http://www.fitness-daily.com Regularly updated news, information, and commentary. Sun, 11 Nov 2007 01:17:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en According to an article in Newsweek about “Fall’s Fattening Foods” you are at risk of expanding your waistline exponentially this season.  Autumn is fraught with dangers including excess calories consumed from Halloween candy, extra helpings of mashed potatoes and apple pie.  For instance just 25 jellybeans adds 140 calories, a helping of ... http://www.fitness-daily.com/index.php/archives/2007/11/10/fattening-foods-of-fall/ Are cigarettes robbing your will to exercise and leaving you breathless in the swimming pool and on the tennis courts?    According to a story in Newsweek you will be able to get a shot that causes you to completely lose your cravings for cigarettes. The anti-smoking shot is being developed by ... http://www.fitness-daily.com/index.php/archives/2007/11/08/a-shot-in-the-arm-for-smokers/ An article in Medical News Today confirms what most of us already women. Women smoke to stay slim. In fact a study conducted at the University of Michigan says that fear of weight gain is the number one reason why most women do not quit smoking. The study also investigated why women ... http://www.fitness-daily.com/index.php/archives/2007/11/07/cigarettes-and-weight-loss/ In an article called Exercise Improves Senior Balance published on Reuters writer Amy Norton talks about how risks and falls associated with old age can be avoided or made less of a likelihood if the elderly would only take some time to exercise.  In an analysis of 34 clinical trials, British ... http://www.fitness-daily.com/index.php/archives/2007/11/06/improving-the-balance-of-seniors/ Reuters has reported that a study in Brazil at the University of Sao Paulo has found that children with asthma are likely to breather easier if they exercise well.  Keep in mind that this study was done on children that were already on asthma medication.    Exercise in general was found ... http://www.fitness-daily.com/index.php/archives/2007/11/05/exercise-improves-asthma-in-kids/ According to a great article in USA Today called “Exercise Builds Strong Brains Too” physical fitness can make your kids smarter. A new study done in the pediatrics department at the University of Georgia reports that children who play rigorously for twenty to forty minutes a day may have better organizational ... http://www.fitness-daily.com/index.php/archives/2007/11/04/exercise-makes-kids-smarter/ An article in the Montreal Gazette by Jill Barker called Turn Excuses Into Action talks about the main excuses that couch potatoes use to get out of exercising.   An excuse that a lot of people use is “I’m not a gym person.” You don’t have to go to a gym ... http://www.fitness-daily.com/index.php/archives/2007/11/03/no-more-excuses/ There is a strain of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA that is now reported to be surfacing in gyms. According to a story in the New York Times, a staph bacterium usually associated with hospitals and nursing homes, has been surfacing in other settings. If you don’t want to catch this ... http://www.fitness-daily.com/index.php/archives/2007/11/02/can-you-get-mrsa-at-the-gym/ According to an Associated Press story, you need to be wary if you are using the heart drug Trasylol. Trasylol also goes by the brand name aprotinin. It is used to dissolve blood clots and is classified as a Bayer AG drug. It is mainly used to prevent excessive bleeding ... http://www.fitness-daily.com/index.php/archives/2007/11/01/fda-warns-about-trasylol/ According to an article in Men’s Fitness called Training Myths Debunked we have it all wrong when we say that it is a build up of lactic acid that causes fatigue after exercising.  A strength coach in Los Angeles named Chad Waterbury has completely debunked this.  Although it is Lactic Acid ... http://www.fitness-daily.com/index.php/archives/2007/10/30/lactic-acid-is-not-the-culprit/