Archive for May, 2012

Mike Featured in TopEndSports.com | 2010

World Best Bleep Test Scores The beep or bleep test, or more correctly known as the Multistage Shuttle Run Test, is a test of aerobic (endurance) fitness that is a common  test undertaken by many team sports and school groups. See a description of the Beep Test. The test involves running between two markers 20 […]

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Mike Featured in SourceWire.com | Feb 2010

FIVE WORLD RECORDS IN ONE WEEKEND: Mike Buss in Support of Help for Heroes @ Swindon Designer Outlet Tuesday 23rd February, Swindon, United Kingdom – This weekend 35 year old Mike Buss, former member of The Royal Green Jackets who began his army career aged 16 at the Territorial Army centre in Swindon, broke five […]

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Mike Buss Featured in Daily Telegraph | Jan 2010

Former soldier smashes world treadmill record Mike Buss, a former soldier, has run into the record books by covering more   than 500 miles in a week on a treadmill. Mr Buss broke the previous record of 468 miles in seven days on Friday – his   sixth day of running. By the deadline of noon on […]

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Mike Buss in SWINDON BUSINESS NEWS | 2011

From the streets to the record books for local athlete Local athlete Mike Buss is attracting a lot of interest as well as business in Swindon with his success at breaking world records both for charity and as a brand ambassador for business. Mike has broken more than 40 world fitness records and recently broke […]

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How Repeated Stress Impairs Memory

Anyone who has ever been subject to chronic stress knows that it can take a toll on emotions and the ability to think clearly. Now, new research uncovers a neural mechanism that directly links repeated stress with impaired memory. The study, published by Cell Press in the March 8 issue of the journal Neuron, also […]

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Short Walk Cuts Chocolate Consumption in Half

Research from The University of Exeter has found that a 15-minute walk can cut snacking on chocolate at work by half. The study showed that, even in stressful situations, workers eat only half as much chocolate as they normally would after this short burst of physical activity. Published in the journal Appetite, the research suggests that […]

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Stress Changes How People Make Decisions

Big Management Decisions to make? Trying to make a big decision while you’re also preparing for a scary presentation? You might want to hold off on that. Feeling stressed changes how people weigh risk and reward. A new article published in Current Directions in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, reviews […]

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Special Yoga Classes Aimed at Breast Cancer Survivors Improves Recovery | Aug 2010

With Yoga getting the celeb endorsement recently with a surge of celebs being seen going in and out of Yoga Classes such as Russell Brand, I thought Id look a little more into Yoga and its benefits and its been suprising some of the research that Ive found… University of Alberta research fellow Amy Speed-Andrews […]

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New Study Suggests Yoga Helps Ease Stress Related Medical and Psychological Conditions | March 2012

An article by researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), New York Medical College (NYMC), and the Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons (CCPS) reviews evidence that yoga may be effective in treating patients with stress-related psychological and medical conditions such as depression, anxiety, high blood pressure and cardiac disease. Their theory, which currently […]

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Biological Link Between Pain And Fatigue Discovered | April 2008

A recent University of Iowa study reveals a biological link between pain and fatigue and may help explain why more women than men are diagnosed with chronic pain and fatigue conditions like fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome. Working with mice, the researchers, led by Kathleen Sluka, Ph.D., professor in the Graduate Program in Physical Therapy […]

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