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EDWARDS AFB - Air Force Col. Bryan Gallagher, commander of the 95th Air Base Wing at Edwards Air Force Base, died Tuesday morning after losing consciousness outside the base fitness center, officials said. Gallagher, 46, was found in his vehicle about 6:50 a.m. in the parking lot of the Rosburg Fitness Center, where he had exercised, Edwards officials said. Three airmen started performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation and he was taken to Antelope Valley Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 7:45 a.m. "Bryan was an excellent commander that lived the Air Force core values," Brig. Gen. David Eichhorn, the Air Force...

LONDON: When you reach for an ice cold mug of suds after playing a game of football, cricket or a long run, you're not just quenching your thirst, you're actually doing something healthy for your body -- seriously! Researchers in Europe have carried out a study and found that a glass of beer is far better at re-hydrating the body after exercise than water as the sugars, salts and bubbles in a pint help people absorb fluids more quickly. "The carbon dioxide in beer helps quench the thirst more quickly, while beer's carbohydrates replace calories lost during physical exertion," the...

VIDEO:Inmates performanceAn unusual physical fitness regime at a jail in the Philippines has attracted worldwide attention on the video sharing website, YouTube. A clip of hundreds of prisoners in orange uniforms dancing to Michael Jackson's song Thriller has been watched more than 1.3 million times. The routine is the brainchild of Byron Garcia, a security consultant for the Cebu provincial government. He said it had helped "drastically" improve inmate behaviour. And two former inmates have since become dancers. 'Discipline in action' The dancing is compulsory for all 1,600 inmates at the prison in the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Centre,...

On the way to India for his first visit there (which will include talks on a landmark deal on civilian nuclear trade), President Bush made his second surprise visit to US troops overseas, this time in Afghanistan, visiting with some of the approximately 19,000 US troops there, as well as President Hamid Karzai. Then it was on to India. Welcome to Sanity Island.

Gym owners try to coax men into fitness classes > By TAYLOR ANTRIM New York Times > Published on: 06/09/05 NEW YORK — When Martin Vahtra persuaded his wife to join New York Sports Clubs with him, he had hoped they would motivate each other to go regularly. He hadn't anticipated joining her for step aerobics. "There were a lot of females in the class," said Vahtra, 43, an architect in Manhattan. "And there were these glass windows looking out on the rest of the gym. The guys on the weight machines were looking at me doing these silly moves...

I have recently lost 90 lbs. I weigh what I did in high school. However, I want to tone up some. Is this possible with just working out with dumbells? I do not want to be Arnold. I just want to be tone. Any suggestions are far as lifting weights go or anything else for that matter.

Your health is important. Too busy to get to a gym or set time aside for exercise? The exercises described herein are bona-fide strength-gaining, muscle building exercises, all of which require no equipment and can be performed virtually anywhere at any time. You could do them all at once, which would take approximately thirty five minutes, or you could spread them out throughout the work day...