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Students Design Exercise Equipment for LifeSpan
Juniors and seniors in the industrial design program presented five models of exercise equipment geared to audiences 50 and older to LifeSpan Fitness, Wednesday afternoon, (Dec. 13, 2006). The assignment in Paul Skaggs and Bryan Howell's class was to produce models of a treadmill, elliptical and recumbent bike with the same uniform design including packaging, a manual and brochure geared to an audience 50 and older. "Our goal was to have the students work as a team dividing up the tasks and breaking established prejudices by having them research and design for an older group, one that is outside their normal realm," said Bryan Howell, an associate professor of industrial design. "We are preparing them to step into any company doing the same thing because this is not academic book learning, this is an abbreviated real life design experience." Students presented their semester's work to Peter Schenk, owner of LifeSpan fitness located in Park City.
Perfect Pet Presents
So, they shouldn't be forgotten at holiday time. The pets, that is! It's no wonder holiday spending for pets is a multi-billion dollar business!
On The Early Show Thursday, resident veterinarian Dr. Debbye Turner shared a long list of ideas about products sure to make the pet or pet lovers in your life happy!
The descriptions below come from various sources, including the Web sites of the items' manufacturers.
"JOG A DOG" TREADMILL
This canine treadmill is engineered to exacting standards derived from thirty years of research and innovation. Designed with the input of veterinarians, physical therapists and engineers, JOG A DOG is truly the best exercise system available for the most discriminating consumer.
MSRP: $1,095 (small),$1,375 (medium), $1,825 (large), $2,995 (X-Large); www.jogadog.com
CRITTER CRUISER
Put your small animal pet inside the wheel of the Critter Cruiser and watch the fun begin.
'BOOM BOOM' HOLDS FIRST FLORIDA WORKOUT; ANDRADE ARRIVES TODAY
TAMPA, FLORIDA--Leathers flew like crazy and mitts were battered no end at the Hyatt Regency Tampa here yesterday. And yes, the treadmill at the gym was working on full load as well.
This as undefeated Rey 'Boom Boom' Bautista did his first major workout after arriving here the other night from Los Angeles, determined to put himself in the best shape possible for this Saturday's (Sunday in RP) showdown with Brazilian Giovanni Andrade.
Bautista did a 30-minute light jogging this morning outside of the hotel premises, and quickly followed it up with some abdominal exercises.
In the afternoon, the young phenom buckled down to work with trainer Edito Villamor and promoter Sammy Gello-ani, who also worked out at the gym.
After 10 minutes on the treadmill and 3 minutes cooling down, Boom-Boom did two rounds of shadow-boxing and another two rounds hitting the mitts with trainer Villamor.
Lose 35 pounds by shuffling around the house
You've got to give those wacky eggheads at the Mayo Clinic credit for one thing: they certainly seem to have a very persuasive bedside manner. How else to explain how they talked 20 people into wearing this kinky underwear all day for the benefit of science? (Well, perhaps the $6,000 payment had something to do with it.) Fitted with accelerometers, inclinometers, and a data logging computer, the underwear recorded every movement the research subjects made during the day. The conclusion: heavier people move around less than thinner people while doing normal, everyday things. The difference was about 350 calories a day, enough to translate into 30 to 40 pounds of weight loss a year. The leader of the Mayo team, Dr. James Levine, believes so much in the benefits of this kind of everyday movement, what he calles "nonexercise activity thermogenesis," that he has mounted his work computer on top of a treadmill so that he walk while working.
Stress Tests Can Predict Heart Ills in Healthy Men
ISLAMABAD: A treadmill stress test can predict heart attacks or other serious heart disease even in men without symptoms, U.S. researchers reported. The findings, published in the journal Circulation, suggest that exercise tests may be able to help predict which men who already appear to have a moderate to high risk of heart disease really need to take care. One of the two studies showed exercise tests may be used to judge who would receive an implanted pacemaker-like device called a defibrillator, researchers said. In one study two measurements -- a change in electrocardiogram or ECG tracing called ST-segment depression and an inability to reach target heart rate -- more than doubled the 10-year risk of coronary events such as heart attacks. Men who did well on the stress test had a lower-than-expected rate of heart attack and serious heart disease in the 10 years following.
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