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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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fitness stories: 34 news summaries

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 'FitFlops' Latest Toning Rage 

Oprah's 'summer favorite' helps back-pain sufferers, too

Jul 16, 08 11:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - FitFlops, the sandals that exercise your leg and derriere muscles as you walk, are this summer’s must-have, Newhouse News Service reports. With celebrity support from Heidi Klum to Jennifer Garner, the fitness flip flop made Oprah’s “summer favorites” list, and has sold a million pairs since launching... More »

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fashion • shoes • exercise • fitness • trend • FitFlops • flip-flop

Stair Masters: Tower Running a Painful High

Racing up skyscrapers 'not all that pleasant,' yet spreading fast

Jun 3, 08 1:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - "Think about the most painful thing you've ever done, then multiply by 10," says one devotee (yes, devotee) of tower running, in which hearty soles summit the world's tallest buildings. The Empire State Building, the Sears Tower and Taiwan's Taipei 101 are some of the majors of the... More »

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race • exercise • Empire State Building • fitness • Sears Tower • tower running

San Francisco, Seattle Top US Fittest Cities List

Los Angeles trails in measures of healthy living, environment

May 30, 08 12:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - San Francisco has narrowly edged out Seattle for the distinction of being America's fittest big city, says a new study released by the American College of Sports Medicine. Judging 16 large metropolitan areas on factors ranging from exercise frequency and fruit intake to the availability of parks and public transportation,... More »

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San Francisco • Boston • Detroit • Los Angeles • public health • Seattle • exercise • healthy eating • fitness • commuting • parks • American College of Sports Medicine

product review

Wii Fit Is Great for Couch Potatoes

But more hard-core athletes should keep going to the gym

May 23, 08 12:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nintendo's Wii Fit is great for fitness beginners who want to shed their couch-potato ways, but more experienced athletes will want to stick with the gym, writes Jinny Gunmundsen in USA Today. The game delivers a fun and inventive way to tone muscles, improve balance, and burn calories, but hard-core... More »

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Nintendo Wii • exercise • fitness • Wii Fit • video games




 The Fittest
 Guys in
 America
 

Barack Makes list of fittest guys

May 20, 08 4:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama has already nailed one nomination. He's cruised onto a list of the fittest guys in America. His 16-hour days on the campaign trail, early morning workouts at hotel gyms, brisk 45-minute runs and pick-up basketball games put him in some super-fit company, according to the list compiled by... More »

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Barack Obama • health • Tiger Woods • Brady Quinn • exercise • Dwight Howard • workout • Daniel Craig • Chase Utley • fitness • Will Smith • Greg Long • Wladimir Klitschko • Curtis Stone • Flo Rida • Walter Dix • Dierks Bentley • Jason Osborn • Jason Wright • Ed Donner • Mac Danzig • Shemar Moore • Mark Steines • Doug Anderson • Greg Plitt • Amaury Nolasco • Ryan Sheckler • Ty Loomis • Dave Salmoni • Romeo Miller

PRODUCT REVIEW

Are Wii Fit? Nintendo Helps Make a Dent

Interactive system great for busy parents, and earns trainer's respect

May 15, 08 1:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nintendo’s Wii Fit system can turn a couch potato into a workout warrior—or at least make that potato a bit less lumpy, Seth Schiesel writes in the New York Times. The system, launching in North America next week, could be THE next big home fitness trend, pushing that... More »

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Nintendo • Nintendo Wii • fitness • Wii Fit

Behold
the Mighty
Medicine Ball

Weighty exercise aid goes back a lot longer than you'd think

Apr 14, 08 12:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - The thunk of a medicine ball may evoke images of football players doing strength and resistance training, but its history reaches far beyond the advent of modern fitness regimens. ESPN the Magazine chronicles the medicine ball through the ages, from gladiators' workouts to Renaissance medical texts to the earliest days... More »

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athlete • history • Romans • fitness • Matt Ryan • military training • strength training • medicine ball

Housewives
Get Sweaty for
'Work Out' Star

Women love lesbian trainer's savvy, abs,
and Bravo show

Apr 13, 08 2:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jackie Warner seems unlikely to spark suburban housewife crushes. And yet the star of Bravo’s “Work Out,” about the lesbian trainer’s elite Los Angeles gym, is much-loved by straight ladies. “I have women that send me photos of themselves with their husbands and three teenage... More »

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reality TV • lesbians • Los Angeles • homosexuality • fitness • Bravo • bisexual • Work Out • Jackie Warner

Big Bellies
Raise Risk
of Alzheimer's

Those in their 40s better trim down,
study suggests

Mar 26, 08 7:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - People who have big bellies in middle age have a much greater risk of getting Alzheimer's or dementia as senior citizens, a new study says. The bigger the belly, the bigger the risk, reports the Washington Post. The findings raise more concern about America's expanding waist lines and offer more... More »

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obesity • health • dementia • aging • blood pressure • overweight • fitness • belly fat • Alzheimer's Disease

Wii Fit Among Highlights of Gamers' Conference

Video game industry converged in San Francisco

Feb 22, 08 12:53 PM CST
(Newser) - Fitness program Wii Fit for the Nintendo Wii system, video games that let players warp Disneyized fairy tales, a parents-oriented video game review site, and initiatives by major publishers to let independent designers and even players develop games—those were the highlights of the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco... More »

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Nintendo Wii • fitness • video game reviews • Game Developers Conference • Wii Fit • American McGee • video game developers • American McGee's Grimm • video games

Fit Trumps Fat in Longevity

Fitness more important than body fat in living longer: study

Dec 5, 07 4:59 AM CST
(Newser) - You can live longer if you're fit, even if you're fat. That's the surprising result of a new study of older Americans that found a brisk daily walk helps seniors live longer, regardless of body fat. The report, published in the Journal of the American Medicine Association, suggests older Americans... More »

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obesity • fitness • University of South Carolina • Journal of the American Medicine Association • Dr. Steven N. Blair • longevity

Britain to Fight Fat in 'Fit Towns'

Government would broaden eco-friendly schemes to address health concerns

Nov 1, 07 4:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - In light of dire predictions about the cost of the obesity crisis, England wants 10 previously planned eco-friendly towns to also combat obesity by promoting healthy lifestyles, the Guardian reported today. Among the proposals: more bike lanes; safe walking routes to school and the downtown area; larger and more modern... More »

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obesity • childhood obesity • United Kingdom • France • obesity epidemic • England • bikes • exercise • healthy eating • fitness • eco friendly towns

Exercise Combo Helps Control Diabetes

Aerobics and strength training have powerful effect on blood sugar

Sep 18, 07 2:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - A combination of aerobic exercise and strength training can provide enormous benefits for  people with Type 2 diabetes, new research shows. Although both types of activity helped control blood sugar in patients with adult-onset diabetes, combining them led to almost twice as much improvement as either did alone. Previously, some... More »

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health • diabetes • heart disease • exercise • blood sugar • kidney disease • fitness

Make Your Workout Work for You

Six tips to help keep you from sabotaging your fitness regimen

Aug 11, 07 10:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - All that work, and still no six-pack? Newsweek tips you off to six ways you may be hurting your results—and your body.
  1. Reading while exercising: You need focus for results.
  2. Excessive sweating: Losing water weight is not the same as losing fat.
  3. Skipping resistance training: Lift
... More »

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obesity • health • weight loss • list • exercise • workout • fitness

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