If it were not for the elevators, people would be much healthier. The fact was discovered by Swedish scientists. They piled up on scientific evidence supporting that stair climbing is great for our health. Researches encourage those with a sedentary lifestyle not to take the elevator at all. Full story

Dieticians claim that it is better not to start a sport if you don't mean to take regular exercises because irregular exercises promote obesity. Actually, experts at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have come to that point. They discovered that irregular physical exercises with long intervals resulted in putting on weight faster than if a person wouldn't do them at all. Full story

After having a baby, a woman should focus on her exercises. It all depends, however, on the woman's desire to look real good because no matter how difficult it is to allow just a little time for your own needs, it is still possible. There are lots of programs to strengthen your muscles and regain your body tone weakened after pregnancy and childbirth. To do that, you don't have to leave your baby for a few hours and go to a fitness center. Full story

It turns out that those who practice heavy exercise loads daily have a shorter lifespan. It happens because during exercising they inhale a large amount of oxygen; as a result, early aging of their cells is taking place. The fact, that intensive exercising speed up the aging of a human body, was identified by the doctors of Valencia municipal hospital. Full story

A group of international experts from the universities Haifa (Israel), Leeds (Great Britain) and Harvard (USA) believe that the traditional Indian technique of relaxation, yoga, has its own genetic and biological benefits. Muscle relaxation, breathing exercises, and practice of meditation help mental and physical development, lower signs of stress and anxiety, strengthen the immunity, and prevent the effect of the stress hormones. The physiologists noted that such observations were made in people who practice yoga for years as well as in beginners. Full story

Nobody likes myalgia, but it can occur quite often as a result of intensive physical exercises. Myalgia can also make the person give up regular exercising, as it causes muscle pain every time. But there has been found a way to cope with these unpleasant feelings – drinking cherry juice. Full story

Why taking pills, when you can’t fall asleep? They have a whole range of side effects. It has been recently found, that there’s a better way to cure insomnia without taking sedatives. Regular aerobics classes can help reduce anxiety and even get rid of insomnia. As for me, besides playing badminton, I do step aerobics at least once a week and after it I get a nice face color and a perfect mood, which makes me so efficient in work – just like nothing else. So, I would recommend aerobics as an antidepressant, too. Full story

Vibration tables in the gyms are great at helping build up muscles and strengthen bones. When you stand on this platform, the impulses pass through the foot and spread to every part of the body. The muscles contract more vigorously than during regular workout loads. Full story

Here’s a new invention for those, who would like to keep fit, but is too clumsy. This is a quite unusual home trainer, which helps to keep your body in an ideal weight. This is a jump rope, but a cordless one. It’s very easy to use it: just hold the handles in your hands and begin to simulate jumping rope – move the handles in a circle with your hands. This will stimulate the centrifugal action of the jump rope due to the weighted ball inside the handle. Full story

Here are the best photos of year 2007 according to Wikimedia. All of them are absolutely different, they were taken in different countries by different photographers, but every picture is beautiful. Enjoy! Full story

As centuries pass by, the standards of a beautiful bosom have changed for a number of times, today an ideal bust is considered the one with a shape that remains the same no matter what movements your body performs. Hence, a beautiful bosom is considered the one with high, elastic breasts, regardless of their size; the main point of a beautiful bust is its tone. The perfect sport to increase the tone and improve the appearance of your breasts is swimming, the second alternative, in case there is no way to practice this sport, is to see a fitness trainer or do some simple but effective exercises, which will help you strengthen the pectoral muscles by yourself. Full story

Many women turn to a surgical solution to enlarge their lips, so that they look more attractive and sexy. It is a fact that beautiful lips attract males. But not every woman can afford a lip enlargement operation, in addition, this kind of operation can bring along a number of side effects. In fact, every woman can make men’s heads go wild over the beauty of her lips without surgical interventions. Full story

Feel like getting rid of those muffin tops on your sides and get a slender waist? Abdominal oblique muscles are in charge of the well-known "sides". Those muscles bend the upper body to the sides, turn it, so to say, "about its axis". They shape the magnificent and slender waist. There is a set of exercises, that will help you shape the goddess-like silhouette, make your abdomen elastic and flat. Full story

A new disease has been found by English scientists. It’s called athletic neurosis. One suffering from athletic neurosis is obsessed about permanently improving their own body. According to the scientists, such a comorbid aspiration for the ideal is due to glossy magazines demonstrating fit and brawny men and women. As a result there are more and more people finding their own bodies imperfect. Such people finding themselves ugly or unattractive spend hours at gyms trying to achieve the ideal body, but they never become how they want to be. Full story

Fitness, jogging and swimming in the swimming-pool not only strengthen health, correct figure and increase self-confidence. The scientists have proved that sports help to cope with everyday problems and manage stress. In this article I’ll tell you, what kind of sport activities can help to relax in this or that stress situation. Full story

Wristband Nike AMP+, a fashionable unisex digital watch is finally available. Let me tell you about it. First, it shows (what do you think?), what time it is. Secondly, Nike AMP+ lets you wirelessly control your iPod. The uniqueness of this wristwatch (“+”) is the fact, that this device also integrates with Apple's wee iPod nano receiver for Nike+ shoes. It allows you to wirelessly track and monitor your runs and progress. While you are jogging, the music is interrupted by a nice voice telling you the clock, the distance and the amount of the calories burnt during your training. Full story

How long have you been sitting by your computer today? And yesterday? And the day before? How often do you work by your pc? Every day? Answer these questions and you will see, how often and for how long you strain your eyes and risk your eye health. The more you are sitting there, the more stressed your eyes become. Sometimes you experience headaches, eyestrain or even blurred vision, right? We all are humans and we all have to earn money, even if we have to sit by the monitor all day long. And yes, we all need some rest after work. Doesn’t matter, if this rest is also spent by the screen. But, please, don’t worry. I’m not here to say, you do something wrong. I would like to help you. How? I want to share with you some eye exercises, which will let your eyes have a little rest. Full story

The face look of a woman can be improved by different makeup preparations, cosmetics and surgical operations. A modern woman could get rid of eye wrinkles by means of lifting. The lines around lips could be removed by an injection. Another injection would make the lips thicker. An expensive cream would make the forehead smooth. Contact lens, makeup, pilling, hairstyle – all this could make the face really beautiful. Only double chin is something that cannot be lifted surgically or cosmetically. Neck and chin normally betray the real age of the woman. But there is a natural method of getting rid of double chin and making the neck more beautiful, which is free, but effective. This method is facial exercise. Full story

Lots of women having varicose veins on their legs are afraid of exercising, because they believe, that physical exercises could make the problem worse. Exercises actually improve the blood circulation through your legs. Any exercises involving legs are good to prevent spider veins, the best and most efficient is exercising the lower calf muscles. Swimming, walking, bicycling, jogging, aerobics, step aerobics – if you do something from the list regularly, this is already varicose veins prevention. If you already have varicose veins, moderate leg exercises help relieve varicose veins and reduce the aching associated with them. The following exercises improve your leg strength and muscle tone, help promote circulation and, thus, help prevent and relieve varicose veins. Full story

How often do you stand up, after you have been sitting for a long time, and feel low-back pain? Do you sometimes lay on your bed not because you are tired and cannot work anymore, but because of backache? Have you ever been unable to move, because the pain in the middle of the back or lower down was acute? About 80% of adult Americans suffer from chronic or Full story