Exercise During Pregnancy Can Boost Baby’s Health.
Children born to women who engaged in aerobic exercise during pregnancy appear to have better motor skills at one month of age than kids whose mothers did not exercise during their pregnancy. The researchers speculate that exercise may aid fetal brain development by boosting the flow of blood and oxygen to the womb. ~ Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, August 2019 #Exercise
Aquatic Resistance Training Good for Knee Cartilage
According to a new study, postmenopausal women with mild knee osteoarthritis can safely promote cartilage health and improve their aerobic fitness with intensive aquatic resistance training. Participants in the study completed one hour of intensive aquatic lower limb resistance exercises three times a week for four months. At the end of the study, researchers used a special MRI to evaluate the knee and found that high intensity aquatic resistance training was sufficient to im