tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19611891378600446552012-01-20T21:06:44.305+01:00Health and Medicine. Exercising. Lifestyle. All from a geek's perspective.Albertonoreply@blogger.comBlogger151100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1961189137860044655.post-53420218500500447512010-03-19T20:16:00.004+01:002010-03-19T20:37:20.894+01:00

The web is an ocean of information where you can indeed shipwreck on dangerous islands.You might encounter exotic sibyls that promise you weight loss with mystic diets, charlatans that wish to sell you methods or drugs, or simply misinformed bloggers.To avoid making online surfing for information an Odyssey, I suggest to start with an authoritative popular website as NIH's Health Information

Albertonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1961189137860044655.post-33118272041503365602010-03-18T21:33:00.007+01:002010-03-18T22:06:30.073+01:00

Hello everyone! I'm back blogging! I'm trying to make this online space more smooth and "social network" oriented (twitter and dailymile). Here is just a small update:Being on diet can be a very challenging and yet frustrating experience. Things come much easier and efficient if a fitness program is adopted: weight control can be managed more effectively with a physically active lifestyle.The

Albertonoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1961189137860044655.post-14803219426278120932009-01-13T11:00:00.005+01:002009-01-13T11:50:06.995+01:00

I'm getting more and more passionate about running into nature. Running in the city, on the streets or better if in a park, is ok... for training and promoting your health. But if you want to put into real action that endurance you are building day by day, I think participating in events that are different from the normal training routine or races on asphalt, can be a particularly motivating and

Albertonoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1961189137860044655.post-48032188063978130832009-01-12T00:17:00.005+01:002009-01-12T00:50:58.591+01:00

Just a brief personal post.A non stop treadmill "charity marathon" was organized by the Turin Marathon crew in occasion of a fitness kermesse that took place from Friday afternoon to Sunday evening.For each km the organization of the "Winter Park" would give 10 euros to a non profit organization that is involved in helping people who have special needs.I ran from 6.30 to 7.30 am and managed to

Albertonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1961189137860044655.post-55486429007372483872009-01-09T18:01:00.006+01:002009-01-09T18:49:57.164+01:00

Current recommendations are of 30 mins of moderate (note 1) physical activity, at least 5 times a week. This is what medical doctors should tell their patients to promote and maintain health.note 1: moderate physical activity can be just a walk at a good pace making heart frequency go up. Shopping, just to make this clear, is light activity. We're not talking of running, that would be intense

Albertonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1961189137860044655.post-56065467290876302482009-01-08T13:19:00.005+01:002009-01-08T13:44:01.321+01:00

I have opened a discussion on the Fitnessrocks Social Network on the Association between muscular strength and mortality which I talked about yesterday here.To my great surprise Dr. Monte had already featured a Fitnessrocks episode on this topic interviewing one of the researchers of the study.Here is the reference:Fitnessrocks podcast 111: Muscular Strength and Risk of MortalityI'm a big fan of

Albertonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1961189137860044655.post-33618014549002315292009-01-07T13:50:00.008+01:002009-01-07T14:41:30.698+01:00

I came across a very interesting paper from an international multicenter study published on BMJ with the title: Association between muscular strenght and mortality in men: a prospective cohort study.Researchers from Sweden, Spain and USA have studied for nearly 20 years a group of about 9000 men aged 20-82.What have they done? First of all the researchers assessed baseline characteristics of

Albertonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1961189137860044655.post-89258569127096493772008-12-18T13:57:00.004+01:002008-12-18T14:21:40.037+01:00

What I would like to share with you in this quick geeky post, is my experience with logging workouts online. I think that recording what we do is essential to monitor the trends of our improvement, have a backup memory of any change in our routine so that we can retrieve it in case of injuries for example and, in the web 2.0 era, to share our experiences and join virtual groups and challenges

Albertonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1961189137860044655.post-33313150824256019992008-12-16T10:07:00.008+01:002009-01-12T17:17:05.696+01:00

Today my local newspaper transliterated an article published yesterday on The Independent: Obesity can begin in the brain, gene study shows - Hope for new treatments for the 400 million people WHO believes are too fat.I am really interested in genetics and medicine. Also reading that there will be a "treatment for 400 million people" seemed to me a great perspective so I looked more into

Albertonoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1961189137860044655.post-50142487333955818192008-12-14T12:25:00.006+01:002008-12-14T13:09:31.097+01:00

I'm reading a book written by a sport psychologist on motivation, on how to train your mind to run better. I wanted to read it before maybe giving it as a Christmas gift to some friends.It's offering me some good tips. For example it's making me think a lot on the concept of the "mind that slows you down". Not only while running, but in our everyday life our mind talks to us. Some people have an

Albertonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1961189137860044655.post-58022316053232579782008-12-10T13:51:00.005+01:002008-12-10T14:54:21.058+01:00

Each year in primary care in the UK, about 1% of adults aged over 45 years present with a new episode of shoulder pain.Shoulder pain is therefore a common complaint but it varies greatly in severity and etiology.The majority of cases are due to rotator cuff disorders such as rotator cuff tear, non-calcific tendinosis, calcific tendinitis. Other causes are adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder),

Albertonoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1961189137860044655.post-85917010770954570702008-12-10T12:03:00.007+01:002008-12-10T14:53:36.951+01:00

I listen to podcasts while I run my long workouts or while I'm in the car driving.I have indeed a group of favorites which I will share on this blog in the future.As a start, I would realy like to mention Fitness Rocks.org, authored by Monte Ladner, M.D who is passionately podcasting since almost 2 years now, having produced over 100 great episodes.Fitness Rocks is a podcast providing a weekly

Albertonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1961189137860044655.post-44941396545542289432008-12-10T02:09:00.003+01:002008-12-10T02:16:54.105+01:00

Running before going to work can be indeed a great challenge! Here are some tips:0. - WAKING UP. This is the hardest but essential part. You will probably need to set your alarm clock earlier and find the motivation to get up with the idea that your will get from the warmth of your blankets to the freezing outside world. Having a running partner which you can’t leave hanging waiting for you is a

Albertonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1961189137860044655.post-42100418160298144742008-12-09T22:33:00.003+01:002008-12-10T10:02:54.130+01:00

I took part in a 10K organized in my city and managed to finish it with an unexpected 41.07 time. This got me really excited but also made my mind dream too much about future competitions.Balance is the key and right now it’s not the time for me to occupy too much of my mind thinking about races.So I’ll just keep stuck to my fitness program that has worked great for November. I feel my body is

Albertonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1961189137860044655.post-13970372504246887362008-11-04T22:45:00.001+01:002008-12-10T10:02:35.101+01:00

October hasn’t been an easy month, especially for my training. Messina isn’t the ideal city where you can easily practice any sport, in particular if you are an exchange student without a car. Public transportation is… Ok, I don’t want to go over this again, my forced walks of several kms a day! In a certain way, those have even trained me, physically and mentally. Sicily is THE place where you

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