fitness

Marathon runner Stelios Prassas at ninety-one years old is likely the oldest athlete that participated in the 2022 Athens Marathon. Prassas, who prides himself in maintaining not only the physical fitness of a teenager but also the spirit of one,...

About eighty percent of Greeks do not routinely exercise or play any kind of sport, and fifty-three percent admit to not even participating in physical activity such as cycling, dance classes, or gardening, according to a recent Eurobarometer poll. In...

A person’s risk of death over the next five years can be predicted with a smartphone fitness tracker using accelerometer sensors that capture fitness data, according to new research conducted by a team at the University of Illinois at...

The cultural obsession with six-pack abdominal muscles shows no signs of abating. And if research into male body image is to be believed, it will likely only grow, thanks to social media. By Conor Heffernan Today, there’s an entire industry centered...

Celebrity fitness coach and expert Xenios Charalambous chatted with Greek Reporter about his career over Zoom, and how he went from playing video games to becoming an accomplished fitness professional. "I have been doing well," he said, during the quarantine....

A platform popular with tens of thousands of athletes worldwide, Racecheck, was created by Greek siblings Alexandros and Katerina Tanti. The app was inspired by the duo's love for triathlons. Together, the siblings created the Racecheck website, to be accompanied...

Middle-age spread; a modern-day problem that worries millions of people or an inherent feature of human nature? As people get older, the body is may start losing its ability to remain in shape. An increase in bulk, especially in the waist...