<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - The Moving Crew</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/health/columns/movingcrew?nav=rss_health/columns/movingcrew</link><description>The Moving Crew</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Walking Proof]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64069-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_health/columns/movingcrew</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64069-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_health/columns/movingcrew</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:05:21 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[An exercise demonstrated that middle-age, out-of-shape women who wore pedometers and were instructed to take at least 10,000 steps daily walked more than those who were told to take a 30-minute walk.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't Just Rest Between Sets -- Do Something]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45321-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_health/columns/movingcrew</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45321-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_health/columns/movingcrew</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:05:21 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Today's maddening puzzler: Short on time as always, you enter the gym, dutifully warm up with 10 minutes of light cardio then hit the weights. You've heard you need rest between sets to maximize your strength training benefit. But the clock says you're late again. So: Do you skimp on the rest periods? Or do you cheat yourself out of a few exercises?]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Calorie Counts: Burn, Baby, Burn]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26545-2005Apr4.html?nav=rss_health/columns/movingcrew</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26545-2005Apr4.html?nav=rss_health/columns/movingcrew</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:05:21 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[This week we take up the question the Crew hears more than any other, with the sole exception of "Do you guys really do all this stuff yourself?" Since we've learned to dodge that one, we'll take Number Two: How do I figure out  how many calories I burn?]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[At Play With a Madman]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8263-2005Mar28.html?nav=rss_health/columns/movingcrew</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8263-2005Mar28.html?nav=rss_health/columns/movingcrew</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:05:21 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  "I hate working out indoors," Dean Karnazes tells me as we jog along the bike path in Rock Creek Park on a cool, rainy, windy day. "I hit the gym now and then, but I'd always rather be outdoors."]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[On the Treadmill: Keep Hope Alive]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55837-2005Mar22.html?nav=rss_health/columns/movingcrew</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55837-2005Mar22.html?nav=rss_health/columns/movingcrew</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:05:21 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Okay, you bought a treadmill a few months back and here it is, late March, and your routine is stale. That once-sleek, addictive toy has become the Dreadmill. Here's your ticket off the plateau.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Calculating the Curves]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35340-2005Mar14.html?nav=rss_health/columns/movingcrew</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35340-2005Mar14.html?nav=rss_health/columns/movingcrew</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:05:21 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Curves for Women circuit training gyms are among the stickiest fads in recent fitness history. But how much exercise does the workout really provide? An adequate but unspectacular amount, according to a small study conducted by university researchers on behalf of the American Council on Exercise (ACE). The typical workout burned off about as many calories as in half a Krispy Kreme.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Does Bush Put His Budget Where His BMI Is?]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15511-2005Mar7.html?nav=rss_health/columns/movingcrew</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15511-2005Mar7.html?nav=rss_health/columns/movingcrew</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:05:21 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Fitness advocate John F. Kennedy famously encouraged citizens to ask what they could do for their country. But here at The Moving Crew we dare to ask the tough, unpopular questions. Like: What is government doing for you? More to the point, what is the government doing to help a nation of increasingly inert, ill and overweight citizens? Is the proudly fit President, who so diligently protects his own exercise time, investing in our healthy activity, too?]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Out of the Running? Friends Can Help]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61622-2005Feb28.html?nav=rss_health/columns/movingcrew</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61622-2005Feb28.html?nav=rss_health/columns/movingcrew</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:05:21 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  My alarm blared at 7:15 a.m. last Saturday. Outside temperature: 18 degrees. My mission: Running. I could have dozed on, but I rose, applied layers of high-tech outerwear and headed out. Why? I needed column material.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Listening to Your Trainer]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42618-2005Feb21.html?nav=rss_health/columns/movingcrew</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42618-2005Feb21.html?nav=rss_health/columns/movingcrew</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:05:21 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  We often yak about how best to structure a cardio workout -- how much to warm up, how to feel the proper pace, how to structure intervals and what, exactly, we mean by "push yourself" or "hardhardhard!" (Actually, if we say that, slug us.)]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cold Outside, Dry Inside]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24770-2005Feb14.html?nav=rss_health/columns/movingcrew</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24770-2005Feb14.html?nav=rss_health/columns/movingcrew</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:05:21 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   Ever wonder why an outdoor workout in cold weather doesn't leave you gasping for the water bottle nearly as much as a similar summer exertion? Well, sidle up to the  water filter and draw yourself a tall cool one, folks. It's biology lesson time.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[60 Minutes, 90 Minutes: We're Losing It]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6406-2005Feb7.html?nav=rss_health/columns/movingcrew</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6406-2005Feb7.html?nav=rss_health/columns/movingcrew</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:05:21 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  The government's new physical activity guidelines include one curiosity that's been largely overlooked: the recommendation that people trying to <em>lose</em> weight get 60 minutes of exercise per day while those trying to <em>maintain </em>weight loss clock 90 minutes daily. So maintaining weight loss requires more exercise than achieving it? What gives?]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the 60- to 90-Minutes-a-Day Award Goes to . . .]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52758-2005Jan31.html?nav=rss_health/columns/movingcrew</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52758-2005Jan31.html?nav=rss_health/columns/movingcrew</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:05:21 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  "If you really want to get in shape, look for solutions, not excuses."]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hey, Buddy, Don't Quit Now]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33949-2005Jan24.html?nav=rss_health/columns/movingcrew</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33949-2005Jan24.html?nav=rss_health/columns/movingcrew</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:05:21 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  So you roared into '05 in a swirl of resolve, finally inked that long-eluded gym membership, got some spiffy new shoes, busted your tail for three weeks (Run! Lift! Stretch! Spin!) and now . . . well, Monday was really busy, you were feeling a little under the weather on Tuesday, and Wednesday? Well, another day of rest couldn't hurt. Friday looks good, if I can get to the gym before happy hour. . . .]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Activity Guidelines]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16712-2005Jan17.html?nav=rss_health/columns/movingcrew</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16712-2005Jan17.html?nav=rss_health/columns/movingcrew</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:05:21 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  To reduce the risk of chronic disease in adulthood: Engage in at least 30 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity, above usual amounts, on most days of the week. Most people will see greater health benefits by working out harder or longer than the minimum.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ninety Minutes of Exercise? Seriously? Me?]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16711-2005Jan17.html?nav=rss_health/columns/movingcrew</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16711-2005Jan17.html?nav=rss_health/columns/movingcrew</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:05:21 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  It's enough to make one pine for the days when government alarms were limited to polychromatic terror warnings. In its latest dietary and exercise guidelines, the Agriculture Department last week urged adults seeking to "manage body weight and prevent unhealthy weight gain" to get about 60 minutes of moderate to vigorous activity most days of the week. To keep weight off, get 90 minutes. Already at a healthy weight? At least 30 minutes for you.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Younger Next Year? Well, Maybe]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64434-2005Jan10.html?nav=rss_health/columns/movingcrew</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64434-2005Jan10.html?nav=rss_health/columns/movingcrew</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:05:21 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   Many health and fitness books arrive at Moving Crew World Headquarters, and we admit to reading some of them. Too many have titles that promise eternal, or at least really long, life: "Live Forever or Die Trying," "Happy 150th Birthday to You," "Cut a Deal with the Devil With No Money Down," that kind of thing. So it was easy for us to slide a book titled "Younger Next Year: A Guide to Living Like 50 Until You're 80 and Beyond," by Chris Crowley and Henry S. Lodge, MD (Workman Publishing) into the "Yeah, right" pile and forget it.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Working Into Working Out]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45931-2005Jan3.html?nav=rss_health/columns/movingcrew</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45931-2005Jan3.html?nav=rss_health/columns/movingcrew</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:05:21 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  C'mon, admit it: You're vexed by the way some people stay fit, exercising consistently while juggling work, family, volunteer work and MBA classes, all with that annoyingly cheerful demeanor and ruddy glow. How do they do it? Consumer Reports wondered, too, so the magazine surveyed 21,750 of its readers to learn why some people exercise regularly while others -- hey, get back here! -- do not.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Resolved: This Year, Get Help]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15121-2004Dec20.html?nav=rss_health/columns/movingcrew</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15121-2004Dec20.html?nav=rss_health/columns/movingcrew</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:05:21 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[So you've pegged 2005 as The Year to get fit, stay active, make the U.S. Olympic broomball squad -- or at least climb the stairs without panting. You're not alone: Fueled by New Year's resolve, health clubs nationwide draw about 15 percent of their new business in January, according to the International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feel the After-burn!]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62337-2004Dec13.html?nav=rss_health/columns/movingcrew</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62337-2004Dec13.html?nav=rss_health/columns/movingcrew</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:05:21 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   After I strode from the gym the other night and headed directly to yet another holiday party, I dove into the bonbons, iclairs and eggnog with confidence: Not only had I obliterated 500 calories on the treadmill but I knew -- hey, I read it on the Internet! -- that my body was continuing to burn calories at a higher-than-normal rate even after my workout. But waddling home afterward, I wondered about the extent of that so-called after-burn, formally known as excess post-exercise oxygen consumption (EPOC).]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gifts that Fit]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41744-2004Dec6.html?nav=rss_health/columns/movingcrew</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41744-2004Dec6.html?nav=rss_health/columns/movingcrew</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:05:21 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[You've come to rely on the Moving Crew for knowing, nuanced, even dazzling fitness counsel, not cheesy holiday gift guides. But since we pride ourselves on delivering the unexpected, this week we proudly offer . . . our holiday gift guide!]]></description><author></author></item></channel></rss>