Latest Physical fitness News

The November Project gets people outside to exercise and socialize together all winter long

Nov. 16, 2024 00:21 AM EST

The sun had yet to come up in Edmonton, Alberta, and it was more than 20 degrees below zero. Tanis Smith layered up anyway, ready to run up and down hundreds of stairs among the trees in the Saskatchewan River Valley. When she arrived at 6 a.m., 10 other people joined her. It...

McIlroy one off the lead at World Tour Championship and in good shape to clinch Race to Dubai title

Nov. 15, 2024 09:00 AM EST

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The path is clear for Rory McIlroy to clinch the year-long Race to Dubai title and be crowned the European tour’s best player for a sixth time. He’s well in contention to win the season-ending World Tour Championship, too. ...

Working Well: The simple act of taking deep breaths can reduce stress and anxiety

Nov. 14, 2024 07:45 AM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — A simple, uncommon ritual starts each staff meeting at Myosin Marketing. When everyone is gathered on Zoom, and before they get to the meat of the agenda, CEO Sean Clayton leads his team through a deep-breathing exercise. The practice sets the tone for the meeting,...

What makes walking so great for your health and what else you need to do

Nov. 13, 2024 16:38 PM EST

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Janet Rapp strode briskly down a paved path through the city zoo, waving at friends and stopping briefly to greet emus she knows by name. The 71-year-old retiree starts each morning this way with a walking club. “I’m obsessed,” she said....

Silence descends around China’s deadliest mass killing in years as flowers cleared away

Nov. 13, 2024 09:51 AM EST

ZHUHAI, China (AP) — Online discussion about China's deadliest mass killing in years was being censored Wednesday as authorities in a southern city cleared candles and flowers from the memorial to the 35 people dead. Police have offered little information about the 62-year-old...

Indonesia and Australia hold joint military drills after signing a new defense agreement

Nov. 13, 2024 03:06 AM EST

SITUBONDO, Indonesia (AP) — The Indonesian and Australian militaries began joint combat drills off Indonesia’s main island of Java on Wednesday with about 2,000 troops training in air, maritime, amphibious and land operations. They'll participate in a live-fire exercise near...

Driver rams his car into crowd in China, killing 35. Police say he was upset about his divorce

Nov. 12, 2024 22:09 PM EST

ZHUHAI, China (AP) — A man who authorities said was upset over his divorce settlement rammed his car into a crowd of people exercising at a sports complex in southern China, killing 35 and severely injuring dozens of others, police said Tuesday. Police detained the 62-year-old man,...

The Army's answer to a lack of recruits is a prep course to boost low scores. It's working

Nov. 10, 2024 12:16 PM EST

FORT JACKSON, S.C. (AP) — Index cards taped to a large board on the wall at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, reveal the sometimes blunt and gritty reasons that new recruits took a chance at a last-ditch program to get into the Army. “Eviction notices motivate me,” one said. Others...

Here are new guidelines for preventing stroke, the nation's 4th biggest killer

Nov. 09, 2024 10:36 AM EST

The majority of strokes could be prevented, according to new guidelines aimed at helping people and their doctors do just that. Stroke was the fourth leading cause of death in the U.S. in 2023, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and more than half a million...

Philippine forces retake an island in mock combat as China's navy watches

Nov. 07, 2024 01:16 AM EST

THITU ISLAND, South China Sea (AP) — Philippine forces practised retaking an island in the South China Sea Wednesday in the first such combat exercise in the disputed waters as Chinese navy ships kept watch from a distance, the Philippine military chief said. Gen. Romeo Brawner...