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- Atlanta Water Aerobics Class for Elderly
- Evening water aerobics classes add new fitness dimension for …
- Aerobics, resistance-training combo improves glucose control in …
- Weed out aerobics accessories, pull on gardening gloves
- Things to do this week and beyond
- Casting a Spell
- 15-state Southern obesity summit to focus on deadly epidemic
Atlanta Water Aerobics Class for Elderly
WABE, GA
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class that gives them a low impact exercise option. To pass the time during lessons many of them sing old songs – one of which
dates back to 1881. Some of their favorites are ‘Bicycle Built for Two’,
‘Sweetly Sings the Donkey’ and ‘Row, Row, Row Your Boat’. The most interesting thing when watching the class is the way the ladies seemingly
transform back into girls, laughing and giggling at least when the instructor
isn’t looking.
Evening water aerobics classes add new fitness dimension for …
Rossmoor News, CA
Powell reported an 85 percent increase in resident pool use when he addressed the Aquatics Advisory Committee on Sept. 11 and added, “It is because of those wonderful classes. ”He was referring to the water aerobics classes that are offered through the Del Valle fitness programs as managed by Fitness Center Supervisor Masha Henzel. Aquatics classes are now available in the evening as well daytime, too. The day classes include a deep-water class with Janet Braue from 9 to 9:45 a. on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday; a shallow water exercise class with Cathy Steen from 10 to 10:45 a.
Aerobics, resistance-training combo improves glucose control in …
Entertainment and Showbiz!, India
entertainmentandshowbiz. According to Robin L Marcus, PT, PhD, OCS, assistant professor at the University’s Department of Physical Therapy, combining aerobic and high-force eccentric resistance exercise will not only improve glucose control it will also perk up physical performance, and body fat composition. “Although aerobic exercise is what is typically recommended for treating people with diabetes, this study shows that adding a high-force strength training component has significant advantages,” said Marcus, who is also a spokesperson of American Physical Therapy Association (APTA). Following the escalating costs and serious side effects of diabetes drugs, Marcus suggests that diabetics and their health care providers should be encouraged that physical therapy has been shown to be a cost-effective and safe treatment alternative. During the study, the researchers evaluated 15 people with type 2 diabetes who participated in a 16-week supervised exercise training program: seven in a combined aerobic and eccentric resistance exercise program, and eight in a program of aerobic exercise only.
Weed out aerobics accessories, pull on gardening gloves
Livemint, India
Get a better workout. When researchers from Green Gym tested a 40-year-old woman, they found that she burnt 30% more calories (392kcal in all) working outdoors than she did in a step aerobics class. Both activities lasted 1 hour, but the time she spent in her training heart rate zone (this elevated heart rate from exercise improves cardio fitness) was nearly double while gardening?44 minutes versus 24. Make bones strongOne new study says gardening can give you the biggest bang for your exercise buck in preventing osteoporosis. Pushing a lawnmower, raking leaves, and lifting a wheelbarrow full of weeds are great weight-bearing exercises. Researchers at the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville, US, found that women 50 years and older who were active in their gardens had higher bone density readings than those who swam, did aerobics, danced or jogged.
Things to do this week and beyond
Salt Lake Tribune, United States
For information, call 801-773-7065. GOLDEN YEARS SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER Activities include beginning tap lessons, aerobics, faceting, cards, line dancing, stained glass, watercolor painting, tai chi and dancing to a live band at the center, 726 S. 100 East, Bountiful. For information, call 801-295-3470. S A T U R D A Y MRS. UTAH UNITED STATES Advertisement.
Casting a Spell
Sakaal Times, India
A family life – for all its positives — can be rather tough on a woman?s professional life on various levels. Suddenly, a million things restrict you, and you find yourself constantly putting everyone else before you. Which is why, it?s truly admirable when women manage to connect with their talents and pursue it with dedication. Pune-based Sonja (pronounced as Sonia) feels she?s lucky to be enjoying the joys of motherhood and at the same time giving flight to her creativity through writing.
15-state Southern obesity summit to focus on deadly epidemic
FirstScience, UK
, director of UAB’s Clinical Nutrition Research Center and a summit organizer. “So much anti-obesity work has been done, but even more is needed, especially in the parts of the nation struggling with the epidemic like the South. ”
Speakers and panelists will include UAB researchers and Kenneth Cooper, M. , a Texas-based health author and entrepreneur widely regarded as the “father of aerobics” for his 1986 fitness book Aerobics. << Start < Previous 1.
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