Winter 2023
Triathlon ties
An orthopedic surgeon and exercise physiology professor connect over research with triathletes. » More ...
Exercise Physiology
Spring 2023
The progress of changing lives
Donald S. Wood, president and CEO of the Muscular Dystrophy Association, wants to improve the lives of people with neuromuscular diseases. » More ...
Spring 2021
Take care! How to handle the trying times
The COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown is stressful. Washington State University experts offer some advice to handle the stress and anxiety. » More ...
Summer 2016
It takes a (walkable) village
They call it Tangletown—a Seattle neighborhood where streets and trolley tracks intersect like wayward skeins of yarn. In the 1930s, local residents routinely chose the trolley for trips to work, the market, or hardware store. They did that several times a day and it involved a lot of walking, says Glen Duncan, professor in the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine and chair of nutrition and exercise physiology at WSU Spokane.
Duncan lived in Green Lake near Tangletown for a time, and says public transportation systems like trollies provided a level of physical activity that is all but lost in today’s society.
“We’re completely … » More …
Spring 2016
Take a walk…and call me in the morning
The U.S. Surgeon General wants YOU to get off the couch and start moving. In the new Step It Up! program, Dr. Vivek Murthy urges walking or wheelchair rolling for all Americans. He’s not alone—the Centers for Disease Control touts walking as the closest thing to a wonder drug without any side effects, says April Davis ’97, ’09, ’12 MS, clinical assistant professor in the WSU Spokane Program in Nutrition and Exercise Physiology. Like Panacea, the mythical Greek goddess of universal remedy, walking has something for everyone.
Since Kenneth Cooper first popularized aerobics in 1968, millions of Americans have taken up running, cycling, and … » More …