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Is Your Kid Fat?

February 11, 2010
By I Dig Fitness
Is Your Kid Fat?

OK, IDigFitness fans. Time for some sobering information if you’re a parent. The New England Journal of Medicine recently reported on a long term study of nearly 5,000 children. The results show that children who are obese are more than twice as likely to die before age 55 than their non-obese friends. So,...
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Can Exercise Be “Bad” for Your Health?

February 1, 2010
By I Dig Fitness

OK.  I know not exercising is bad for your health.  But I didn’t realize exercising could also be bad for your health.  According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, in 2009 there were 575 reported instances of exercisers being injured by treadmills alone. Now if you extrapolate that to all the different kinds of exercise...
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My New Favorite Bodyweight Workout

January 25, 2010
By I Dig Fitness

OK, Fitness Diggers. Here’s my new favorite bodyweight exercise/strength training/weight loss program: Bodyweight Blueprint For Fat Loss This program is so “IDigFitness” that I bought it myself. And now I’m going to “use” it myself. It’s fast and it’s fun. Here’s a little sample of what the workout is like. Enjoy! Please,...
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What’s An “Ab Shovel”?

January 21, 2010
By I Dig Fitness
What’s An “Ab Shovel”?

Huh? An Ab Shovel – what the heck is that? It’s my latest idea for a late night infomercial “get-you-six-pack-ab” device. I’m sure you’ve seen all these goofy devices they hawk on late night TV that supposedly will give you 6-pack abs by tomorrow morning. Yea, right! Well, here at IDigFitness we...
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Wii Fit – It’s Fun, But Is It a Workout?

December 25, 2009
By I Dig Fitness
Wii Fit – It’s Fun, But Is It a Workout?

OK, just added WiiFit Plus to my “workout” arsenal. I haven’t had time to evaluate all its games and activities yet, but I can say that the balance board is going to be extremely good for my stiff, inflexible body – especially the yoga, but all of the balance games in general. Remember the...
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