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FITNESS
New ways to keep fit pop up every day; some
even evolve into competitive sports. Ascott
Living takes a dive into the quirky numbers
that reflect a healthy and active way of life
4.4
million wearable devices
were shipped globally by Fitbit
in the second quarter of 2014.
That translates to 2.2 million
eyeballs staring at their wrists in
a bid to keep to fitness plans.
2500
2
11,000
affiliated CrossFit gyms
are spread out across the world as of 2015,
a 22-fold increase from nine years ago.
11 hours
and 5 minutes
golf balls are still on the moon after the late American
marks the duration of the longest
tennis match ever played,
between John Isner and Nicolas
Mahut representing the US and
France respectively at Wimbledon
in 2010. The match took three
days to complete with Isner
emerging victorious.
astronaut Alan Shepard decided to pull a golfing stunt
towards the end of the Apollo 14 mission to the moon in
1971. Mission Control advised Shepard to bend his knees
further after his first unimpressive swing. Shepard retorted,
“I’m wearing a spacesuit!” He swung a second time and in
his words, the ball flew “miles and miles and miles”.
BCE
is believed to be the year that
swimming began as an activity
— depicted by hieroglyphics
discovered in Egypt.
150
yoga poses
and two breathing exercises were
the focus of a lawsuit
for copyright violation,
filed by Bikram
Choudhury against
a yoga studio.
The founder of
Bikram yoga,
Choudhury claimed
that he popularised
the sequence of poses
in a book in 1979,
giving him the
sole right todecide
who couldteach it.
The US 9th Circuit
Court ofAppeals
ruled againsthim in
October, 2015.
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Illustrations: Gavin Goo
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I CHOOSE TO GO
THE DISTANCE
minutes
of moderate-intensity physical
activity should be achieved each
week by adults aged between
18 and 65, according to
recommendations by the World
Health Organisation.
It’s not an easy path, but it’s the right
one for me. I choose to do what it takes
to make it to the top.
I work hard, but at the end of the
day I feel empowered. I’m in charge
of my career, I know where I’m going
and I have the right people to help
me get there.
million
people belonged to health
and fitness clubs in the
US in 2014 — ranking it
as the world's market
leader. Second
place goes to
Germany with 9.08
million members,
and the United
Kingdom with
8.3 million.
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