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Improve Your Balance

This article Age-Defying Fitness: Improving Your Balance gives a detailed overview of factors effecting balance and what you can do to improve your balance. The article discusses the roles vision, hearing, the brain and strength play as determinants of balance. We will focus on strength.

Literature Map

Now for something totally unrelated to fitness, health, and personal training.

If you have a favorite author and would like to read stuff by other authors who are similar this site will help you find an author similar to your favorite author.

At this site: http://www.gnooks.com/ enter an author you like and the site will give you a "literature map" of authors who are similar to the author you typed in.

Study Examining Benefits Of High Intensity Interval Training

A May 3, 2007 New York Times article, A Healthy Mix of Rest and Motion, discussed the benefits of high intensity interval training.

Soup Cuts Calories

From this Science Daily article, Soup cuts calories, comes this result:

“A study at Penn State University found that when participants ate soup before their entree, they reduced their overall calorie intake from the meal by 20 percent compared to those who took an entree with no soup beforehand,”

Dog Friendly Austin

People who own dogs lives longer.

The following link provides a list of Austin establishments that are dog friendly: Austin Dog Friendly Establishments

Exercise Helps Prostate In Most Conditions

From this article Exercise helps prostate in most conditions come these items:

“A Swedish study found that regular exercise was linked to a reduced risk of moderate and severe symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia -- the enlargement of the prostate.”

And this:

An Interesting Perspective On Stress.

A lecturer when explaining stress management to an audience, raised a glass of water and asked "How heavy is this glass of water?"

Answers called out ranged from 20g to 500g.

Web Site For Routes For Walking, Jogging, And Running

Find a place to run, walk, or jog in any zip code in the country. On this website WalkJogRun you'll see a map of the United States and a space to type in a location name, address or Zip code. You'll find existing routes marked by numbered yellow diamonds. You'll find brief descriptions of these routes on the right of your screen.