April 2008 Articles

• • Athletica nervosa attacks young men Thursday April 17, 2008 in: Diet and Exercise Tag(s):

    After 'metrosexuality' is introduced to society, it appears that there is no stopping young men to get conscious about their fashion sense, gadgets and physique. Just grab a men's magazine and take a look at the featured articles and you will see how modern men are so enthralled with looking great and all that stuff.

    In relation to this, a new research shows that the laddish culture promoted by men's magazines has created a new medical condition known as athletica nervosa – an obsession with exercise.

    Flipping through the pages of men's magazines, you can clearly see several self-help guides and how-to's geared to make you the best alpha male out there. The result? Men get so anxious about their own physique, and tend to embark on excessive exercise routine.

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  • Jogging can hold back the years Thursday April 10, 2008 in: Diet and Exercise Tag(s):

    Technorati Tags: jogging, cycling, men's health

    We know that exercise really brings good things to our physical health. But this new finding brings in another benefit exercise gives especially to those who are trying to defy aging.

    Jogging or cycling through middle age can actually delay ageing by 12 years. Researchers claim that taking a regular exercises could help stop the biological clock and delay ageing by up to 12 years.

    Keeping yourself fit by jogging or cycling through middle age and beyond can slow down or even reverses the decline in muscle power, balance, and coordination in later life.

    Maximum aerobic power in men falls by up to half between ages 20 and 60 without regular workouts. When this happens, older men and women will find simple everyday activities "intolerably fatiguing."
    

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