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Training for a triathlon is excellent cross training for a runner. Cross training simply means doing another activity other than your primary sport which can stimulate your cardiovascular system.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has forced Power Balance to withdraw marketing claims they felt were not credible from a scientific point of view.
The Committee on Safety in School Sports (CSSS) has concluded that the Ministry of Education’s (MOE) sports safety framework is largely sound, and is generally in line with international best practices. The Committee also found the governance framework for sports competitions to be robust, with the appropriate checks and balances to ensure that governance and safety issues are well looked after.
If you spend all your free time playing or watching sport, you will find it hard to imagine that we have a growing obesity problem in Singapore. However, according to the 2010 National Health Survey conducted by the Ministry of Health involving 7,500 Singapore residents, 10.8%, or one in 10 Singaporeans, is obese or overweight. In 2004, only 6.9% of the population was overweight.
A study published in the American Journal of Sports medicine found almost no correlation at all between wearing proper running shoes and avoiding injuries. Injury rates were actually highest amongst soldiers who had received shoes fitted according to their foot types.
In a society like ours where students are suffering "death by tuition" because of the obsession with grades, getting our youth sweating for half an hour every day is the cheaper solution to a smarter - and healthier - future generation.
What would you get by combining exercise and your favourite video game? Now, you may be thinking, “Exercise and gaming? No way!” In fact, in the United Kingdom and the United States, "exergaming" actually exists.
So how did you spend the last four weeks of your June holidays? In glorious sunshine? Or stuck at home studying and doing homework?