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☆ Could You Pass the Presidential Physical Fitness Test Today?
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-20 | by ( Danielle Friedman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

If you went to an American public school between 1966 and 2012, you probably have memories of sweating through the Presidential Physical Fitness Test — a gym class gantlet that involved a mile run, sit-ups, pull-ups (or push-ups), a sit-and-reach and a shuttle run. For those who were athletically inclined, it was a chance to shine: Children who scored in the top 15 percent were honored with a Presidential Physical Fitness Award. For those who weren’t, it could be a source of dread: proof that you just weren’t cut out to exercise. Born of Cold War-era fears that America was becoming “soft,” the test was first introduced by President Lyndon Johnson in 1966. The goal was to improve the fitness of the nation’s youth for military service, said Dawn Coe, an associate professor of kinesiology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Persons: Lyndon Johnson, Dawn Coe, Barack Obama, “, Dr, Coe Organizations: University of Tennessee Locations: American, Knoxville

☆ How to Exercise When You Just Do Not Want To
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-24 | by ( Danielle Friedman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +10 min

You set a goal to exercise regularly, but when the moment comes to get moving, your mind unleashes a torrent of excuses: I’m tired. I asked experts in exercise science and psychology to share their best advice for conquering common reasons people struggle to build an exercise habit. If you face a jam-packed daily schedule, try starting small, said Kate Baird, an exercise physiologist at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York. When even the word “exercise” makes you feel tired, experts recommend meeting your body where it is — in a few different ways. Exercise carries some risks, but remind yourself that the benefits of physical activity outweigh them, Dr. Phillips said.

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Elaine LaLanne’s morning exercises often begin before she’s even out of bed. “Twenty minutes a day gets me on my way,” she said at her home on the Central Coast of California. Ms. LaLanne’s habit of speaking in aphorisms (“It’s not a problem, it’s an experience”; “You do the best you can with the equipment you have”) is a product of a lifetime of trying to inspire people to move more and better themselves. For nearly six decades, she was both wife and business partner to the television personality Jack LaLanne, who is widely considered the father of the modern fitness movement, and whose exercise show ran for 34 years, from 1951 to 1985. “She was the guiding force behind Jack,” said Rick Hersh, Ms. LaLanne’s talent agent for more than 40 years.

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☆ How You Should Change Your Workout Once You Hit 40
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Danielle Friedman | More About Danielle Friedman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Getting older doesn’t have to mean moving less. The key to longstanding fitness, experts say, is envisioning the kind of athlete you want to be 20, 30, even 40 years from now, and training smartly in the present for that future. Starting in your 30s, you lose between about 3 and 8 percent of your muscle mass per decade, and more after turning 60. Bone mineral density also starts to decline in midlife, which puts you at risk for fractures and osteoporosis. Your VO2 max, or the heart and lungs’ ability to take in oxygen and convert it into energy, decreases as well.

Persons: ”, Kate Baird, Baird Organizations: Hospital for Special Surgery Locations: Hawaii, New York, midlife

☆ Can You Mix Booze and Exercise?
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( Danielle Friedman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

You’re at brunch with friends, and mimosas are on the house. You’re tempted, but you also want to go for a run later. Despite the popularity of boozy athletic events like Craft Brew Races and Bikes and Beers, exercise physiologists and nutrition experts strongly discourage drinking alcohol before, during or after exercise. “It’s like trying to do that workout uphill.”Few rigorous clinical trials have studied the effects of alcohol on workouts, said Jennifer Sacheck-Ward, the chair of the exercise and nutrition science department at George Washington University. Still, the research that does exist indicates that mixing the two can counteract many of the health benefits of exercise — or even leave you worse off than if you didn’t exercise in the first place.

Persons: You’re, ”, Amy Stephens, “, Jennifer Sacheck Organizations: New York, George Washington University, Still Locations: New

☆ How to Exercise When It’s Humid
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-17 | by ( Danielle Friedman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Anyone who has gone for a jog on a hot, muggy day knows how miserable it can be — not only because your shirt is glued to your back, experts say, but also because humidity makes exercise much more challenging. This is because the sweat on your skin doesn’t easily evaporate, said JohnEric Smith, an associate professor of exercise physiology at Mississippi State University. Sweat itself doesn’t cool you, he said, but rather the evaporation of sweat. When the air is already thick with water vapor, however, “there’s nowhere for the moisture on our skin to go,” he said. As a result, humid air makes it harder for your body to cool down.

Persons: JohnEric Smith, “, ” Organizations: Mississippi State University

☆ One Man’s Mission to Make Running Everyone’s Sport
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-02 | by ( Danielle Friedman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

“And then I can finally be accepted.”In 2012, Mr. Evans and his then girlfriend (now wife) moved to Connecticut, where she had gotten into graduate school. The pain brought him to an orthopedic surgeon, who, he writes in his book, took one look at him and told him: “Mr. For extra motivation, Mr. Evans started a blog he called 300 Pounds and Running, where he began to chart both his running progress and weight loss. He found that he enjoyed running, despite the passers-by who would occasionally hurl insults at him. More than once, Mr. Evans said he has also been stopped and questioned by police while jogging.

Persons: I’ll, ”, Evans, Wearhouse, Mr, “ I’m Organizations: Lane College, Central Michigan University Locations: Tennessee, Connecticut

☆ Hiking Has All the Benefits of Walking and More. Here’s How to Get Started.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-24 | by ( Danielle Friedman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Hiking, a form of exercise older than exercise itself, is so hot right now. From 2018 to 2021, the number of Americans hitting the trails ballooned from around 48 million to 59 million, according to the nonprofit Outdoor Foundation. Though they came because of the pandemic, many people have stayed for the workout and for the refuge hiking offers from their screen-addled daily lives. For Alyson Chun, an outdoors guide and assistant director of adventure sports at Stanford, hiking offers freedom and perspective. She said it helps her reconnect with “the grandness of the world” whenever she feels bogged down by daily life.

☆ The Weekend-Only Exercise Plan
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-28 | by ( Danielle Friedman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Conventional wisdom says that you need at least 30 minutes of exercise five days a week to stay healthy. But studies over the past few years suggest that working out just on the weekend can offer comparable health benefits, if you block off enough time and the exercise is intense enough. “Activity is activity, no matter what the calendar says,” said Dr. Carrie Pagliano, a physical therapist based in Arlington, Va., and a spokeswoman for the American Physical Therapy Association. One large study published last year in the medical journal JAMA found that people who met recommended weekly levels of physical activity, including weekend warriors, experienced lower rates of disease and mortality than those who were inactive. But before you hit the ground running (or biking or roller-skating) this Saturday, here are five tips from exercise scientists for embarking on a weekend-exclusive exercise routine as safely and smartly as possible.

☆ How Jane Fonda Made Fitness a Feminist Cause
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-28 | by ( Danielle Friedman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Four decades ago, Jane Fonda released her iconic “Workout” video, inspiring untold millions to “feel the burn” of heart-pumping exercise for the first time—and launching a global women’s fitness movement. But while Ms. Fonda’s early ‘80s brand of fitness is often remembered for its shiny leotards and leg warmers, her fitness evangelism had a profound impact on the way women perceived their own strength and potential. Today, every woman who makes a New Year’s resolution to run or lift or cardio dance owes at least a small debt, though sometimes a burdensome one, to Jane Fonda, the original Hollywood fit-fluencer.

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