Fitness

by Harvard Health Letters The latest trend in high-tech health puts control in the palm of your hand. It’s called digital fitness monitoring, and it comes in the form of tiny gadgets that you wear or place in your pocket. “If you’re already motivated to exercise or...

  By Marilynn Preston Healthy joints make for happy athletes. A bum knee, sore shoulder or painful wrist gets in the way of your best time – playing tennis, riding your bike, humiliating yourself at golf. Research shows that more than 80 percent of all sports...

  by Cameron Huddleston, Kiplinger Personal Finance When you’re struggling with joint pain, gravity can make exercise an unpleasant experience. But exercising in water, also known as aquatic therapy, can change all that. “It enables you to do many of the same...

by Lindsay Westley, EatingWell.com There are days when just the thought of leaving the house seems like a huge effort. Days when you don’t feel like getting off the couch, never mind going to the gym. But guess what – if you got out of bed this morning, you...

  As always, the No. 1 New Year’s resolution for 2014 was to lose weight, according to the University of Scranton Journal of Clinical Psychology. Spending less and saving more also rank among the top five resolutions. The good news is that many people can do both...

If you play sports of any kind, if you’re interested in being a faster runner or a happier golfer, this column is for you. It’s about the art of imagery — also known as “visualization,” formerly known as “hocus-pocus” —...