1. Colin Jackson urges Olympic team to trigger love of sport in children
The Guardian
• Former Olympic hurdler says athletes can stir a generation
• ‘We need them to do well to inspire our young people’
2. Exercise cuts cancer death risk by 30%
The Herald
Dr Anna Campbell, lecturer in clinical exercise science at Dundee University, has studied the benefits of exercise on cancer patients since 2000, when she discovered there had been very little research on the area.
3. Zumba Fitness sells 6 million copies
Metro
Keep fit franchise Zumba Fitness has now sold a staggering 6 million copies worldwide, as new title Zumba Fitness: Rush is readied for Kinect.
4. Fitness operators score poorly in phone survey
Fitpro News
Fitness operators’ performance in answering their phones was rated as the worst in five years, according to a survey by Leisure-net Solutions.
5. SkillsActive to unveil Change Gear scheme
Health Club Management
SkillsActive, the sector skills council for active learning and leisure, has announced that it is to launch a new scheme to help Armed Forces personnel pursue a career within the sector.
Health Club Management
6. Cell recycling makes exercise good for you
New Scientist
Beth Levine at the University of Texas in Dallas discovered that, in mice, autophagy – the process by which a cell recycles dispensable components for extra energy – increases 30 minutes into exercise.
7. The rubber bands that could give you the butt of a supermodel (and you can do the exercises at your desk)
Daily Mail
Experts say the bands allow the user to isolate very specific muscles in the legs and buttocks, and to work them accordingly.
8.How diets are destroyed by home cooking: Large portions and clearing a plate blamed
Daily Mail
Dieters relying on healthy home-cooked meals wreck their efforts to slim by dishing up large portions and feeling obliged to finish everything on their plate, a survey has found.
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