Easily digestible tech news... http://www.techdirt.com/ en-us http://www.techdirt.com/images/td-88x31.gifhttp://www.techdirt.com/ Thu, 25 Apr 2013 17:00:00 PDT Michael Ho http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101110/19012411804/dailydirt-exercise-right-way.shtml http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101110/19012411804/dailydirt-exercise-right-way.shtml

Is there a perfect technique to running? In 1874, the "100-Up" method was created and could be the best way to run. You don't need fancy five-toed shoes, and you should really avoid landing hard on your heels. [url]

Just one minute of strenuous effort repeated about ten times (over about 20 minutes per day) seems to offer some significant health benefits. Studies of variations of high-intensity interval training techniques could help people optimize their exercise routines. [url]

A lot of people are walking incorrectly with bad posture. Bending your elbows at a 90 degree angle might not sound like a big deal, but apparently, if you're not doing it, you're walking wrong. [url]

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]]> urls-we-dig-up http://www.techdirt.com/comment_rss.php?sid=20101110/19012411804 Tue, 31 Jul 2012 17:00:00 PDT Michael Ho http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100831/04035710840/dailydirt-who-wants-to-live-forever.shtml http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100831/04035710840/dailydirt-who-wants-to-live-forever.shtml Methuselah Foundation has several monetary prizes for researchers in the field of life extension interventions. Here are just a few other interesting research studies on aging.

• Little worms (Caenorhabditis elegans) on the International Space Station are actually living longer in a micro-gravity environment than their earth-bound relatives. Researchers have identified several genes that contribute to this unexpected lengthening of longevity, but living on a space station isn't the fountain of youth. [url]
• The cost of sequencing the human genome has fallen dramatically from $3 billion for the first one... to a few thousand dollars. Having access to the information in our DNA could lead to lifespans of 150 years, but getting hit by a bus would still be a problem. [url]
• Certain kinds of exercise may extend your life more than others. Aerobic exercise is correlated with living a bit longer than non-aerobic exercise -- so expect a few more infomercials to start plugging exercise equipment with claims of helping you live longer. [url]
• Senescent cells can no longer divide, and they might bring down neighboring cells and create various symptoms of aging. Eliminating these senescent cells could lead to more age-resistant organs -- and people living longer (perhaps as undead zombies). [url]

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]]> urls-we-dig-up http://www.techdirt.com/comment_rss.php?sid=20100831/04035710840 Wed, 26 Dec 2007 06:58:00 PST Mike Masnick http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071221/160846.shtml http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071221/160846.shtml isn't a particularly good substitute for real exercise, as some Wii-players would like to believe (and I'll admit that I'm guilty of playing some Wii boxing in lieu of real exercise). However, what may be even more interesting is the fact that the study was actually paid for by Nintendo. Perhaps we've just become so cynical about corporate "studies" like this in the past, that it's relatively shocking to find one paid for by a company that shows the opposite of what the company probably hoped to see -- and then to still see that study actually published somewhere.

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]]> honest-results! http://www.techdirt.com/comment_rss.php?sid=20071221/160846 Fri, 7 Dec 2007 18:22:57 PST Dennis Yang http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071207/162846.shtml http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071207/162846.shtml Stanford researchers have found that an automated computer message reminding people to get out and exercise is nearly as effective as a human counselor. People who were called by the computer exercised an average of 157 minutes per week, as compared to 118 minutes for the people who weren't called. Not bad -- if only someone could figure out how to actually get the computer to do the exercising, that would truly be the killer app.

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