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Breastfeeding Moms who exercise don't harm baby's growth, researchers conclude

A new study has debunked the notion that breastfeeding mom's who exercise somehow harm or slowdown their baby's growth.

"Based on what we know at the moment, babies of mums who exercise do not gain less weight than babies of mothers who do not exercise," said lead researcher Amanda Daley of the University of Birmingham in Britain, whose findings were published in the journal Pediatrics on Monday.

New study links cholesterol-lowering statin drugs to exercise fatigue

Do you get abnormally tired or fatigued during exercise?

And do you take cholesterol-lowering statins?

If so a new study published this week in the Archives of Internal Medicine may provide some answers.

"If you are finding it more difficult to sustain exercise or feel more fatigued, and take statins, I think it is worthwhile to tell your doctor," says researcher Beatrice Golomb, MD, PhD. She is an associate professor of medicine at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine.

New study finds that exercise & caffeine can reduce risk of skin cancer...with a small catch

Here's the good news for triathletes who spend lots of time in the sun exercising.

A new study has found that a combination of exercise and caffeine can reduce the risk of skin cancer.

Here's the catch: The study so far has only found these results in mice.

Coaches Corner - BRD Achilles Ankle Brace Review

If you have been training and participating in triathlons for any length of time, you undoubtedly have had injuries or been hurt. Personally, I’ve always had my issues. 

A pulled hamstring plagued me for 2 months one year.  I pulled groin muscle plagued me for the better part of a year.  And, the most lingering problem is an achy achilles tendons.  I stretch, I do strength work and I see a massage therapist for it, but throughout the year I can have flare-ups here and there.

That’s where the product review of the day comes in. BRD Sports braces had the exact brace for my achilles condition, The Achilles Ankle Brace.

In the past, I’ve just grinned and bared it.  Maybe I’d make an extra massage appointment to get it worked on or RICE it.  (Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation).  Lets get real, though.  Massage therapy is not cheap.  Most of us cannot afford to put up our feet all day.  Ice isn’t always accessible and you can’t wear  an ice pack on your body all day.  And rest, what’s that?

But now I had a brace to help me out and from my time with it, here’s what I learned:

Pro Triathlete Chris Lieto Gets a REFUEL Chocolate Milk Ad

(April 2) GALVESTON, TEX. - For decades, the "Got Milk" campaign has used celebrities to pitch the health attributes of milk. Now the milk industry is giving triathletes the all-star treatment with its REFUEL, Got Chocolate Milk promotion. This past weekend, three-time Ironman Champ Chris Lieto unveiled his new ad, which will appear in Sports Illustrated later this month at the Lonestar 70.3 Ironman in Galveston, Texas.

Video - Why Does Pro-Triathlete Chris Lieto Drink Chocolate Milk?

 

Chris Lieto talks about why he uses chocolate milk, and unveils the new MyAfter poster at Ironman Galveston 70.3 in Texas.

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What's New - Six Nutrition, Supplements for Active Men

In 1941, a handful of scientists got together to create what is known as the Recommended Daily Allowances (RDA). These were considered to be sufficient to meet the requirements of 97–98% of healthy individuals in every demographic in the United States. But the reality is that active males need more than what the government of 1941 thought was adequate. Hence SIX for MEN, a vitamin supplement pack from SIX Nutrition designed specifically for highly active men.  

Is chocolate the new secret weapon for triathletes?

(March 27) A Wall Street Journal story from Jennifer Corbett Dooren about a corelation between thinness and chocolate swirling around the Internets yesterday has endurance athletes and coaches touting the benefits of this ancient super food.

The article cites a study in Southern California that surveyed 1,000 adults about their eating habits and discovered that people who ate a little of the sweet stuff mutiple times a week were skinnier than those who don't. Here's the weird part: the cocoa eaters actually consumed more calories per week than those who didn't. 

The findings suggest that staying trim is not just a factor of calories in, calories out, but also depends on the type of calories eaten--in this case a high-fat, high-calorie dose of antioxidant rich dark chocolate.

Here's the key information from the story:

New study says yes....women report that exercise triggers orgasm

Researchers are now calling it a “coregasm,” or if you want to be very scientific about it...a exercise-induced orgasm (EIO).

The new research was published on Monday in a special issue of Sexual and Relationship Therapy.

The term "coregasm" comes from the fact that researchers discovered that abdominal exercises tend to spark the pleasure sensation in women.

In a survey researchers asked women if the had ever experienced a exercise-induced orgasm (EIO) and 124 responded yes and an additional 246 said that they had exercise-induced sexual pleasure (EISP).

Exercise secret revealed in recent new study: Keep your hands cool

It seems a bit unusual but a new study has revealed that cools hands could boost your workout and decrease fatigue.

Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine conducted a study of 24 healthy women but obese women who had a body-mass index (BMI) of between 30 and nearly 35.

They used a device to cool the women's hand in an effort to see if they would exercises longer.

Stacy Sims, a research scientist and exercise physiologist at Stanford University School of Medicine, "wanted to see if cooling off the hands of the women she studied might help them overcome fatigue and overheating while exercising," according to MSN.com

Video: Watch what happens to Blue Gatorade when it hits your stomach

We all suspect and perhaps even know that whole foods are much better than processed foods when it comes to health and overall fitness.

But sometimes a picture is certainly worth a thousand words.

In this very stark video you can watch what happens (or more specifically) does not happen to Blue Gatorade when it hits your stomach.

Using a small pill that contain a tiny camera, this video shows how your body digest whole foods versus processed foods like Blue Gatorade that contain an artificial coloring agent.

However be warned! This video is pretty graphic in that it does show the digestive process in a very up-close and personal way.

Do you have Exercise Bulimia? Here are the top 5 warning signs

Most experts agree that exercise bulimia is hard to diagnose, but there are ways to tell if you might be using exercise in an unhealthy way to control your appetite, your weight, or your life.

According to About.com, "if you use exercise to purge or compensate for eating binges (or just regular eating), you could be suffering from exercise bulimia."

Here are the top 5 warning signs:

Exercise healthy for mom and baby new study concludes

A new study has found that exercise is not only good for expecting mom but also for their babies. Researchers discovered that when a mom exercises it not only lowers her resting heart rate but also the babies...which is a sign of fetal good health.

New study finds that exercise is like Spring cleaning your body

It would be somewhat daunting to create a comprehensive list of all of the proven benefits that regular exercise provides to the human body but here's another recent benefit discovered by scientist working in Texas..

A new study published last month in Nature and conducted at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas has found that regular exercise speeds up the removal of garbage from your body.

For a long time scientists have known that the everyday wear and tear of just living is enough stress on the body to create worn-out, and broken-down cellular components.

At 74-years old...these are your legs on triathlon & these are your legs without triathlon

40-year-old Triathlete

A new study called, "Chronic Exercise Preserves Lean Muscle Mass in Masters Athletes," which you can read HERE graphically illustrates what happens to your muscles (with and without) the type of regular and beneficial exercise that the sport of triathlon provides.

The image above is a cross section of a 40-year-old triathlete's legs and the associated muscle. But the two images below are the really interesting and telling ones.

Do you own a car & TV? Study finds that if so you up the odds of a heart attack

This headline may seem strange at first but just keep reading.

A new study has found that people who own both a car and a television have upped their odds of of potential risk factors for heart attacks.

Why?

Because researches found that people who own both a car and television are less likely to exercise.