Exercising after heatstroke
One study of distance runners who had had heatstroke and underwent repeated liver biopsies, indicated that their livers were still recovering four months later.
Month: July 2010
Fitness industry bucking the trend
The UK Health and Fitness Industry bucked the national trend and continued to grow for at least the 10th consecutive year.
Sports medicine – all you always wanted to know but never dared ask
Sports medicine – all you always wanted
to know but never dared ask
Free resource for course lecturers
These ancillary materials represent a valuable free resource that greatly enhance the effectiveness and impact of the adopted text.
New websites for HK Journals
Human kinetics has just launched 23 new websites, each dedicated to one of its academic journals.
Caster Semenya makes succesful return
Caster Semenya has been given the all-clear to return to competition
No special rewards for winners
Hard on the heels of new Government plans to revive competitive games for children comes new research revealing that thousands of schools choose not to single out the winners of pupils’ Sports Day competitions. A survey of almost 300 primary and secondary schools found that nine percent of schools refuse to single out the winners of races at all, preferring instead to reward all participating pupils.
Complete guide to health and activity
Why waste time wading through the plethora of guidelines on physical activity and health published by various government agencies and professional organizations when this book has already done it for you? Information is available from all manner of sources and locations such as government documents, press releases and Web sites and finding specific guidelines can be a time consuming and frustrating exercise. Physical Activity and Health Guidelines puts all this current information at your fingertips for instant access.