athletics

Athletics and fitness are the essential ingredients for your body to live a long and healthy life.

Resistance Training for Women
Resistance bands are made of strong, thin rubber with handles at the end or just look like a giant elastic band. They can create a greater challenge practically everywhere as they’re extremely portable. They’re inexpensive and there’s a wide variety of full-body workouts you can access.
By Emily Holland9 years ago in Longevity
The Hard Cold Truth About Depression. Top Story - June 2017.
Depression comes in different levels for different people. Medical experts tell us that we're depressed if we do the following: 1) sleep too much 2) lose excessive weight 3) look and feel lifeless 4) no interest in life.
By Carol Seymour9 years ago in Longevity
Find What Works for You
This “one-a-week” posting makes me feel as though I’m neglecting you. But, needs must when you have bills to pay. Today, we’re going to talk about fitness and well-being. This isn’t a “tips,” “tricks,” or “diet” post. Perish the thought. This is sharing what works for me and how I found it. Think of this post as motivation to find what will work for you. I hate to tell you this, but not everyone is the same. Yes, Dave, people do think that.
By RJ Plant9 years ago in Longevity
Disabilities and Physical Fitness
What's the deal? Disabled people are often thought to be incapable of participating in athletic activity. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Whatever your disability, whether physical or developmental, there is a sporting venue for you.
By Jenn Thomas9 years ago in Longevity
A Brief Guide to Muay Thai
Muay Thai--regarded by some as the deadliest martial art ever devised. One of the dirty martial arts known for doing whatever it takes to put an opponent down and not let them ever get up again. Some refer to it as Thailand's kickboxing. Others, an undignified art for ruffians.
By Patricia Sarkar9 years ago in Longevity
Senior Fitness Guidelines for Healthy Individuals
People are living longer and longer these days. The Center of Disease Control and Prevention reports that the life expectancy is at 78.7 years of age, according to a recent report.
By Jerry Del Priore9 years ago in Longevity
Top 4 Fitness Apps of 2017
Being able to hit your fitness goals can be difficult under the wrong guidance, especially with a tight work schedule, you may barely even fit the time to give back to your body. However, with the recent surplus of fitness apps on the android and apple market, people are now able to simply download their own virtual personal trainers. The apps allow for step counting, meal tracking, and offering instructional workout routines. To help you get started in your fitness lifestyle, try these 4 free apps that can change the way you look and feel.
By Patrick Cooper9 years ago in Longevity
How To Qualify for the Boston Marathon
How To Qualify for the Boston Marathon. 1. Go to Boston for the first time ever as a reporter covering the marathon bombings. Be so moved by the tenacity of the city that you vow you’ll be back the next year to cheer. Vow, above that, you’ll be back to run it yourself.
By Nadia Neophytou9 years ago in Longevity
Best Martial Arts for Self-Defense
Everyone has had that fantasy: a mugger or assailant of some kind comes at you in a dark alley, and you, trained in the martial arts, use your skills to ward off the attacker in a glorious display of self-defense power. That is the dream. That is the goal.
By Anthony Gramuglia9 years ago in Longevity
Hacks for Working Out Inside
When the days are short and the weather is brutal, many people find they are lacking the time and motivation to get to the gym. The good news is there are plenty of ways you can get your exercise in from home, or even from your workplace. Try some of these hacks for working out inside and get fit for spring from the comfort of your home.
By Annie Kiely9 years ago in Longevity
From Roamer to Runner
First off, I know I know, talking about running is boring. Borrrrrrring. I know. It’s not an article on carb-loading and tips on how to avoid a stitch (for that, check out my article ‘Carb Loading and tips….’ Onlllllly joking. I know I know I know. This is an article about why I started running and how it totally transformed my life (nothing deep then), and why I think that exercising (it doesn’t have to be running) is essential – I just wish someone told that to me pre-2003, the me that I like to call a ‘directionless roaming monkey’.
By Martin Skate9 years ago in Longevity
Dear Buttercup
By and large, since I was sixteen, I’ve gone running at least once a week. I’ve never been a stellar runner—as anyone who has ever known me a hot second will tell you—but I’ve persevered on like the best of the penguins. There have been a few extended exceptions: two surgeries (on the relative minor side I would say), the time I broke my foot the day after I turned thirty, and a couple of lengthy Lupus flares. That last one . . . that is me these days. I haven’t been running in six months, and for the first time since 2009 I haven’t done a long run race (specifically, a half marathon). To take it even farther, I haven’t done an exercise class since last spring . . . yeah.
By Annessa Babic9 years ago in Longevity