Fitness
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Beware! If you watch fitness DVDs at home you are at risk
Lifestyle | Jan 08, 2016, 08:16 PM ISTNew York: Using exercise DVDs to work out at home may sound like a good idea but these DVDs may have negative, hyper-sexualised imagery and de-motivating language, says a new study."The findings showed that imagery
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Actresses weren't into working out before: Shilpa Shetty
Bollywood | Dec 14, 2015, 12:30 PM ISTMumbai: Actress and entrepreneur Shilpa Shetty Kundra, known for her fit frame, says actresses weren't too much into working out when she had joined the glamour industry."Nowadays everybody is fit, but when I joined the
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Study shows that aerobics keeps brain healthy
Lifestyle | Dec 03, 2015, 06:16 PM ISTNew York: A research has showed that young adults who have greater aerobic fitness also have greater volume of entorhinal cortex, an area of the brain responsible for memory.Better aerobic fitness, however, does not appear to
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Latest fitness mantra: Develop close friends!
Lifestyle | Aug 31, 2015, 02:53 PM ISTNew York: Developing close friendships early in life may help children stay physically fit later in their adulthood, suggests new research."These results indicate that remaining close to -- as opposed to separating oneself -- from
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Boxing helps Amanda Seyfried to stay fit
Hollywood | Aug 08, 2015, 04:16 PM ISTLos Angeles: Actress Amanda Seyfried says boxing and running help her stay "strong" and slim."When I'm not working too hard, I try to see a trainer twice a week. I do weight training, a bit
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Hockey India to evaluate team's performances
Hockey | Jul 19, 2015, 04:57 PM ISTNew Delhi: As part of its preparation for the 2016 Olympics, Hockey India (HI) will evaluate the performance of the national teams in the recently held Hockey World League (HWL) Semi-Finals in Antwerp.While the men's team
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Eat tree nuts, stay slim
Lifestyle | Jul 04, 2015, 11:25 AM ISTNew York : Including tree nuts in your daily diet could be an easy and inexpensive way to stay slim and fit, suggests a research.Tree nuts include almonds, Brazil nuts, cashews, hazelnuts, macadamias, pecans, pine
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'Yogathon' attracts over 10,000 people in Delhi-NCR
India | Jun 19, 2015, 04:47 PM ISTNew Delhi : The national capital witnessed over 10,000 people participating in ‘Yogathon', a fitness movement organised by Fitmein.in, an online platform on health and fitness.The fitness movement was launched here on Friday and will
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Include sports facilities in Smart City blueprint: Sonowal
Other Sports | Feb 05, 2015, 05:03 PM ISTNew Delhi: Sports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal today urged the Union Urban Development Minister to make provision of adequate sports facilities, playgrounds, athletic tracks, fitness and recreation centres while preparing blueprint for 100 Smart Cities in
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Kelly Rowland's six weeks to fitness
Lifestyle | Jan 21, 2015, 01:35 PM ISTLos Angeles: Do you ever wonder how singer Kelly Rowland got back into shape after giving birth?Well, it just took seven weeks for the former Destiny's Child star to show off her post-baby body while
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New calorie counting app insults you into losing weight
Lifestyle | Jan 14, 2015, 01:05 PM ISTA new ‘talking' smartphone app shames you into counting calories and losing weight through hideous full screen ads and tweets.As users set up Carrot Hunger app, it calls them terms such as ‘meat bag' and
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Kim Kardashian to be fitness guru?
Lifestyle | Jan 07, 2015, 11:10 AM ISTLos Angeles: Reality TV star Kim Kardashian is reportedly planning to come up with a workout project that focuses on achieving a derriere like hers."Kim is hard at work perfecting her latest tech(Technology) project which
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Preity Zinta doles out health tips
Lifestyle | Jan 06, 2015, 01:36 PM ISTMumbai: At 39, Preity Zinta is fit and glowing. She says it's easy to be healthy as long as one checks portions of food, drinks water and controls carbohydrate intake.The actress took to Twitter to
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Top fitness apps not satisfying: Study
Lifestyle | Jan 03, 2015, 02:52 PM ISTWashington: A good number of top fitness apps scored less in consumer satisfaction, a report shows.The inaugural "2015 State Of The U.S. Health & Fitness Apps Economy" ARC 360 report published by Applause looked at
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Furniture, fitness, fashion most searched items online in 2014
Lifestyle | Dec 24, 2014, 07:18 AM ISTNew Delhi: Furniture, fitness and fashion items attracted online shoppers most in the year that is ending, reveals a report.Junglee.com, search and comparison site for shoppers, has released its Online Shopping Search Trends Report 2014.
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Indian men more interested than women in staying fit, says experts
Lifestyle | Oct 12, 2014, 06:15 PM ISTNew Delhi: Be it aspiring actors, students or athletes or obese people, Snap Fitness health club, which is set to invest about Rs.350 crore in expansion plans, gets clients with different needs. But there are
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Johnson fit for Pakistan tests
Cricket | Sep 29, 2014, 08:46 AM ISTMelbourne, Australia: Australia cricket coach Darrenn Lehmann says fast bowler Mitchell Johnson will be fit for Australia's test series against Pakistan, starting next month in the United Arab Emirates. Johnson was withdrawn from the Champions
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Fast bowler Gul hopes to get fully fit
Cricket | May 13, 2014, 07:55 PM ISTISLAMABAD: Pakistan fast bowler Umar Gul hopes a month-long summer training camp will help him regain full fitness before the series against Sri Lanka starts in July. Gul underwent knee surgery in Australia last year
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Nike reportedly abandons the FuelBand fitness bracelet
Apr 20, 2014, 06:37 PM ISTNew Delhi: Nike has reportedly thrown in the towel on its FuelBand fitness bracelet hardware project, according to a CNET report. That's compounded by the fact that Nike has allegedly fired most of those who
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Hafeez hopes Afridi gets fit before World Twenty20
Cricket | Mar 12, 2014, 07:28 PM ISTIslamabad: Pakistan captain Mohammad Hafeez hopes Shahid Afridi gets fit in time for World Twenty20 after the hard-hitting all-rounder delayed his departure to Bangladesh due to injury. Afridi played in the Asia Cup final on