realbuzz.com’s DIY Fitness Tests

August 25th, 2009 LONDON - Having revelled in the English Victory in the Ashes at the weekend, the Gold Medals we've won in Berlin recently, and the upcoming 2012 Olympics, have you been inspired to take up a new sport, or revive an old sporting interest? Or it might be that your interest in sport has been rekindled as you want to get back to a level of fitness you had before or reach a new one. Well, realbuzz.com is here to help you get inspired again, and get you back into a healthy active lifestyle.

August 4th, 2009 HUDDERSFIELD, England - The fight against obesity has stepped up a gear with the launch of the UK's first dedicated health and fitness channel bringing exercise classes into the nation's living rooms. Fitness TV, which launched this week (4th August 2009), will feature an ever-changing timetable of workouts from some of the country's top instructors, as well as general programmes offering health and nutrition tips.

July 16th, 2009 WELWYN GARDEN CITY, England - With only a month to go before the hottest month of the year and the height of the holiday season, online retailer Fitness Footwear is actively promoting their huge range of Skechers Shape Ups to help women to 'shape up'. This month Skechers Shape Ups ( www.fitnessfootwear.com/c-301-shape-ups.aspx) have exploded into the fitness footwear market and seems not a moment too soon with the height of the holiday season just a matter of weeks away.

July 15th, 2009 LONDON - - MediChecks.com is the First Company in the UK to Make Available a Swine Flu Test to Individuals and Companies Nationally The swine flu test which can be purchased online costs GBP125 is carried out on two swab samples and results are available with 2-3 days. The test kit is posted to the patient's home.

July 7th, 2009 LONDON - - With Photo Divorcing parents who embark on a hedonistic lifestyle are in danger of losing custody of their children thanks to a growing trend in hair test requests to gauge how often they get drunk. There are already approximately 5,000 'hair alcohol tests' carried out on parents in the UK every year.

June 21st, 2009 BERLIN, NIMES, France and RICHMOND, California - Diagnostics company BRAHMS Aktiengesellschaft, Cezanne and Lumiphore Inc., a biotechnology leader from California, announced that they have signed an agreement on incorporation of Lumiphore's Lumi4(R)-Tb complexes in BRAHMS diagnostic tests. Under the agreement, BRAHMS together with its subsidiary Cezanne, developer and manufacturer of KRYPTOR automated diagnostic solutions, has the non-exclusive rights to incorporate Lumi4(R) technology into current and future diagnostic tests and the exclusive rights to use the technology in diagnostic tests for Down's Syndrome including Trisomy 21, 13 and 18, Triploidy, Translocation, and Mosaicism.

May 10th, 2009 TOKYO - Graphin Co., Ltd., announced that the company began in April the domestic sale of isMedia camera module test equipment, CCM Test Equipment M9 (Manual) for manual operation and CCM Test Equipment S16 (Semi-Auto) for semi-automatic operation, both compatible with the Mobile Industry Processor Interface (MIPI), a widely recognized open interface for mobile devices. IsMedia Compact Camera Module (CCM) Test Equipment is used exclusively for tests on camera modules for mobile devices, ranging from electrical functional tests (including voltage, current, standby current, and open/short) and lens tests (including SFR-compatibility, focus, distortion, and color reproducibility) to sensor tests (including a variety of noises, SN, and shading).

April 19th, 2009 STEVENAGE, England - As the weather hots up, Fitness Footwear is rapidly expanding their range of summer sandals to meet the new need for fit flops and other forms of exercise sandals. The sun is out, spring is here and it won't be long until the sun kissed beach bodies are strolling across the beaches of Great Britain once again.

March 29th, 2009 LONDON - Body in Balance TV - A New Channel on SKY 275 and at www.bodyinbalance.tv LONDON, March 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Body In Balance (BIB) is Europe's first fully integrated television network and web based operator dedicated to health, fitness and wellbeing programming. It is aimed primarily at ABC1 Women, who represent a fast growing demographic committed to maintaining health and fitness primarily through Yoga, Pilates, Exercise and Nutrition.

March 24th, 2009 BARCELONA, Spain - New standard provides a flexible framework to meet Continua Health Alliance requirements for remote health and fitness monitoring The ZigBee(R) Alliance today announces it has completed development of its ZigBee Health Care public application profile. ZigBee Health Care will enable new ways to help people live healthier and more independent lives.

April 3rd, 2009 KARACHI - Controversial Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has managed to pass through the first of series fitness tests before the Pakistan Cricket Board declares him fit for the national duty against Australia. According to The News, Akhtar looked in great shape during the test.

April 17th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan speedster Shoaib Akhtar, who has been included in the national team for the UAE one-day international series against Australia after passing a series of fitness tests, may not be able to play in all five games. According to the Dawn, Akhtar may have cleared all fitness tests' following a nod from the team's medical staff, but the 33 year old bowler seems far from fit.

March 28th, 2009 KARACHI - Pakistan pacers Shoaib Akhtar and Umar Gul, who are expecting a call for national duty ahead of the one-day series against Australia, will have to go through an extensive fitness test to prove their match-fitness. According to sources, the Pakistan team management is planning to organize a fitness test before the squad for the UAE series is announced.

October 1st, 2009 THEKKADY - Kerala Forests Minister Binoy Viswam Thursday said boating activity on the Thekkady lake in central Kerala's Periyar Wild Life Sanctuary will be suspended till all boats undergo fitness tests. Vishwam said the forest and tourism departments have four and five boats, respectively.

April 6th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Troubled fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar is set to be included in a 15-man Pakistani squad for the upcoming one-day series against Australia after he passed a fitness test in Lahore. Chief selector Abdul Qadir expressed satisfaction with Shoaib's fitness, and said team trainer David Dwyer and the Pakistan Cricket Board's medical officer, Dr Sohail Saleem, had also cleared him.

March 6th, 2009 LONDON - Pop legend Michael Jackson has undergone a series of 50 health checks to prove his fitness to perform a series of his upcoming London concerts, it has been revealed. Doubts about the 50-year-old star's fitness prompted promoters to seek undertakings on his well-being, reports dailymail.co.uk.

September 17th, 2009 LONDON - A new British TV station, dedicated entirely to fitness, is offering a string of classes, including those on Bhangra. The Fitness TV, a 24-hour station, also hosts a high heel workout class for the women who refuse to get out of their beloved stilettos.

December 24th, 2008 WASHINGTON - Barack Obama is maintaining a rigorous fitness routine involving one-and-a-half hours a day in the gym as he prepares to take over as US president, the Washington Post reported Thursday. The 47-year-old, who assumes office on Jan 20, uses the gym time for lone reflection as well as physical fitness, the paper quoted close Chicago associate Marty Nesbitt as saying.

March 27th, 2009 LAHORE - Pakistan speedster Shoaib Akhtar may have announced that he is fully fit to be a part of the national squad, but coach Intikhab Alam has made it clear that Akhtar still needs to prove his fitness ahead of the one-day series against Australia in the UAE. Akhtar's securing a place back in the team may not be that easy as he is considering because Alam has clearly suggested that the past record would certainly be looked into along with the fitness level before announcing the final team for five ODI's and a Twenty20 match for the upcoming series.

March 28th, 2009 KARACHI - The Pakistan cricket team is facing fitness problems ahead of their One-day series against Australia in Dubai and Abu Dhabi in April. The News reported Saturday that the Pakistan team management and the national selectors have decided to put the probables through extensive fitness tests next week before naming a 15-man squad for the April 22-May 7 series.