Top Fitness Headlines on the Internet (June 26th)

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Lifehacker: “Does Yoga Have Any Real Fitness Benefits?”

Take one look at someone in Scorpion Pose and you’ll know: yoga can build strength and balance. But how does it stack up to traditional strength training — and what can’t yoga do for your body?

UQ News: “Man cycles from London to UQ for a fitness check”

More than 600,000 cycle trips are made to and fromThe University of Queensland each year, but it’s unlikely any have come from as far afield as London.

Former School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences student Aaron Austin-Glen will finish a 15,000km bike ride through 20 countries when he visits his alma mater on Tuesday 7 July.

Ottawa Citizen: “Learn the basic at Ottawa Roller Derby Crash 101 course”

Warning: Derby is addictive. Side effects include improved health and weight loss, a few bruises and meeting new friends. Three Ottawa roller derby enthusiasts credit the sport with jump-starting their fitness regimes.

The Denver Post: “Fitness guru Bill Phillips joins MusclePharm”

A native of Golden, Phillips is known as as a pioneer of the bodybuilding and fitness industry and the godfather of modern sports supplementation.

MSN.com: “‘Fitness’ foods stimulate more eating, less exercise”

Foods like Clif Bars and Wheaties cereal are packaged to evoke connotations of promoting fitness, however, a new study says this sort of packaging actually encourages eating too much, undermining weight control.

“Unless a food was forbidden by their diet, branding the product as ‘fit’ increased consumption for those trying to watch their weight,” write authors Joerg Koenigstorfer and Hans Baumgartner. “To make matters worse, these eaters also reduced their physical activity, apparently seeing the ‘fit’ food as a substitute for exercise.”

Originally published at www.fitness-to.com on June 26, 2015.