EAT
WORK
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SIX-LEGGED YOGA
With REPs currently
unable to accredit
insect yoga, despite
plenty of evidence on
YouTube, members will
have to appease their
six-legged desires with
a different craze.
Chair yoga. Yoga and
chair. Yogair? Whatever
destiny awaits its tag,
new research has
secured it a place in
the fitness playbook.
Using elderly
individuals with
osteoarthritis, Florida
Atlantic University pitted
a 45-minute chair yoga
programme against
a standard health
programme. They
found a startling, and
long-lasting, reduction
in pain and fatigue,
and improvement
in gait speed.
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TRENDING
Not everything that
can be counted
counts, and not
everything that counts
can be counted.
TRAIN
TRACK AND TRACE
‘Don’t track alone’ is the
conclusion of a study
into getting the most
from activity trackers. If
only there were people
trained in supporting
those trying to get fit...
Considering the
number of people
receiving trackers for
Christmas and the
proportion of those
who give up on them
post-haste, the
chances are we all
know a few ex-users
who could do with a
helping hand.
What the Indiana
University investigation
found was that when a
tracker was used with
a coach, the gadget’s
effectiveness soared:
90 per cent of
participants hailed the
coach/tracker combo
for their help during
training, but also for the
knock-on effect after
the project ended.
Having an instructor
helped with motivation
and understanding
when and where to
train. ‘It opened up a
new way of thinking
about movement,’
declared researcher
Brian Kiesslin.