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Proposed Bill Would Give USADA Authority Over Horse Racing
The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) is expected to be commissioned to create testing and stiffer penalty programs for the American horse racing industry. The proposal is contained in the Horseracing...
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Vijay Singh Cries Foul on the PGA Tour and Files Lawsuit over Deer Antler Spray
Vijay Singh sued the PGA Tour on May 8, a week after his doping case was dropped by the PGA Tour. The suit claims the actions of Tour executives damaged his reputation by not doing a thorough job of...
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Minneapolis-St. Paul Tops Fit List for Third Straight Year
For the third consecutive year, Minneapolis-St. Paul is the healthiest, fittest metropolitan area in the United States, according to the American College of Sports Medicine’s (ACSM) annual American...
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USA Allowed to Keep Athens 2004 4x400m Relay Gold Medals Despite Drugs Admission
The United States has been allowed to keep the gold medals they won in the women’s 4×400 meters relay at Athens 2004, despite one of their runners having admitted using banned performance-enhancing...
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Longer Gym Class Periods Reduce Childhood Obesity
More time in gym class actually does reduce the likelihood that young children will become obese, according to a new study published in the Journal of Health Economics. The findings are some of the...
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Why Youth Strength and Conditioning Matters
Providing a safe and effective youth strength and conditioning program is only the foundation of their long-term athletic development. The Path to Performance All athletes have one thing in common –...
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A 20-Minute Bout of Yoga Stimulates Brain Function Immediately After
Researchers report that a single, 20-minute session of Hatha yoga significantly improved participants’ speed and accuracy on tests of working memory and inhibitory control, two measures of brain...
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Don’t Cast Doubts over Me – I Was Always Going to Be Great, Says Bolt
Usain Bolt claimed today that he was always destined to be one of the greatest athletes of all time and that he has been doing phenomenal things since he was a teenager – as he was forced to defend...
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The AMA Says Obesity is a Disease; Now We Need to Inform Them How to Best...
My first reaction to hearing that the American Medical Association (AMA) had voted to classify obesity as a disease last month was a positive one. That was until I heard the excited comments from those...
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NIH Math Model Predicts Effects of Diet, Physical Activity on Childhood Weight
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have created and confirmed the accuracy of a mathematical model that predicts how weight and body fat in children respond to adjustments in diet and...
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How Exercise Can Help Us Learn
Over the past decade, in study after study in animals and people, exercise has been shown to improve the ability to learn and remember. But the specifics of that process have remained hazy. Is it...
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Foods That Fight Muscle Soreness
You’ve made a commitment to healthier living—including exercising regularly. But that post-exercise muscle soreness sometimes gets in the way of your next workout. Sound familiar? You’re not alone....
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Your Bad NFL Team is Making You Fat
You may want to be careful who you root for in NFL football. Back a losing team and watch how much fatter you’ll get. That’s the conclusion of a new study published in the Psychological Science Journal...
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Doctoral Teaching Assistantships at Academy Offer Leg Up in Sports Career
Working on major research grants in the Human Performance Lab. Teaching physical education and scholastic sport overseas in Malaysia. Rubbing elbows with visiting sports leaders from across the world....
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AHA: Children Less Fit and Fast Today
In an article that will bring mixed emotions to parents and disbelief from children, the American Heart Association (AHA) recently reported children today are not as fit or fast as previous...
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Stop Taking Your Multivitamins
Bet, no one has ordered you to do this before: Stop taking those multivitamins! But now three new studies in the Annals of Internal Medicine by leading experts conclude “enough is enough.” And advise...
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AAHPERD Becomes SHAPE America
A managing partner of First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! Active Schools initiative, the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD) today announced that its...
View Article‘Cardio Tennis’ Plays Well In Fight Against Obesity and Inactivity
With an ever-increasing obesity epidemic in the U.S., along with 80 million “inactive” Americans, one tennis program–Cardio Tennis–is helping to battle these issues head-on. Developed just nine years...
View ArticleTax on junk food may ignite new health trend
At the start of this month, a Native American community enacted a landmark decision to fight obesity and diabetes, two of the major reasons for death in America today. In recent years, multiple states...
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Pirate Program keeps Black Sails Cast Fit
The ships rise out of the South African grasslands like remnants of a dream. You can’t miss them from the highway. On one side is a shantytown — a collage of corrugated tin and pastel-painted plywood —...
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