Get fit in 15 minutes: The best exercise in order to slim your ankles

Get fit in 15 minutes: The best exercise in order to slim your ankles Personal trainer Nadya Fairweather reveals a cardio workout for slim ankles Shona Wilkinson advises pairing the regime with a diet to reduce salt intake She advised to reduce amount of salt in meals and to avoid highly salty foods By Daily Mail … Read more

A replacement for exercise? Scientists find a protein that boosts fitness without a workout

Could a supplement one day REPLACE exercise? Boosting levels of a protein released during a workout ‘can increase muscle gain, fat burning and lung capacity’ Flies forced to produce an post-exercise protein got fit even without working out If they were stopped from making the protein exercise had no benefits at all Scientists suggested it … Read more

Spending less time on Facebook curbs depression and encourages people to exercise more

Why you should cut your Facebook use by 20 minutes each day: Scientists find spending less time on the app curbs depression and encourages people to exercise more Researchers studied 286 people who used Facebook around an hour a day Half carried on using Facebook as usual, while the other half cut to 20 minutes … Read more

US World War II submarine that sank during a warfare exercise in 1958 is discovered

Researchers have found the resting place of a World War II submarine wreck 11,000 feet below the surface. Named the Stickleback, the vessel sank on May 28, 1958 during a military exercise 19 miles off the coast of Barbers Point, Oahu. It lost power during the drill, which forced it to dart towards the seabed … Read more

Labelling junk food with exercise needed to burn off calories inside shames people into eating less

Labelling food and drinks with the amount of exercise needed to burn off the calories inside them encourages healthier choices, research suggests. Scientists worked out that people eat 200 less calories every day when they are exposed to the messages on the packaging. Known as physical activity calorie equivalent or expenditure (PACE), the labels show … Read more

More evidence that strenuous exercise staves off age-related cognitive decline

Regular exercise protects the brain from damage and keeps it healthy in old age, fresh evidence suggests. German scientists found cycling halted the decline of grey matter in hundreds of volunteers with an average age of 52. But the researchers claimed ‘just about any physical activity that gets your heart pumping’ would have the same effect. Grey … Read more

NASA prepares for Armageddon with a tabletop planetary defence exercise

NASA is conducting planetary defence drills to see what would happen if an apocalyptic space rock was heading straight for Earth. Participants will discuss potential preparations for studying an asteroid or comet, as well as how to deflect it and lessen the damage caused by any impact.  The space agency has been scanning the skies … Read more

US Marines take part in war games exercise that teaches them how to survive in the Thai jungle

The annual Cobra Gold military exercise began in Thailand on Tuesday. The event sees thousands of US troops taking part in a series of grueling and garish tasks all in the name of survival. Twenty-nine other nations are also attending the largest event of its kind in the Asia-Pacific region, which teaches troops how to … Read more