Tag: exercise

How Can I Keep My Fitness Resolution?

By Paul F. P. Pogue From Ask Angi Those New Year’s resolutions we made are top of mind right now. And some of the most common resolutions include losing weight, working out more or living a healthy lifestyle. If that’s your goal this year, you’ll need a plan of attack. Are you going to create…


HK Department of Health Report Highlights Unhealthy Living Habits

On Dec. 28, the Department of Health published the first part of the Report of Population Health Survey 2020-22, which is the third territory-wide population health survey (PHS) conducted. It was found that nearly a quarter of adults had insufficient physical activity, nearly 98 percent of them had insufficient daily consumption of fruits and vegetables,…


It’s OK to Aim Lower With Your New Year’s Exercise Resolutions

One of the most popular new year’s resolutions is to exercise more. Many of us set ambitious goals requiring a big, regular commitment, but then abandon them because they’re too much to fit in. Plans to exercise more in the new year are often broken within a month. So how can we exercise more regularly…


Don’t Exercise at This Time of Day if You Want to Live Longer

Data from over 85,000 people showed that people who exercise at this time of day experience the most heart benefits. Consider adding these two strategies to boost the health benefits of exercise. STORY AT-A-GLANCE Data from a study with 86,657 male and female participants demonstrated that those who exercised between 8 a.m. and 11 a.m….


For Stronger Lungs, Move More

Breath is essential to life, and our lungs make it happen. These two spongy organs rest deep in either side of our chest. Every time we inhale, our lungs harvest oxygen from the air we breathe and deposit it into our blood, which carries it into each cell in our body. Meanwhile, our cells constantly…


Exercise During Chemo Helps Your Heart, Lungs Recover

When you are getting chemotherapy, exercise may be the last thing on your mind. Now, new research suggests it should be the first. Exercising during chemotherapy is safe, improves long-term cardiac and respiratory function, and may help ease some of the ravages of treatment, Dutch researchers report. If you can’t exercise during chemotherapy, then you should…


Exercise Can Slow the Ageing Process – a Professor Explains How

The tradition of sending a telegram to every British citizen on their 100th birthday was started just over 100 years ago by George V, who sent out just nine letters. Last year, the Queen had to sign over 16,000 birthday letters. The UK has an ageing society, with falling birth rates and increasing life expectancy….


Wellness Hack: 3 Simple Ways to Treat Stiff Shoulders and Chronic Neck Pain

Have you ever felt you could not move your neck or stiff shoulders after a long work day? Strained neck and shoulders are some common discomforts people experience in a high-stress environment, such as in the workplace, on a crowded street, or even from working from home during the pandemic. Muscle soreness may seem insignificant,…


Is Walking the New Running?

When you think of fitness walkers, do you conjure images of silver haired seniors getting their daily cardio? Or do you picture a younger person with bulging biceps, six-pack abs, and phone in hand carefully monitoring their step count? It turns out, both images would be representative of the millions of Americans who walk on…


Why Do We Get Middle-Age Spread?

Did you know that the average young U.S. adult gains 30 pounds by the time they reach age 50? This weight gain happens even though most people tend to eat less over this time. Researchers have long known that losing weight and maintaining the ability to exercise tend to get harder beginning between ages 30…