fitness – The Loh Down On Science

Anxierscise

April 20, 2023 Paige Halas

You can’t run from your problems… or can you? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. You’re in a mad rush to the airport to make your flight! – Wheezing, sweaty, checking the time over and over. But you’re not even late: just ANXIOUS. How can

Little Champs

September 23, 2020 Victoria Lim

How do kids have so much BLEEPING energy? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Young children can scream and run around all day. It’s like they have enough energy to be Olympic athletes… But could they really? Anthony Birat and colleagues at Clermont-Auvergne University decided

Gait Aid

July 20, 2020 Sebastian Waz

Could a new pair of kicks kick-start a healthy habit? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Ah, an early morning run! Fresh air, golden sunshine, lush scenery… huffing-and-puffing, chest pains, shin splints! How can we have the FUN of running without all that hard work?

Mind Over Muscle

July 2, 2020 Heidi Waite

No brains, no gains! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Worn out after a few flights of stairs? Lost your keys AGAIN!? After fifty, our minds and bodies begin coasting downhill. Is there a connection? Boris Cheval and his team at the University of Geneva

A Powerful Leg-Up

December 2, 2019 Quang Pham

I WOULD be out there getting my steps – but I forgot to charge up my Fit-Bit! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Walking gets our blood flowing and burns calories. But can walking power MORE than just our well-being? Enter Wei-Hsin Liao from the

Sleep-athon

May 6, 2019 Quang Pham

How’s that New Year’s resolution working out – NOT? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. I know, I know – we vowed to exercise more this year! But our days are hectic – who has the time? Exercising at night might be the only option.

Little Champs

September 20, 2018 Victoria Lim