Heart Attack, Bypass Patients Less Fit than (Exercise treadmill) Previously Thought

Heart Attack, Bypass Patients Less Fit than Previously Thought
June 7, 2006 People entering cardiac rehabilitation after a heart attack or bypass surgery are not as fit as has been assumed especially women. Women typically have the aerobic fitness of a person with life-threatening chronic heart failure.
Source: www.seniorjournal.com

Photo in the News: Elephant Shuns Jumbo Treadmill
Zookeepers in Anchorage, Alaska, have built a giant, custom-made treadmill for their resident elephant, but the reluctant pachyderm is resisting the workout.
Source: news.nationalgeographic.com

Amid tears, stories of survival after heart attacks
His heart seized and his legs gave way, sending him off his treadmill and onto the floor of a Gaithersburg health club, where moments later, the buzz of the other exercise equipment had fallen silent, too.
Source: www.gazette.net

Ill effects of inactivity reversible with exercise
Couch potatoes can lower their risk of developing heart disease, diabetes and other health conditions, if they start spending as much time exercising as they previously spent being inactive, new study findings suggest.
Source: news.yahoo.com

Magic Valley gyms update equipment
TWIN FALLS Summer, said Gary Warr, director of the new Jerome rec center, is the slowest time of year for fitness centers. Why exercise in a stuffy gym when you can be outside?
Source: www.magicvalley.com

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By CHRIS ANGERMANN
Source: www.heraldtribune.com

'Exercising good for couch potatoes'
Couch potatoes can lower their risk of developing heart disease, diabetes and other health conditions, if they start spending as much time exercising as they previously spent being inactive, new study findings have suggested.
Source: www.iol.co.za

Mowing The Lawn Is Not Child's Play
With summer approaching and the school year coming to a close, thousands of children across the country will take on a familiar chore -- mowing the lawn. In fact, more than 230,500 people -- approximately 20,000 of them children under age 19 -- were treated in for lawn mower-related injuries in 2004, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission reports.
Source: www.sciencedaily.com

Exercise with an E! or whatever works
I am shopping for a new TV for the upstairs bedroom slash office slash exercise room. It takes a village of distractions to get me to walk 40 doctor-ordered minutes on the treadmill every day. So when lightning apparently fried the old set minutes before my workout, I declared a household emergency.
Source: www2.ljworld.com