Brutal injury drove Tetreault to succeed May 11, 2008
During lacrosse season, she pedaled on an exercise bike close enough to watch her teammates practice, but not healthy enough to participate in it. She wondered if she'd regain the explosive speed that earned her the nickname, "Nitro," from her teammates. (Albany Times Union)
True Fitness to consolidate operations May 11, 2008
True Fitness manufactures and distributes cardiovascular and flexibility products, including treadmills, elliptical trainers and exercise bikes. matthewallen@bizjournals. (St. Louis Business Journal, MO)
LifeSpan Fitness Promotes Exercise to Help Fight Heart Disease Among Women May 6, 2008
To support The Heart Truth, PCE is launching "Get Fit Back." During May, purchase a LifeSpan treadmill, elliptical, exercise bike or vibration trainer and PCE will donate up to $100 to the American Heart Association. See for details. (PR Newswire)
Spinal injury patient hopes to walk again May 6, 2008
His balance had improved to where he could sit upright in an exercise bike without falling, even if a trainer still had to push his legs to get them to pedal. These were the sort of small miracles that were common at Project Walk. (MSNBC -- Health)
Sheffield getting a shot in Tigers outfield May 6, 2008
He talked about how he would have to pass the idle time on an exercise bike in the workout room or swinging a bat on the dugout steps. He never grew to like it, never even accepted himself as a full-time DH, but he dealt with it. (MLB.com -- Detroit Tigers)
Student educates himself, loses 180 pounds May 5, 2008
Hollas also joined the recreation center on campus and started riding an exercise bicycle. He lost 50 pounds within six months. (CNN)
What your lifetime amounts to in material terms? Apr 22, 2008
8 DVD players, 15 computers , not to mention the ovens, hi-fi's , video players, w a l k m a n s , phones, beds, sofas , chairs, cameras , exercise bikes and a thousand and one other consumer durables that are yet to be invented but which we will soon not be able to live without. One area which is now considered essential but which barely existed 20 years ago is electronic goods like computers. (India Times)
Granderson getting in game shape Apr 21, 2008
Sunday's game topped three hours, and he could be seen hopping and stretching in center field between pitches simply to stay loose before a long postgame session on an exercise bike. It's Granderson's legs, he said, where he's struggling. (MLB.com -- Detroit Tigers)
Pausch focused on the physical Apr 14, 2008
Search post-gazette NOW. Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette Randy Pausch at CMU's McConomy auditorium last Sept. 18. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Sox earn win over Yankees via decision Apr 13, 2008
"Kevin Youkilis followed Ram rez's hit with an RBI single off reliever Brian Bruney to make it 4-2, the extra run pivotal when Robinson Cano doubled home the third Yankees' run in the seventh off Sox starter Josh Beckett.Rain kept the outcome hanging in the balance. Jonathan Papelbon received a summons with two outs and two on in the eighth, then waited out a 2-hour-11-minute rain delay to strike out Alex Rodriguez on three pitches, the last clocked at 96 miles an hour on the scoreboard... (Boston Globe)
Elvis night raised 750 for charity Apr 11, 2008
Staff also challenged themselves to a sponsored exercise bike ride on Saturday 5 April which lasted over eight hours and raised 1,500 for BHF. The full article contains 233 words and appears in n/a newspaper. Last Updated: 10 April 2008 3:40 PM Page 1 of 1. (Ilkeston Today)
YMCA hosts Healthy Kids Day Apr 9, 2008
Exercise bikes that power video games. Kid-sized weights. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Learn A Language Using Online And Multimedia Tools Apr 6, 2008
If you're trying to learn a language while commuting or working out, the audio-only approach beats trying to operate a Web page while dodging traffic or riding the exercise bike. If you've figured out how to purchase songs from the or rip a CD onto your MP3 player, you can have an entire catalog of audio-only language-learning materials at your disposal. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Lester, Red Sox stifle A's, 5-0 Apr 3, 2008
Curt Schilling is stuck on an exercise bike. David Ortiz doesn't have any pages left in his passport for new customs stamps, and there's still one country left before the Red Sox can fall into their own beds. (Boston Globe)
Peddling green goods Apr 2, 2008
Did you know you can charge up a spin-dryer using an exercise bike ... He used an exercise bike to drive a generator for his spin-dryer and other appliances. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
CONSOLE yourself Apr 2, 2008
The first experiments in the genre incorporated exercise bikes that travelled over virtual landscapes. They included Atari's Puffer exercise bike in 1982 that could be hooked up to a game console and featured a gamepad on its handlebars. (Melbourne Herald Sun)
Holliday uses past to shape future Apr 2, 2008
" Health and exercise continue to be dear to Holliday. Even now, his idea of kicking back on an offseaosn Sunday is watching the Pittsburgh Steelers (a nod to his family's Western Pennsylvania roots) while riding the exercise bike the whole time. It's nothing for him to drop in front of the TV in the clubhouse and do sit-ups as he watches. The problem during those earlier years was using the strength he was developing in his swing. He would put on shows in batting practice, but swing through... (MLB.com -- Colorado Rockies)
The fire behind the mask Apr 1, 2008
Every workout in the gym, every sweaty session on that exercise bike -- he remembered what it felt like to lose the goalie battle to stay in the AHL at the beginning of this season, and he tried to sweat it away. "I take a lot of pride in being in the best possible physical shape I can be," Peters says. (Albany Times Union)
Lay off pickup games, Oden, until title is won Mar 30, 2008
The No. 1 draft pick in last June's NBA draft raised the seat on an exercise bicycle and started pedaling and watching TV. Every once in a while, Oden leaned back and peeked through a giant glass window into the basketball court where a pickup game was going on. He joined a game like that this week. (OregonLive, OR -- Sports)
The Size Of Texas Mar 29, 2008
All those hours on the exercise bike, all those yummy desserts he skipped it all finally paid off for Texas center Dexter Pittman. The guy with the wide body and the baby face used every ounce of his girth to pound and pester Stanford's 7-foot Lopez twins, wearing them down like a boxer throwing body blows. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
Texasruns past Stanford Mar 29, 2008
HOUSTON - All those hours on the exercise bike, all those yummy desserts he skipped it all finally paid off for Texas center Dexter Pittman. The guy with the wide body and the baby face used every ounce of his girth to pound and pester Stanfords 7-foot Lopez twins, wearing them down like a boxer throwing body blows. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Texas Overcomes Stanford, Lopez Twins Mar 29, 2008
All those hours on the exercise bike, all those yummy desserts he skipped -- it all finally paid off for Texas center Dexter Pittman. . (Herald Sun)
Paul has Hornets buzzing Mar 28, 2008
"Celtics guard Rajon Rondo rode an exercise bicycle during yesterday's practice because of a right hamstring injury he suffered in the third quarter of Wednesday's win against Phoenix. "I'm playing [against New Orleans] for sure," he said . . . West is averaging 20.3 points and 9.1 rebounds and scored 37 against the Celtics last Saturday. "David West, you forget, is an All-Star. He's a heck of a basketball player," Rivers said . . . The Hornets are the only team the Celtics have not beaten this... (Boston Globe)
Residents of Middlewoods want to 'Beat Braga to Boston' Mar 28, 2008
"When I first came here I rode an exercise bike and I got a prize for walking," said Vera Zachariasewycz. "But I stopped walking because my hips didn't like it," she added, referring to her two artificial hips. (Farmington Valley Post, CT)
Western Kentucky happy to state its case in NCAA Tournament Mar 26, 2008
Lofton was at practice yesterday but didn't participate, instead riding an exercise bike. Coach Bruce Pearl told The Knoxville News Sentinel that Lofton "tweaked" his ankle in the first half of Tennessee's 76-71 overtime win against Butler. (Boston Globe)
* Move it, baby Mar 26, 2008
At a class last week, a group of about 15 women in different stages of pregnancy peddled away at their state-of-the-art exercise bikes, with Wu out front calling out pointers on posture and breathing technique. The women, good humored if a trifle tentative, were in quite a different world from the frenzied exhortations to further exertion that you might expect in a regular gym class. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Alou eyeing April return for Mets Mar 26, 2008
He already has ridden an exercise bicycle, and he is likely to begin light running next week. He estimated he might resume baseball activities by mid-April. (MLB.com -- NY Mets Mets)
NCAA Tournament Notebook: Tennessee's Lofton deals with leg injury (03/26/2008) Mar 26, 2008
Lofton was at practice yesterday but limited his activity to shooting free throws and riding an exercise bicycle. He did not speak to reporters. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
Exercise joins entertainment Mar 26, 2008
He remembers his mother, a fitness consultant, filling the basement with interactive fitness equipment, such as dance pads and exercise bikes, linked to video games. "It was like having a fitness laboratory at home. My friends and I were using this stuff all the time. I lost 23 pounds," said the student at Prince Andrew High in Dartmouth. (ChronicleHerald.ca)
Anthony Minghella: gentle genius Mar 23, 2008
He was watching his weight, which often yo-yoed up and down, and there was an enormous exercise bike in the lobby. For dinner we were served carp in brine and pickled cabbage. (Times Online)
Developing the 'last of the frontiers' Mar 23, 2008
Heavey said a pool, jogging trails, and a fully equipped fitness center, not just a room with an exercise bike, would draw people who otherwise would buy closer to the city. "We feel we need the amenities to make it attractive," he said. (Boston Globe)
Shuttle's heat shield checked for space debris hits Mar 22, 2008
"This is a special rack, it has an active rack (vibration) isolation system and there are a lot of individual pieces of hardware that the crew is going to have to remove in order to (move) that rack. A standard rack relocation, you would power down the rack, you would remove all the electrical connectors, you'd remove all the thermal connectors, the vacuum system connectors. But this rack has all those additional pieces of hardware that are designed to isolate the experiments inside from the... (Spaceflight Now)
Help the foundation Mar 22, 2008
Staff at Midlands Co-op's Ilkeston Department store on the Market Place will be challenging themselves to a sponsored exercise bike ride lasting over eight hours, to help the nation's heart charity. From 9am to 5. (Ilkeston Today)
School pupils all pumped up to do their bit Mar 19, 2008
Every week students take turns atop a rusty red exercise bike, pedalling to pump water from the school's rainwater tank to the garden beds a few metres away. Until last year an electric pump did the job, but a local garden co-ordinator, Kristin Wohlers, knew there had to be a greener way. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Clicking from coach potato to fitness freak Mar 16, 2008
However Wired magazine reported last week that Apple and Nike might soon up the ante with plans to expand the iPod Nano's reach to gym equipment such as exercise bikes, step machines and treadmills. Wired said the companies had been in talks with gym equipment makers so that data from a session at the gym could be aggregated and viewed by SportKit users. (The Age, Australia)
Mets may be whole once again Mar 15, 2008
Even with Moises Alou days away from riding an exercise bicycle and Luis Castillo still walking with an octogenarian gait, the Mets may not have been so whole since the Welcome Home Dinner last April. But as Randolph suggested, there is a method to this mass migration toward active status. (MLB.com -- NY Mets Mets)
Winning games and winning over skeptics Mar 9, 2008
"Apparently, Hemingway likes to score the big ones,'' Aces center Kimbi Daniels said on his way to ride an exercise bike after the game. Hemingway is skating at right wing on a line with Filion and rookie left winger Josh Soares. Friday, they combined for six points and 12 of the Aces' 26 shots on goal. "He's a guy who loves to score and has the skill to score,'' Filion said. "It's really nice to play with him and Soares. "When (coach Keith McCambridge) got him, he told me, 'He's good around the... (Anchorage Daily News)
Workouts boost function of insulin-making cells Mar 8, 2008
The exercise sessions, consisting of stints on a treadmill, exercise bike and cross-training machine, required study participants to work out at 60 percent to 70 percent of their maximum heart rate capacity. After the exercise period, study participants' sensitivity to insulin had increased by 53 percent, on average, while a measure of beta cell function called the disposition index had risen by 28 percent. (Scientific American)
Biking, Walking Best for New Knees Mar 8, 2008
"I tell them activities that are OK are walking, biking, hiking, riding an exercise bike, riding an elliptical trainer and walking on the treadmill.". He suggests doubles tennis, not singles, since it is not as aggressive. (MEDLINEplus)
Biggest Bulldog has to sit during playoff run Mar 4, 2008
For now, Gardner rides the exercise bike, shoots free throws and works on stationary passing while the Bulldogs practice. During games, he lowers his enormous frame onto a chair near the end of the bench and watches, sometimes with elbows on knees and hands clasped, as if in prayer. (Suffolk News Herald, VA)
Low-intensity Exercise Reduces Fatigue Symptoms By 65 Percent, Study Finds Mar 3, 2008
The volunteers in the study used exercise bikes that allowed the researchers to control their level of exertion so that low-intensity exercise was defined as 40 percent of their peak oxygen consumption and moderate-intensity exercise was defined as 75 percent of peak oxygen consumption. For comparison, O Connor said a leisurely, easy walk is low-intensity exercise, while a fast-paced walk with hills is moderate-intensity exercise. (Science Daily)
Exercise that exhaustion away Mar 3, 2008
One did 20 minutes of moderately intense exercise on an exercise bike three times a week for six weeks, the second did similar workouts but at a much more leisurely pace and the third did no exercise. The low- and moderate-intensity groups had a 20% increase in energy levels over the non-exercisers, the researchers reported in the journal Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics. (India Times, India -- Health/Science)
Unravel the sleeve of care for a decent night's sleep Feb 23, 2008
But put through their paces on an aerobic exercise bike, insomniacs perform just as well as those who sleep better, though they complain more. And most, having dragged themselves to work, end up performing productively. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Notes: Holliday dishes out barbs Feb 21, 2008
Holliday followed with jokes about having to do extra time on the exercise bike to make up for less-healthy choices, with teammates laughing. Smith changed his mind. (MLB.com -- Colorado Rockies)
Weight-loss surgery increasingly seen as treatment for diabetes Feb 18, 2008
"Robert Sisson, a 49-year-old manufacturing engineer for Raytheon who lives in South Boston, can vouch for that. Until November, Sisson tipped the scales at 376. Then he had the banding procedure. Now, he weighs 306, and his blood sugar levels are much better.Hopping off his exercise bike recently to talk, he said, "I should have had it done years ago. My wife is going to get it done this year. (Boston Globe)
Looking for a story Feb 15, 2008
There were mildewed stuffed animals; dolls with no arms; books with so much water damage the pages were stuck together; an exercise bike with no seat; an old yellow dresser without drawers or mirror and an old drum set patched all over with duct tape. And that was the good stuff. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Southern Section prelims: ‘Where preparation meets opportunity' Feb 15, 2008
It was a pretty tough season in its self and it really paid off in the championship, said Carrasco as he took a break from peddling on an exercise bike, sweat dripping down his face. I honestly think the hard work that the coaches put us through paid off. (Ridgecrest Daily Independent, CA)
The Border's Nazneen Contractor's workout regime Feb 12, 2008
"I try to do it every single day and that usually consists of running. If I can't run for whatever reason, it'll be on the exercise bike or an elliptical.". 150 reverse crunches and 15 to 20 push-ups: "I develop muscle very easily and have to be careful not to bulk up too much.". (Globe and Mail)
Herbal Remedy Helps Heart Failure Symptoms Feb 12, 2008
Most studies focused on maximal workload and exercise tolerance, or how much energy a person can expend while working out on an exercise bike, and how long they were able to sustain this level of activity. Hawthorn extract significantly improved both measures of heart function, the researchers found, while it also reduced shortness of breath and fatigue compared to placebo. (MEDLINEplus)
Its not quite Britannia, but . . . Feb 10, 2008
But Leander, inside a dark-blue hull that is almost the exact shade of the old royal yacht, offers facilities that Britannia never did, including a swimming pool, two onboard exercise bikes and a team of stewardesses willing to run candlelit baths 24 hours a day. The Prince and the Duchess or rather the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, which tells them where to go have recently become much engaged with the Commonwealth, an organisation neglected by British prime ministers more engaged with... (Times Online)
Twins ready for Florida sun Feb 9, 2008
The team's training staff of Rick McWane and Dave Pruemer also packed up medical supplies as well as an additional exercise bike and treadmill to use over the course of the six weeks. And then there are the items on the truck that many people wouldn't picture like the strollers and bicycles. (MLB.com -- Minnesota Twins)
Sellheim named new SEMC administrator Feb 7, 2008
Kevin Sellheim, new administrator at Sleepy Eye Medical Center, tried out an exercise bike at the new physical therapy center opening for patients this week. Working with numbers has always been a comfort zone for me, said Kevin Sellheim, new administrator at Sleepy Eye Medical Center. (Sleepy Eye Herald Dispatch, MN)
Biking for Sucide Prevention Feb 5, 2008
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Pitt Notebook: Fields' comeback in 10 days unlikely Feb 5, 2008
He does cardiovascular work on the exercise bike, elliptical machine and in the swimming pool. He also is lifting weights. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
Pierce's final analysis: LA is a contender Feb 4, 2008
"Celtics forward Kevin Garnett is still listed as day to day with an abdominal strain that has kept him sidelined for three games. Rivers said there is still no timetable for Garnett's return. It doesn't look good for his return tomorrow in Cleveland considering that he is not expected to practice today."[Garnett could return] as early as this weekend or at the All-Star break," Rivers said.Garnett, who hasn't spoken to the media since Jan. 25, did not practice yesterday. Rivers said Garnett is... (Boston Globe)
Losing weight Feb 4, 2008
" 7 STEPS: And she has had plenty of stressful times. Her house burned down in September 2005. Her car was rear-ended in 2001, and she suffered a neck injury. At the time, she was caring for her terminally ill father. Before the car accident, Vercellotti was riding a recumbent exercise bike 26 miles a day to lose weight (she had dropped 60 pounds) and relieve stress, but afterward her mobility was limited for months, and her weight ballooned. "My weight looks like the stock market graph," she... (USA Today -- News)
Controversial stem cell treatment draws Australians to Indian clinic Feb 4, 2008
"Within two months I was dancing, I put on weight and could use my exercise bike. My mood was wonderful. I didn't dribble. My son could not believe how I was walking with long strides instead of shuffling. That's why he has paid for me to come again," she taps out. Ms Glendinning says she checked Dr Shroff's extraordinary claims on the internet. (The Age)
Around Town Jan. 31 -- Getting back into the groove Feb 1, 2008
And while I have some equipment at home, the treadmill and exercise bike just don t seem to hold the same appeal to me as the outdoors does, so basically I was in a slump. But then I heard about the latest exercise craze Zumba. (Scituate Mariner, MA)
Charles City YMCA plans $2M addition Feb 1, 2008
The wellness center will house circuit training equipment, treadmills, elliptical machines, exercise bikes and free weights. The game room will feature pool and foosball tables. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
The Hottest Wheels Feb 1, 2008
Fisher-Price preschool toys such as the Smart Cycle exercise bike rose 4. 3. (SmartMoney)
Ashippun couple gearing up to 'Hustle Up the Hancock' Jan 31, 2008
But Jerry, who is 55, is also working out on an exercise bike, tread mill and track, she added. Sue said her husband competed in a triathlon once, but I don't do any sports. (Watertown Daily Times, WI)
Gains and pains for Bruins Jan 27, 2008
"Realistically, that decision probably will be made in the next 2-3 weeks, if not sooner. If Bergeron gets back on the exercise bike this week and the headaches resume, all parties could come to a quick decision to shut him down for the season.Ex-Williams captain headmans the pucks for NBCPlans haven't been finalized for how the NHL will springboard off of its Winter Classic success, but nearly a month after the snow show in Buffalo, NBC coordinating producer Sam Flood is confident the network... (Boston Globe)
Total clutter madness Jan 27, 2008
Depression caused by clutter leads to eating, and exercise bikes can be hard to reach in a cluttered room, forming a vicious cycle. Eating and shopping are more or less the same thing - both are attempts to fill the great big hole left in our lives when we stopped believing in God and the baby Jesus. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Inventing 'Inventions' -- Successful entrepreneur pens first novel Jan 26, 2008
"I was working out on my exercise bike and found out on the news that Royal Phillips just acquired Resperonics," he said. "That was a nice Christmas present.". (North County Times)
Broadcasting icon Harwell turns 90 Jan 26, 2008
Some days, it's cardiovascular, working on the exercise bike or elliptical machine. Other days, he'll do some light weight training to stretch out the muscles. (MLB.com -- Detroit Tigers)