You’ve surely heard by now that the older market is a prime, growing population for health club services, and a topic of great importance to these potential members is the loss of muscle mass with age. Loss of skeletal muscle is the most often informed consequence of standard aging, and can lead to loss of [...]
For a workout to promote adherence, it should increase individuals’ sense of enjoyment and rejuvenation, and decrease feelings of fatigue. We have actually measured (through psychological testing) pre- and post-exercise feeling states. Sure enough, those who felt enjoyment stayed with exercise the best. My suggestion to you is to cross-check any professionally designed exercise program [...]
Although many techniques have proven successful in research,7,12,14,19 clearly those where participants were provided with the adaptive skills to continue exercising have demonstrated the best results. In a comprehensive review of 127 exercise adherence promotion studies,9 those techniques that either modified the exercise setting and/or in some way altered individuals’ perceptions about the challenges of [...]
Many women exercise to burn calories for weight maintenance or weight loss.2 Our research found that the average 132-pound woman expended between 5.6 to 9.9 Calories per minute, depending upon the length of the board and the rate of sliding. As slide board length increased from 5 to 6 feet, each subject expended an additional [...]
The National Disability Abuse & Neglect Hotline and the Complaints Resolution and Referral Service (CRRS) are spending two weeks in Adelaide in February to provide training sessions about abuse and neglect and the CRRS to service users in SA (dates yet to be confirmed).
I thought a special festive message was quite appropriate today, since last night Father Christmas was seen skating on the seafront near to where I am based for Christmas. Perhaps he visited you? Did you get what you wanted? I did, for sure!
Whatever the original birthplace of the naginata, there is little doubt its use was well known by the 10th century. Drawings and written accounts of battles over a thousand years ago speak of warriors using naginata to dismount warriors, usually by cutting the horse’s legs, then dispatching them beyond the reach of the sword. More [...]
Few weapons have as long, and as varied a history as the naginata. From Buddhist monks to Japanese women, this sophisticated weapon has enjoyed a wide following.
The emotional energy present at Little League games can also bring out the worst in parents. Sometimes they trade insults with the opposing team’s parents. A mom might yell at the coach, berating him in public for not playing her child. A father may scream at an umpire with a fury better suited for fans [...]
Little League Baseball, a tradition that has been loved for generations and has helped mold many future stars and taught many of life’s valuable lessons, can often bring out the best as well as the worst in the parents of the Little Leaguers.