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Random musings about working out.
Sometimes, it’s helpful to know what you are trying to accomplish when you work out. How many of us just go through the motions, doing the same or similar workout time after time. One thing worth doing is taking a look at a muscle diagram to get a clear idea of what muscles you...
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According to a report in Journal of Internal Medicine, Researchers at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine found that some activity may be better than none at all for certain areas of your health like heart health, but milder forms of activity may not be sufficient to hold off or attenuate age-related decline in...
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Back when I was running with the triathloning crowd, I had buddies who thought that all the training (running, cycling and swimming) they did gave them a free pass to the local buffet. They believed that they could, after their workouts, eat with immunity and with total disregard for their caloric intake. At the...
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I recently read a study done by researchers at Bowling Green University. In a nutshell, they took some obese people and followed their exercise patterns by logging whether they reported being in a good or bad mood in the morning. They found that people were more likely to exercise on days on which they...
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I’ve been thinking about habits. We humans certainly are “creatures of habit.” That’s not just a worn out phrase, it is a basic, cosmic truth. Think about it in your own life – don’t just take my word for it. Take a few minutes and examine your typical day. Wouldn’t it be fair to...
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I don’t know how many different ways there are to say it, but fitness should be fun. Just to prime your pump, here’s an example. This post is being done from the Denver airport after two days of hiking in the Rocky Mountains National Park. I wasn’t slogging along on a treadmill watching the...
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Your Cardio Workouts may not be helping you unless you incorporate a high range of heart rate shifts in your training This is a guest article provided by Mike Geary, Certified Personal Trainer and Certified Nutrition Specialist Are you a cardio junkie? Everyone seems to think that “cardio” is the best way to get...
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