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Fitness Files: April 2007

By WLR Staff, by Kelly Olsen

Running Route Sites

I don’t know about you, but it’s good to know how far you have run or plan a route with a given distance, especially if you are trying to train for something specific like the Race for Life.

If you do not own the latest Polar gadget to measure your distance then the next best thing is to use one of the route planning sites. Some of them even tell you whether you will be running on tarmac, grassy verges or concrete roads. Here are a few…

www.walkjogrun.co.uk

www.runfinder.co.uk

Both cover the UK and are really easy to use

www.runlondon.com/routefinder

A good route finder – London routes only

Impact of Exercise on Boys and Girls

The impact of exercise could be different for boys and girls – new research says that we may need to look at exercise for boys and girls differently. For the full article go to www.medicalnewstoday.com

Child Gamers

Although this is an older article I thought it was quite interesting in the light of all the news on child obesity. A machine which connects to computer games has been developed to get children to work out whilst playing the game. The Step2Play step exercise machine directly links to the computer games console. Read here for more information. news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6112890.stm

High Tech Exercise?

Graumann, a fitness director with Motivatrix, has shown off the MX9 Workout Master, this purports to be the latest technology for the gym of the future.

The MX9 is similar to ‘Dance Dance Revolution’, which is a popular video game where a user tries to copy dance steps shown on a screen. The difference is that the MX9 involves a user's whole body rather than just foot movements.

The machine monitors the user’s performance and measures calories burned. It also features different kinds of games and exercises, combined with great graphics and choices of music. See here for the full article, let’s hope we get them in the UK… sfgate.com

Got Crow’s Feet – Try the Downward Dog!

Yoga has been taken to a new level – Annelise Hagen states that her version of Yoga – Revita-Yoga can help combat frown lines, wrinkles and sagging.

Being hailed as the natural alternative to cosmetic face surgery, there will no doubt be a flurry of books available later this year. To read the full article go to the New York Times website here… www.nytimes.com

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