Posted on August 22nd, 2008 by Average Joggler
Not that you needed any more convincing that joggling was good for you, but here’s a study that does just that. According to research published in the Archives of Internal Medicine running (and joggling) had significant, long-lasting benefits.
In the exercise study, researchers followed 2 groups, one composed of self-described runners and another of self-described [...]
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Posted on August 5th, 2008 by Average Joggler
Remember that story a while back about how learning to juggle could increase the size of your brain? Well, the authors are back again with some follow-up research. According to this report, juggling really does change brain structure. But the new information is that learning a new skill has more effect on [...]
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Posted on July 12th, 2008 by Average Joggler
This story about a study published in the Journal of Neuroscience demonstrates that people can still learn to juggle after age 50 and beyond. According to German researchers, a group of older people (ages 50-67) were studied to see how their brains would change after learning to juggle. These were people who never [...]
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Posted on July 3rd, 2008 by Average Joggler
As you may know, I’m participating in the IJA World Joggling Championships in Lexington, Kentucky two weeks from now. These races will be different than the normal 5K, 10K, Half Marathon and full Marathon distances that I usually do. There will be sprint races of distances like 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, etc. instead.
Well, [...]
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Posted on February 29th, 2008 by Average Joggler
To get to the coffee room at work, it takes me 76 steps. If I want to visit the bath room, it takes 84 steps. It’s about 435 steps from my car to my cubicle. I know this because I’ve counted.
Curiosity compels me to count.
People have suggested my proclivity for counting and [...]
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Posted on February 28th, 2008 by Average Joggler
Sunday’s workout featured 18 miles of joggling on snow covered, icy paths. It even had 3 incidences of slipping and falling without making a brilliant saving catch. The pain experienced and the annoyance of running so slow is starting to wear on me. Is there anything positive about being a marathon joggler [...]
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Posted on February 24th, 2008 by Average Joggler
As a joggling blogger and scientist, I spend a lot of time looking through internet links and scientific papers. Here’s one about some real science looking at the benefits of juggling in older individuals. It was published in the journal Age and Ageing.
It’s interesting. They took a group of 278 older adults [...]
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Posted on January 27th, 2008 by Average Joggler
Here’s an interesting study reported on at NPR. It seems that people are able to improve their physical fitness just by thinking about it. This same technique could be used to improve your joggling and even your juggling ability.
Maid study
Researchers at Harvard studied a group of maids and their exercise habits. They [...]
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Posted on January 18th, 2008 by Average Joggler
Joggling is fun and that’s the primary reason I do it. But the reason I started running back in 1993 was strictly for the health of it. Living to 107 required some exercising and running was the cheapest sport I’d could find.
I also read the book Fit or Fat and was inspired by [...]
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Posted on December 19th, 2007 by Average Joggler
Here is an article outlining research that concludes you learn better at nighttime. Researchers used a magnetic coil to stimulate subject’s brains and measured their ability to control their hand movements. They found that the time of day effected the brain’s speed and concluded that people learn better later in the day. [...]
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