After Losing Leg, Swimmer Unafraid to Take the Plunge
from South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Dwight Montgomery was pulling himself out of the water when he looked up and saw the crowd was clapping and cheering for him. Three years after a horrific motorcycle accident left him with one leg, the Jamaican-born swimmer finished his first Nike Swim Miami two weeks ago in a little more than two hours. More

Massage After Exercise Myth Busted
from Science Daily
A Queen’s University research team has blown open the myth that massage after exercise improves circulation to the muscle and assists in the removal of lactic acid and other waste products. More

Phelps Jumps Back in the Pool
from The Washington Post
Weeks after he considered walking away from the sport for good, Phelps peppered a grueling training day with the wisecracks, playfulness and relentless teasing that his training mates had sorely missed as he wrangled with his future. After winning eight gold medals at last summer's Olympics in Beijing, Phelps took more than four months off and tried to determine if there was anything else for him to achieve in swimming. More

Maximize your Fitness with Treadmill Training
from The News-Press
Is it getting too hot to run outdoors already or do you fear the coming summer rains will dampen your enthusiasm? Not to worry, the tried and true treadmill offers a safe, traffic-free, weather-independent solution to maintaining your training. More

Study Blames Over-eating, Not Poor Exercise for U.S. Obesity
from AFP
Over-eating, not a lack of exercise, is to blame for the American obesity epidemic, a new study claimed, warning that physical activity could not fully compensate for excess calories. More

Cancer Patient Meets Olympic Gold Medalist
from First Coast News
Between her rounds of chemotherapy and her schoolwork, 10-year-old Helen Coutant swims laps at the YMCA. This 5th grader was diagnosed with brain cancer two years ago. She says swimming helps keep her spirits high and her energy up. Coutant also finds inspiration in Olympic Gold Medalist Michael Phelps. She says they have something in common. More

Consumers More Likely To Identify Healthy Food Using Traffic Light Nutrition Labels
from Medical News Today
Consumers are five times more likely to identify healthy food when they see colour-coded traffic light nutrition labels than when labels present the information numerically by showing what percentage of the recommended daily nutrient intake each portion provides, new research finds. More