The best exercises for back pain, and what to avoid
Stop the football and heavy weights – and try swimming, especially backstroke, experts say If you’ve experienced the…
4 Ways To Make Your Daily Walk More Challenging
It’s hard to overstate the benefits of frequent walks. While this form of exercise may not feel as…
Your 50s And Beyond Could Be Your Strongest Years
The most pervasive myth about aging in our culture is that your body is winding down and the…
Is 10 Minutes of Exercise a Day Enough for Strength?
Exercise is essential at every age and stage of life. Regular physical activity is linked to a plethora…
Chinese man spends US$120,000 on 300-year gym membership, seeks refund; owner vanishes
A man in eastern China has sued a gym after he paid it more than 870,000 yuan (US$120,000)…
New research highlights combined impact of genes and lifestyle on dilated cardiomyopathy
An international team, led by scientists from the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute has studied around 3000 people…
Where Do You Stand on the Sitting-Rising Test?
Medscape recently published an article mentioning our latest research on physical fitness and overall health. In this paper,…
Excess exercise may lead to elite male rowers being seven times more likely to develop atrial fibrillation
It is a name synonymous with Australian sporting folklore. By the time the Oarsome Foursome’s James Tomkins took…
Fotagliptin Plus Metformin Enhances Glycemic Control in T2D
TOPLINE: Addition of fotagliptin to metformin significantly reduced A1c levels in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) compared…
Making active living more accessible with the S$100 SG60 ActiveSG credit top-up
Not sure where to begin? Since its launch in April 2014, ActiveSG has encouraged Singaporeans of all ages…
8 Flexibility Moves That Reveal Your True Fitness Age
Flexibility serves as a key indicator of your “biological age” and functional fitness. According to Dr. Syd Young,…
Could this be the way to get the world exercising?
In 2013, the World Health Organization (WHO) set an ambitious goal: reduce the global physical inactivity rate by…