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Strength training can help people with lung disease (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Wed Nov 18 11:32:23 PST 2009
People with chronic lung disease like emphysema or bronchitis can strengthen their arms and legs with resistance training, and this strength may help them perform everyday tasks more easily, a new review of 18 studies confirms.
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Five strength training exercises reduce repetitive strain injury caused by office work (News-Medical-Net)
Wed Nov 18 00:27:38 PST 2009
Strength training exercises using dumbbells can reduce pain and improve function in the trapezius muscle, the large muscle which extends from the back of the head, down the neck and into the upper back. The exercises also improve the muscle's ability to respond quickly and forcefully among women...
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David Buer: Circuit Training: Is It Right For You? (The Huffington Post)
Thu Nov 19 10:43:38 PST 2009
Circuit training is an evolving training program structured to combine low impact aerobic and anaerobic activity between sets of strength training and core exercises.
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Phils' training staff honored with award (Philadelphia Phillies)
Fri Nov 20 10:50:14 PST 2009
Phils' training staff honored with award
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Cross Training for Nordic Skiing (FasterSkier.com)
Fri Nov 20 01:26:35 PST 2009
Skiing is a great sport because, unlike almost all other sports, you can only ski during one season of the year. This means that there are three other seasons open for other activities. Although I spend much of my training time in the off-season on roller skis, I can always pull out my bike or [...]
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Training can help make your body birth-ready (Albany Times Union)
Fri Nov 20 21:04:50 PST 2009
Giving birth may be the mother of all workouts, and you can train for it, the same as you would a marathon or other extraordinary physical feat.
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'It's good science' (The Columbus Dispatch)
Sat Nov 21 01:34:01 PST 2009
In a lab at the Franklin County coroner's office, a toxicology team is trying to find out what killed their latest customers: Carbon monoxide? Cocaine? An overdose of baby-strength acetaminophen? Arsenic?
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England's troubles give All Blacks pause (AP via Yahoo! Sports)
Thu Nov 19 18:11:28 PST 2009
England's problems have given New Zealand cause to be wary ahead of their rugby test at Twickenham on Saturday. A depleted England appear to be ripe for the taking by a near full-strength All Blacks, who returned to the No. 1 world ranking this week. The match features in the middle of a busy...
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Making a name in international sports (The Star)
Fri Nov 20 16:04:14 PST 2009
Success in sports is more than medals and wins. It is about making the nation proud, carving a global place of prominence for Malaysia and about inner growth through endurance and strength.
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First Person: 'A hit-and-run led me to the priesthood' (Independent)
Fri Nov 20 16:29:53 PST 2009
I was in my mid-twenties and had started working in a chocolate factory. That was how I came to be on the road at 6.30am on a dark winter's morning. A car came out of nowhere, smashed into the back of my car and sent me flying into a ditch. I can remember vividly feeling that I had to get out of...
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