Pharmaceutical companies could help people stay healthier by giving away exercise equipment to local community centers.
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They'll install more places to sleep, another bathroom, a better water system, more exercise equipment and a bigger refrigerator.
In 2004, a young physical therapist was tragically paralyzed after she pulled a piece of exercise equipment on top of herself.
Three of the camps I saw had outdoor soccer fields, and various camps also had foosball, table-tennis, and aerobic exercise equipment.
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Kyle helped establish the nonprofit Fitco Cares Foundation to enable veterans battling post-traumatic stress syndrome get access to exercise equipment.
Still, we're spending billions of dollars every year on exercise equipment, health clubs and spas--and just seem to get fatter and fatter.
"Nobody is coming out with the Prius of exercise equipment, " he said.
Afterward, bask in the pleasure of the spa's state-of-the-art exercise equipment, including an Aveda Spa Pool, hot tub and Pilates and yoga classes.
"A few days later, it sort of hit me, " said Nordby, who has designed boxes for bike accessories, exercise equipment and other real products.
My absolute favorite is WOD Toys , shown in the fun video above, which offers kid-based exercise equipment including kettle bells and other gear.
But this concept of human-powered exercise equipment has not become mainstream.
The fitness industry has an entirely separate type of January effect that sees a spike in sales of home exercise equipment, diet programs and gym memberships.
The married father of two children established the nonprofit Fitco Cares Foundation to help veterans battling PTSD -- post-traumatic stress disorder -- get access to exercise equipment.
Some companies provide exercise equipment for their employees to use.
It says that since 1990 it has filed 93 cases challenging false and misleading weight-loss claims involving over-the-counter drugs, dietary supplements, commercial weight-loss centers, weight-loss devices and exercise equipment.
Concerned about staying active and youthful has always been an obsession for boomers, who have already become heavy consumers of vitamins and purchasers of exercise equipment and health-club memberships.
The QVC cable shopping channel, watched in more than 98 million households in the USA alone, sells everything from food to exercise equipment, from fine jewelry to home electronics.
Guthy-Renker's sales have stalled over the last couple of years, the result of consumers pulling back--and being less willing to watch 30-minute ads on the transformative powers of skin creams and exercise equipment.
Best Buy, which already added musical instruments to its regular electronics inventories in an effort to fill floor space, is also getting into health and exercise equipment to better utilize its larger stores.
In 2011, the past year for which data is available, treadmill injuries in any context (home, office or gym) comprised 37% of all exercise-equipment mishaps, which numbered nearly 62, 000, a Wall Street Journal analysis of the database found.
First, it's all in the numbers of people who share equipment, exercise mats, lockers and showers that enable germs to travel to and from many an athlete.
Balance equipment such as Bosu balls, which look like exercise balls cut in half, "Indo Boards or DynaDiscs are all good tools, " Mr. Dean says.
What's more is that the application acts as an extension of the firm's Preva fitness tracking console built into its 880 line of cardio equipment, and keeps data synced between devices and exercise machines through the cloud.
Ditto genetic engineering vs. pharmacology or just better fitness equipment and cultural norms when it comes to diet and exercise.
Restoring the electric grid after a severe power outage is a massively complex exercise that demands logistical expertise, highly-skilled technical workers and specialized equipment.
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An engineer who joined Toshiba in 1953 and rose up the ranks to head the heavy equipment division and later to oversee finance and production, Sato embarked on a cost-cutting exercise and moved to restructure the sprawling company.
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