SEOUL, Jan.26 (Korea Bizwire) – More consumers seem to be trying to save money by teaching themselves new skills in the new year. According to the online shopping site TMON (www.tmon.co.kr), sales of exercising tools, also known as ‘New Year’s resolution products’, increased 51 percent compared to the same period last year. Sales of steppers [...]
SEONGNAM, Dec.31 (Korea Bizwire) – New Research has indicated that the elderly who maintain unhealthy exercising habit have a higher tendency to commit suicide. Professor Kim Gi-woong and his team at the mental health department of Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, observed 655 senior citizens over the age of 60 residing in Osan, Gyeonggi province. [...]
SEOUL, Dec.15 (Korea Bizwire) – It has been reported that three out of ten office workers don’t have the opportunity to exercise at their workplace. According to a survey conducted by employment portal Incruit and the Korea Research Institute for Health Promotion on 663 workers over the age of 20, 36 percent answered that they [...]
SEOUL, Korea, April 22, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – From time immemorial, running has been inseparable from the human race. In prehistoric times, our ancestors got most of their food by hunting and running was naturally the matter of survival. Now, we don’t chase or run away from animals any more, but do running for different [...]
BEAVERTON, Ore., April 10, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – Today marks a pivotal moment in the expansion of the Nike+ ecosystem with the launch of Nike+ Fuel Lab in San Francisco. The Nike+ Fuel Lab opening asserts the company’s place at the center of the evolving digital landscape for athletes worldwide. The Nike+ Fuel Lab builds on [...]
SEOUL, Korea, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Year by year, fewer Koreans are regularly exercising and more Koreans become overweight. According to a health survey on some 22,000 adult men and women conducted by the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, only 38.2 percent of respondents said they do regular exercises like walking more [...]
Atlanta, GA, Mar 28, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) - RConcepts Inc., the inventor of the world’s first two-handed dumbbell, announced today the availability of the Dumbbell2 (DB2), the next-generation dumbbell. More versatile and effective than the traditional dumbbell, DB2’s innovative design provides increased workout efficiency in an updated and streamlined form. DB2 is ideal for anyone [...]