Majority of Americans are unaware of the Department of Health national exercise recommendations. Despite 14 years of educational campaigns, only one-third of Americans know about recommendations for a minimum of 30 minutes of physical activity a day, while fewer than half follow the guideline. Full story

The salubrious effects of beetroot juice include its ability to bring down blood pressure, clean the liver and the spleen. Some scientists believe that it has some anti-carcinogenic properties. Full story

Basically, you can lose weight without going to a plastic surgeon or confining yourself to one of those grueling mainstream diets out there. And how do celebrities make it? The key is doing "outstanding" sports, or to put it more specific, workout commitment. So what kind of sports do celebrities do? Full story

One of the fitness trends intriguingly called "strip dance" has emerged from the two dance styles: striptease and ballet. But, of course, everyone sees the word "strip" immediately and many are curious what's going on during strip dance classes. Today we are going to tell you about just that. Full story

Nowadays, fitness industry can offer a good choice of programs. Fitball is one of them. A big ball used when doing this sort of fitness has the same name. Fitball does not overwork your spine and joints. Exercises can be performed at any age and anyplace, in a well-equipped gym or at home. Learn more about fitball below. Full story

Doing a few simple arm exercises within your fitness routine will help make your hands look fit and graceful. Full story

Scientists from the University of San Diego, US, have determined the best physical exercise. They say we have to walk for half an hour every day making 100 steps per minute. Doing this kind of walking every day will provide moderate intensity physical activity, BBC News reports. Full story

Do you want to look sexier, cure depression and get rid of premenstrual syndrome and more serious health problems? Take yoga classes. But what you need is a female yoga, not usual classes. Full story

Scientists from the University of Illinois and the University of Pittsburgh have found promising and simple ways for seniors to stimulate their brain structures, thus improving different types of memory. Full story

What training is it that burns 500 calories in half an hour, combining aerobics and cardio exercises and working all muscle groups simultaneously? Dancing! In case you don’t know, dancing pumps endorphin into your brain, a hormone that makes us feel happy. Just find what kind of dance appeals to you and enjoy yourself. Full story

A pair of comfortable sports shoes is a must to have if you lead an active lifestyle and exercise. So you have to think twice before making your purchasing decision. How not to get lost in a sports store and choose the right pair suitable for the type of sports activity you are engaged in? Full story

Alarm clock is buzzing. You are trying to open your eyes but your body is crying out for another 5 minutes of sleep. Is that how your morning begins? Feel wake-up throes through the working week? Well, imagine you were a Tibetan monk and try to wake up the way wise hermits do it. Tibetan in-bed exercises energize the whole body, provide a proper energy circulation and get you ready for new achievements at your job. The most exiting thing about this kind of waking up is that it’s simple, healthy and you don’t even have to open your eyes. Full story

How come office workers are prone to be overweight? It turns out, that the reason for this is more complicated that mere lack of movements. Glucose is the energy source for our brain cells. Blood glucose levels drop more significantly under heavy brainwork than under physical work. We feel hunger when we are short in glucose, as this way the organism tries to replenish glucose levels. Thus, when we spend a lot of time in front of our computer we tend to spend less calories, but eat more food, therefore we consume more than we spend. This is the main reason why mental work results in excess weight. Full story

Pilates is a well-known and popular around the world exercise system. It was developed by Joseph Pilates more than a century ago and was revived today as one of the fitness trend "Body and Mind". One of the best things about the Pilates is that it works so well for a wide range of people regardless of their age, sex and fitness level. The risk of injury here is very low. Full story

We all want to look beautiful and fit, gain a bit more muscles instead of that fat on side abs and hips. We all want to be healthier and sexier than others. This is why we spend so much time in the gym. But pretty often our efforts don’t end in immediate weight loss and quick fat burn. Why? What do we do wrong? Today we are going to discuss the most common mistakes in the gym that not only hinder your achievements but also can damage your health. Below you will find four most important fitness tips. Full story

Being more physically active means protecting your brain and improve your memory, according to scientists at Cheng Kung University, Taiwan. In their opinion, physical activity stimulates the formation of special agents in the brain which, in their turn, encourage quicker maturation of stem calls into neurons. During the experiment the scientists used running wheel for a group of mice. The mice from the control group were only eating and sleeping. Full story

Most women, even those who dream of having children, are afraid of childbirth. It hurts much, you never know how long it will last and if there will appear complications. My nephew’s birth lasted about 7 hours, my sister-in-law, his mother, says, it was complicated, exhausting and very painful. This is why anything (that, of course, doesn’t harm the baby) that could help ease the pain and make childbirth faster is a dream of every pregnant woman. Here’s something that does help. Brazilian scientists found out that taking water aerobics, or aqua aerobics, classes during pregnancy help significantly ease the childbirth pain as well as speed up the overall process. Full story

An interesting fact was recently discovered, which showed that listening to music during a heavy training can increase endurance of your body by 15% and, in addition, it helps enjoy the sport much more. It works even when a person trains on strength training equipment at a very high intensity level. A 20 year study which examined connection between music motivation in sport and work helped establish this fact. The study showed that it is much easier to work out when your favourite tune is on. Full story

It is not only performing physical exercises that does us good, but also watching them. This fact was discovered by physiologists at the University of Chicago. They concluded that watching somebody training helps sharpen the brain. Full story

Sidney saw another high heel race with the record number of runners – 265 women. Wearing three-inch high heels, ladies competed on a 80 meter race track. Australian Britney McGlone who is a professional 400 meters hurdle runner finished first to take home AUD 5000 prize fund (USD 4267). Full story