How social factors influence patients' fitness before surgery
Social and environmental factors may influence fitness ahead of surgery, reveals research led by Lancaster University.
Aug 12, 2025
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Metabolism: News and Research on Oxygen Consumption
MeSH tree: G03.680
Hyrox: This challenging race could improve your strength, endurance and fitness. Here's the evidence
Whether you're an avid runner or frequently go to the gym, many fitness enthusiasts find they eventually get stuck in a routine—logging the same miles or doing the same workout over and over again.
Apr 2, 2025
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Research suggests controversial super spikes do make runners faster
Since athletes in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics smashed multiple records in track and field, running enthusiasts and exercise physiologists have speculated on what role new-generation high-tech running spikes—sometimes called super ...
Jul 30, 2024
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Supershoes have transformed competitive distance running, but they remain controversial
On the face of it, competitive distance running appears not to have changed much since the Olympic Games were revived in 1896. However, even the relative simplicity of racing from gun to tape has radically altered in recent ...
Jul 17, 2024
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Longer sprint intervals can improve muscle oxygen utilization compared to shorter intervals
Physical activities like jogging, walking, cycling, and sprinting are activities known to engage the musculoskeletal system and result in the utilization of energy. Sprint interval training (SIT) is a type of sprinting exercise ...
May 15, 2024
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Beyond the pedals: Testing upper limb feasibility of cardiopulmonary exercise testing
How can inclusivity be achieved in cardiopulmonary exercise tests for individuals facing lower limb injuries or disabilities that make it impossible to pedal a bicycle? Conventional exercise assessments rely primarily on ...
Feb 5, 2024
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Researchers warn people with type 1 diabetes to use fitness video games with caution
The authors of a new study are warning people with type 1 diabetes to use fitness video games with caution.
Dec 1, 2023
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Seeing deep blood flow with sound and laser light
A great number of health problems, and consequently the medical treatments for them, involve how blood flows through the body. Heart attacks are caused by restricted blood flow to the heart muscle. Many symptoms of diabetes ...
Dec 1, 2023
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Weighted vests: Should you use them during exercise?
Weighted vests have long been popular with athletes and celebrities such as David Beckham and former Hollyoaks star Gemma Atkinson. But interest in their use may have been piqued recently after Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg ...
Jun 6, 2023
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Physical fitness as a demographic watershed
Sedentary behavior, a large waist circumference, and advanced age: These factors are clearly associated with inferior physical fitness among people aged 50 to 64. In a study with over 5,000 participants, investigating the ...
Dec 22, 2022
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