The weight-training programme that I am about to reveal is one of the hardest training programmes I have ever encountered and I will be honest, I have never completed the course. It is a yearlong training programme and that in it’s self will be a struggle for most people to complete. I came across this programme in...

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A study of 13,535 women in their 50’s who regularly walked as part of an exercise routine where found to be healthier in the 70’s than those that were more sedentary Brigham and Women’s Hospital who conducted the study didn’t just look at those with heart disease or those that had had a heart attack. They...

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Anyone who exercises regularly recognises the buzz you get after your workout. You feel better and more alive. Now a new study proves that exercise is directly linked to our moods and emotions. Featuring in the Archives of Internal Medicine the article describes the results of 3000 patients that were involved in 40 random clinical trials. The...

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The Nintendo Wii Fit is the latest craze designed to get families back in shape but a study from the University of Mississippi indicates the console has little effect on family...

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Comparing the accuracy of fitness equipment calorie counters with telemetric heart rate...

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Working out in space and how NASA are trying to improve the fitness of...

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Weight training and the importance of muscle...

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The new WishList application on Facebook turns every FaceBook user into their own little commission-based business. The idea of social-networking is not a new one, but up until now the rewards for being on a social network were just that – social. With the release of the WishList application on FaceBook, if a FaceBook user sees...

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Having a home gym used to be as simple as buying an exercise bike and sticking it in the corner of the basement. But as Americans place more emphasis on fitness, they are digging deeper into their wallets for state-of-the-art home gyms. Sales of exercise equipment jumped from $4.4 billion in 2005 to almost $4.7 billion...

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Want a Roman bath, a cinema or a state of the art gymnasium but do not want to upset the planners with a massive eyesore of an extension, well if you have the money, dig down. Leonard Blavatnik, a Russian-born oil tycoon bought 15 Kensington Palace Gardens, probably the most exclusive house ever to have changed...

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