Exercise
Written by Tony Spain
Boxing Fitness remains one of the most popular workouts in the industry and is one of the hottest fitness trends today, thanks to Million Dollar Baby, The Contender, Ultimate Fighting Championship, Cinderella Man, and the highest interest in professional boxing since the days of Ali and Frazier.
Written by Doug Howard
With the new generation of home video game software known as exerware, the image of the electronic gamer as a couch potato may gradually be giving way to an image of the player as a mover and a shaker – literally. What may have started as a novelty in the 1998 Japanese arcade game “Dance Dance Revolution” has led to a paradigm shift in the way many home game consoles can be used.
Read more: Video Game Fitness: Don't Just Sit There -- Play Something
Written by NFPT Staff Writer
A new study published in the Journal of Applied Physiology theorizes that Usain Bolt's astounding speed might not begin to push the limits of human running. Bolt has been clocked at 28 mph but researchers foresee humans reaching speeds of 35 or even 40 mph without mechanical assistance.
Read more: Human Runners Capable of Running 40 MPH, Study Says
Written by NFPT Staff Writer
Interval training burns fat and improves fitness more quickly than constant but moderately intensive physical activity, according to research by a University of Guelph researcher.
The study by Jason Talanian, a PhD student in the Department of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences, was published in the Journal of Applied Physiology. It found that after interval training, the amount of fat burned in an hour of continuous moderate cycling increased by 36 percent and cardiovascular fitness increased by 13 percent.
Written by Frank DiMeo
Traditional weight training – machine circuits and free weights – presents two big problems for fitness professionals. First, you eventually bore your clients and cause them to quit, costing you business. Second, while you may help them develop “beach muscles,” you aren’t showing them the best way to develop true strength.
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