Fitness News

Fifteen years ago, a handful of poorly constructed, clearly biased studies purported to show that prayer was a legitimate medical tool.

What is it all about? In case you hadn't worked it out, voga is a cross between yoga and voguing - the 1980s New York drag scene dance craze, which was introduced to the mainstream by Madonna.

A pub will reopen as a "loved" community venue - months after a dramatic raid evicting squatters who had set up home in the abandoned building.

Here's a run down of some of the latest exercise fads, fitness regimes and gyms that are beginning to catch on in New York City and across the country.

Jackson YMCA members have access to a new fitness center that plans to add nutrition classes and ballroom dancing instruction to its class schedule.

"I know I need to stretch to feel better but who has the self-discipline to do it at home alone? I would just not sustain a whole hour of exercise but this is fun and social and the relaxation at the end, oh, I love that," said Regena Warner, who has been coming to the program for two years.

"It's a very worthy local cause and one I knew could make a real and tangible difference in a little boy's life.

Read to your baby, sing and play games. But don't waste money on programs that claim to teach infants to read, a new study suggests.

The Newark Police Department invites residents to participate in two fundraisers to benefit the family of fallen BART Police Sergeant Tommy Smith.

That compound found in commercially baked bread - yep, the one that's in yoga mats, too - is in the news again.

Coastal Point a R. Chris Clark: Tikiri Shapiro, owner and instructor of Lighthouse Dance &?Yoga, demonstrates a grand jetA© in her new studio space in Williamsville.

The black rubber mat - embossed with a crocodile print and wrapped up in a black lambskin leather strap - is perhaps the most opulent item in the designer's new Objects collection.

Would you ever think that Courtney Love would be the inspiration for restructuring an entire office culture - which included building a yoga studio in our new office? Well, she was, and this is what happened.

An innovative fitness class for parents and children held at the Carrefour Health Club in Douglas raised A 320 for The Children's Centre.

Silver City Rodeo will be among the five musical delights performing tonight at Tellus360 for Fig Magazine's launch.

From the Supremes to the Jackson Five, nothing gets me moving like the infectious music of Motown.

A chemical that is used in yoga mats and tennis shoes also is among those used in some bread.

Hilariously over the top when it comes to gruesome, 3D violence and woefully underserved when it comes to story, '300: Rise of an Empire,' is pretty much what the original '300' was: A wish-fulfillment fantasy for the juiced-up bodybuilding crowd.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. We all know childhood obesity is a big problem. Thankfully though, the most recent figures show fewer kids are overweight, and to keep that trend going and make our kids healthier, nutrition and physical education are critical.

For 30 years an East Bay Woman has been helping people take care of their bodies-teaching movement and Pilates classes.