mental benefits of exercise
Being overweight makes mental muscle flabby too…
Here is a controversial study, if ever I saw one. Research presented last week at Neuroscience 2012, the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, suggests that being obese appears to compromise cognitive function. In the study, conducted jointly by Carnegie Mellon and Pittsburgh Universities, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was used to image the brains […]
Yoga: your flexible friend
I have a confession to make. I can’t touch my toes. Not without bending my knees, anyway… But then again, nor can most of the runners I know. I’ve long suspected that being a runner precludes being flexible – but I recently went to a ‘yoga for runners session’, taught by Laura Denham-Jones who is […]
Life begins at 40…
to decline, that is! Or so say the experts from two different realms of science. First, research from the exercise and health science department at Bristol University warns that physical deterioration - including higher fat deposits and muscle mass decline - accelerates when we reach our mid 40s and that people who do nothing to address this sorry situation […]
Exercise builds body confidence
Admit it. No matter how much you dread a workout, no matter how difficult it is to drag yourself out the door - you almost always feel better when you get back. There’s a sense of accomplishment, a feeling of renewed energy and a kind of inner contentment and calmness… Part of it, no doubt, […]