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Physical and Mental Health - Exercise, Fitness and Activity
Healthy body, healthy mind! Physical Exercise, Fitness, Running, Jogging, Gym and Activity. Twitter Hashtag: #GymEd Curated by Peter Mellow |
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Running offers all the same physical and mental benefits of walking.
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Jogging a mile or two a few times a week can help you live longer and reduce your risk of disease.
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My exercise regimen fell off a cliff once my original motivation for long-distance running disappeared. The fix was surprisingly easy.
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A law enforcement expert and a black runner analyse a police encounter that went wrong.
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Face masks become mandatory in Melbourne and the Mitchell Shire from Thursday, but runners and cyclists are excluded from the rule.
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People have been dedicating their workouts to Ahmaud Arbery who was shot and killed while out jogging.
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The death of an Iowa woman who went missing on a jog exposes the harassment female runners endure.
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Vigorous walking requires about 130 steps per minute, while jogging starts at about 140.
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New evidence that physical activity can forestall the mental decline in aging brains.
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A good jog can prevent and or moderate anxiety and depression, reduce the likelihood of cardiovascular disease and it encourages good sleep patterns.
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More young people are jogging than ever before but if they're doing it wrong they could be adding to the growing rate of young chronic osteoarthritis sufferers.
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How to get from the couch to five kilometres in eight weeks.
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“The FIRST studies discovered that focusing on a specific pace prepares runners physiologically and mentally for racing,”
Sounds like the training principle Specificity to me? Something that has been around sport/fitness training for decades. While I agree with the ideas presented here, let's remember that specificity moves from general to specific training and before you do the specific higher intensity speed training you need to have a solid base to support that.
I visited the FIRST website, I could not find any links to their "studies", it would be good to see some of their research.
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Forget obstacle courses and streaking through mud, the latest running craze is all
about one thing: darkness.
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What would you rather brag about - your huge training mileage, or a new PB?
Der Schlüssel zu einer neuen persönlichen Bestleistung: nicht mehr und länger laufen, sondern kürzer und schneller/anstrengender - und dafür in kurzen Intervallen. Die Stichworte sind z.B. Tabata-Einheiten oder HIIT.
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A great range of running tips from Runner's World.
My Thoughts:
As an athlete, training correctly is an important aspect to seeing improvement. In track and field, the event I train for is the 400 meter dash which is difficult because it is the mid-point between sprinting and long distance events. Most people opt out of the 400 because although it is technically long distance, you are still sprinting as if it were a short-distance event. This article has made me realize that runners have to train in all aspects in order to improve in their event. A long distance runner not only trains for marathons, but also does sprints on the track and runs on trails. A sprinter not only does short bursts, but practices for endurance by running 800 repeats. Overall, it is important to consider all aspects of training when practicing for an event-limiting training to just practicing for your event repeatedly will not improve your overall strength in the long run.
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Want to live longer, look younger and reduce the risk of serious illness? Grab those running shoes and you'll find life's better in the long run, writes Charmaine Yabsley.
My Thoughts:
I find it interesting that this article says you shouldn't jog every day. Considering most sports train you vigorously 6 out of the 7 days in a week in similar activities, it makes me wonder about the consequences of training the same muscle groups daily. Are athletes more at risk for injuring themselves because they don't change up their exercise routines? And if exercise is so good for your body, why do few people choose to incorporate it into their routines? I personally love the feeling that I get right after a long run, and it makes me more energized and ready for the day. People underestimate the benefits of exercise, and it really isn't difficult to put on a pair of tennis shoes and go out for a run, no matter how long the distance. You control how you treat your body and you might as well treat it right!
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If you were out running in Auckland yesterday there was a fair chance you had a bit of company. More than 70,000 people headed out to walk or run Round the Bays .
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British runner Fauja Singh, 101, says he'll hang up his sneakers following the Hong Kong Marathon next month.
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Simon Brown will eat toast and honey for breakfast tomorrow, pull on his well-worn sports shoes, nip down the road from his home in Devonport - then run and run and run.
Brown went for a gentle run yesterday morning in the last leg of his nearly five-month campaign of preparations for tomorrow's adidas Auckland Marathon. It will be his first marathon.
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2012. For me this year was to be a game changer. It was time to take a gamble, do things differently, give myself challenges, change my regular behaviour and see what happened.
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SO YOU think you can run? Think again. Most people are risking injury because they have not learnt how to run properly, according to two of Melbourne's top running coaches.
They say the most likely to be injured while running are office workers whose glutes and hamstrings have become atrophied due to years of sitting behind desks.
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Prof Joseph Hamill
Well the recent evidence in the last ten years or so is showing that shoes are not doing what we thought they were doing. There is no evidence that shoes prevent injuries, there’s no evidence that shoes improve performance. But the other argument is that barefoot running has no evidence either. We’re not used to walking around barefoot. We’re certainly not used to running around barefoot. The prime thing is in my research is that barefoot running forces you to change the things that you normally do.
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‘[But] ultra-endurance running is increasing dramatically in popularity.’’
What no-one seems to be able to answer is why more men and women are taking up the challenge.
‘‘Despite increased 161-km ultramarathon participation in recent years, little is known about those who pursue such an activity,’’ wrote Martin Hoffman from the University of California, following his study last year of the factors that lead people to successfully run the distance. (The main factor that led to runners pulling out, FYI, was throwing up).