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1 Pedometers can motivate users to get in step Health and Family
Inside this small-matchbook device are the keys to exercise success that have eluded far more complex and expensive fitness programs: accountability, goal-setting and being able to monitor progress.
1/17/2010 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
2 Too much texting may lead to pain, study says Nation and World
All that stooping and digit-moving may have some physiological consequences, according to a study presented this week at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association in Philadelphia.
11/12/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
3 Study: Faster walkers may live longer Health and Family
In a presentation at the IAGG World Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics this month in Paris, researchers analyzed nine previous studies that included 34,000 men and women whose average age was almost 74. The long-term studies tracked participants for 10 to more than 20 years.
7/23/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
4 Study: The pill might lower muscle growth Health and Family
A recent study found that oral contraceptives might trigger lower hormone levels, in turn affecting muscle building. The study included 73 women ages 18 to 31 who were divided into two groups, one taking oral contraceptives and one not.
4/30/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
5 Holidays are no picnic for those grossed out by potlucks Home and Garden
The holiday potluck may seem like an innocent, inexpensive way to throw a party, where friends and colleagues can share favorite recipes, savor an unusual dish or indulge a sweet tooth. But in that spread some people see only a minefield of food-poisoning bacteria waiting to wreak havoc.
12/29/2008 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
6 Fitness goes techno Business
Fitness equipment is catching up with tech-savvy, gadget-loving exercisers who are downloading workouts onto their iPods, wearing heart-rate monitors and logging the miles they've run to fine-tune their workouts.
3/29/2008 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
7 Heads up! Study looks at soccer and extroversion
As coaches, trainers and doctors debate how to deal with the risk, researchers are drawing closer to understanding who is more likely to stick their neck out. Extroverts, according to a study in the Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology, are more willing to go head-first into the ball.
2/6/2008 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
8 Fat fighter Susan Powter is back, online Health and Family
The blunt, energetic guru of the mid-1990s, who begged us to stop the insanity and produced copious books and videos, is making her comeback after a self-imposed exile.
1/4/2008 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
9 Heads up! Study looks at soccer and extroversion Health and Family
Heading the ball is a staple move in soccer, but it comes with a price: possible concussions. As coaches, trainers and doctors debate how to deal with the risk, researchers are drawing closer to understanding who is more likely to stick their neck out.
12/24/2007 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
10 Go ahead and sleep in —it might be better to exercise later Health and Family
Get up at 5 a.m., throw on some sneakers, run out the door, exercise like crazy. Sure, a pre-dawn workout comes with some bragging rights — just don't expect your best performance.
5/6/2007 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
11 Shedding baby fat: a sensible approach Health and Family
Celebrities who have babies seem to bounce back to their pre-baby figures in a nanosecond. Unfair, perhaps, but consider: They have unlimited access to the best fitness trainers who can aerobicize them into shape. The non-celeb crowd now has some help too. "Lose That Baby Fat!" (M. Evans and Co.
4/8/2006 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
12 Gentle Yoga Restores a Stressed-Out Body Health and Family
Among the many forms of yoga, one often gets overlooked: restorative. This type emphasizes relaxation and a sense of well-being through gentle poses that help the body recover from stress. "YogaNap" by Kristen Rentz (Marlowe & Co., $15.95 ) offers a guide for achieving that calm.
1/10/2006 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
13 Strollers are handy, but some doctors say toddlers are healthier when they walk Health and Family
Strollers are a staple in every parent's collection of baby items, and moms and dads swear to their convenience. But they might want to consider parking those strollers.
11/1/2003 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
14 Dogs paws for yoga with their humans Health and Family
LOS ANGELES — Just when yoga enthusiasts thought they'd seen it all — yoga with spinning, yoga with Sinatra music — comes this: yoga with your schnauzer.
10/11/2003 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
15 Musty Objects Gain High Drama On `Roadshow' Entertainment
It's the unlikeliest premise for a television show: People haul out their grandmother's vase, an old, dusty cabinet, a trinket from Japan or a worn teddy bear, take it to a local hotel, and have it discussed and appraised by auctioneers and antique dealers. That's it.
8/8/1998 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
16 Hilfiger Story: Made Out Of Whole Cloth Health and Family
Hilfiger is the latest celebrity designer to become embroiled in an urban legend alleging that he wants to see his clothes only on the backs of white people. Although the rumors apparently have been circulating on the Internet since November, the company only recently responded.
4/19/1997 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
17 Blind Ad Spokesman Breaks New Ground, Old Limits Entertainment
LOS ANGELES - He doesn't play for the NBA, doesn't appear in $100 million films, hasn't made a platinum record and isn't the hot new thing on the pro-golf circuit. But Rick Boggs may be the most talked-about corporate spokesman in advertising.
10/14/1996 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
18 Dressing Down -- As The Information Age Takes Hold, Computers Influence Design, Dress And Work Health and Family
The future of fashion is not unisex unitards, helmets and silvery boots. It's not clothing designed for intergalactic travel or life in a gleaming Utopian metropolis. In the year 2000, we'll be dressing for the Information Age, not the Space Age.
1/31/1995 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
19 Burn Calories Just Contemplating New Exercises Health and Family
"Our industry is similar to the computer industry, in that changes happen so fast now, because the interest in fitness is so high," says Kathie Davis, executive director of IDEA, the San Diego-based International Association of Fitness Professionals. More-educated consumers
7/17/1993 | seattletimes.com | find similar results