Fitness : By LIZ ROBBINS : DARA TORRES, the 41-year-old Olympic swimmer with the impossibly chiseled abs who collected three silver medals in Beijing, has proved at the elite level that getting older doesn’t mean getting slower in the water. But put her aside for now.
Even outside the elite ranks, the 40-something (and older) swimmer […]
Posted on August 19th, 2008 by admin
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By TARA PARKER-POPE : In a tightly controlled dieting experiment, obese people lost an average of just 6 to 10 pounds over two years.
The study, published Thursday in The New England Journal of Medicine, was supposed to determine which of three types of diets works best. Instead, the results highlight the difficulty of weight loss […]
Posted on July 17th, 2008 by admin
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Personal Best : By GINA KOLATA
DR. MARK TARNOPOLSKY, a muscle physiology researcher at McMaster University in Canada and a physician, knows all about the exhortations by supplement makers and many nutritionists on what to eat and when to eat it for optimal performance.
The idea is that you are supposed to consume carbohydrates and proteins in […]
Posted on June 5th, 2008 by admin
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Fitness : By JOELLE HANN
WHEN Raquel Prieto moved from Northampton, Mass., to Boston in January, there was one thing she sought as urgently as an affordable living situation and a job: an advanced yoga class.
As a dedicated yogi, she wanted to work on meditation and on poses, or asanas, requiring a lot of strength and […]
Posted on May 30th, 2008 by admin
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Fitness for Every Body : By SETH SCHIESEL
WHEN Nintendo released the Wii 18 months ago, it upended the notion of what video games could be. Moving beyond the sunlight-deprived young men at gaming’s core, Nintendo appealed to the rest of the world with an intuitive, family-friendly entertainment experience.
Women, parents, even nursing-home residents have been drawn […]
Posted on May 16th, 2008 by admin
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Personal Best : By GINA KOLATA
WHEN Jenny Higgins started doing triathlons, she discovered something peculiar. She had been on her high school cross country and swim teams and her college swim team. But in 2003 she started running, swimming and cycling, and tried to excel in all three at once.
“I noticed that in the pool, […]
Posted on May 9th, 2008 by admin
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