Congratulations to EPL graduate research assistant, Amanda Szabo, on successfully defending her doctoral dissertation:
Physical Activity, Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Memory, and Self-Efficacy in the Aging Brain.
Click here to learn more about Amanda’s research interests and experience.
ScienceDaily | Exercise, Even Mild Physical Activity, May Reduce Breast Cancer Risk.
A new analysis has found that physical activity — either mild or intense and before or after menopause — may reduce breast cancer risk, but substantial weight gain may negate these benefits. Published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the findings indicate that women can reduce their breast cancer risk by exercising and maintaining their weight. Continue.
Daily Mail | Why exercise makes us feel good (and skip the gym, as being in the open air is even better for you).
Anyone with any sort of fitness routine recognizes the feelings of a natural high. So it will not come as much surprise that, according to two new research studies, a good work-out can help deal with stress – particularly those caused by workplace bullies. Activities in natural environments such as parks and forests in particular have a positive effect on stress, mood and fatigue, found researchers at the University of Glasgow. Continue.
The second wave of the 6-month FAST exercise program began this week. The EPL would like to thank all participants for their commitment to the program and wish them luck in their journey to leading an active lifestyle!
BBC | ‘Urgent need’ to get primary school children active.
There is an urgent need to increase activity levels in primary school children in order to prevent health problems later in life, according to scientists. Researchers at the Universities of Strathclyde and Newcastle found that some eight to 10-year-olds were active for only 20 minutes a day. Continue.
IBISWorld | Fitness Industries Pump Up Revenue.
Americans are in the middle of a fitness craze. This movement is seeping into popular culture, as brightly colored yoga mats and fitness clothes fly off the shelves at retail stores, TV shows about weight loss grow more popular and spinning classes are fill up fast. More Americans are heading to the gym than ever before as they desperately desire washboard abs and chiseled biceps. In the midst of this growing enthusiasm, the fitness industries are becoming the biggest beneficiaries. Despite extremely low disposable income growth in the five years to 2012 (an average of 0.1% per year), the fitness sector is expected to grow at an average annual rate of 2.3% over the same time period. Together, revenue from fitness clubs, pilates and yoga studios, boxing gyms and clubs, personal trainers, fitness DVD production and online sporting apparel sales is expected to total $45.2 billion in 2012. Continue.
Calling all Illini fans and alumni! And all Chicago runners! Or runners from any Big Ten School, Midwest college/university, high school, church group, community group, etc. This exciting NEW 8K run will let you get your competitive game on, and raise money for the University of Illinois’s I FUND. The fund provides scholarships and academic support services to more than 500 athletes in 19 varsity sports each year. Learn more and sign-up today!
Gawker | Technology Making People Lazier as Finding the Remote Fast Becoming the Only Form of Exercise.
A new study appearing in the latest issue of Obesity Reviews claims to show that modern conveniences such as computers, but also washing machines and microwaves, are turning people into lazy piles of mush at an alarming rate. Continue.
Scientific American | Exercise doesn’t help depression?
Let’s take a real look at that study.
When I first saw the coverage of the article appear on Jezebel saying that exercise doesn’t help depression, I didn’t believe it. I read the press release, and really didn’t believe it. And then, I read the article. Do I believe the article? Yes, I believe that the data are as they say they are. But do I believe that exercise doesn’t help depression? Nope. Not a chance. Because that’s not what this study says. And in a truly massive failure” of press release and media coverage (some of which was elegantly skewered by Martin Robbins and Tom Chivers), everyone is going to get the wrong idea. Continue.
WonderHowTo | 11 Exercises to Do While Sitting at Your Computer.
If you are sitting in front of a computer all day for your work, make the most of it by exercising your different muscle groups even while you are finishing a PowerPoint presentation or filling out cells in an Excel worksheet. Continue.
