
Most of us are aware that the difference between calories taken in and calories spent seems to the key to either gaining or losing weight …
Makers of creatine supplements recommend its use for improving muscle strength, power and lean body mass. Daily use of creatine combined with resistance training does …
All of us have heard the wondrous things that fish oils can do for optimizing your health. Found in large quantities in fish – as …
‘Do we want to see the highest possible achievements by men and women who do not use performance-enhancing drugs? If so, what counts as performance-enhancing? …
Stretching before a workout (or a sports performance) is a routinely followed practice. A good warm-up routine followed by stretching prepares the athletes (physically as …
Middle and long-distance runners have always been recommended, as a part of their training schedule, to pile on miles upon miles every week. Up until …
The worldwide prevalence of obesity has reached epic proportions. So much so, that calling obesity a pandemic wouldn’t amount to exaggeration! In addition to putting …
Human obesity pandemic is sweeping across the world with an alarming rate – causing disease in its wake (metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, etc.) and …
The age of gene-doping is here! Recent advances in human genome research will soon make it easy to go shopping for tailor-made cardiovascular systems and …
Young athletes are often treated as ‘small adults’ when it comes to treating sports-related injuries. However, the fact remains that children are both anatomically and …
Believe it or not! The notion that exercise (though not too much of it) is good for human health was first suggested by Hippocrates more …
Using chest compressions and rescue breaths with a view of sustaining supply of oxygenated blood to vital organs, especially brain, is what constitutes cardiopulmonary resuscitation …