Declines in exercise capacity may be due to lack of training, not just age
...ched, doing each for 30 minutes during a 90-minute workout session. After three to six months, the older subjects on average boosted their peak work output by 29 percent, due to increased oxygen delivery and exercise efficiency. While the older subjects were 30 percent more efficient at exercising than they ...Exercise reverses unhealthy effects of inactivity
...ple to know they don't have to do a high-intensity workout to get these benefits of exercise." A previous analysis by the Duke group of the same STRRIDE participants, reported in 2005, found another unhealthy effect of physical inactivity: inactive participants gained an average of 2 pounds in six months. "A...'No time to exercise' is no excuse, study shows
...lly stopped racing doesn't mean the effects of the workout are over."...Phys ed class more effective when there's more talking
...m ended. A 30-minute exercise session counted as a workout for a day. At the beginning of the study, nearly half of the students (46.9 percent) participating in the intervention program said they spent no time exercising outside of school. By the end of the study, that shrank to less than one in 10 stude...Louisiana Tech receives award for hurricane-relief efforts
...track team and staff were provided with office and workout space. The Tech football team altered its practice schedule to accommodate the Tulane team. Tech admitted 289 displaced students from Gulf Coast colleges and distributed $310,796 in financial aid to many of them. "Our entire faculty made the stud...New study weighs benefits of exercise, diets
...o lose weight might consider heading to the cardio workout room instead of counting calories, suggests new research out this month. Both those who dieted and those who exercised lost a significant amount of weight, according to findings from an NIH-funded study on whether a calorie-restriction diet can exte...Some women benefit more from exercise when emphasis is on health, not appearance
...e instructor emphasizes the health benefits of the workout over improved appearance, even if those women chos...but an instructor who emphasizes physique during a workout may deter such students from coming back, said Brian Focht, a study co-author and an assistant profe...