exercise
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26 Days
January 26th. 26 days since your New Year's resolution. So, how's it going? THey say if you make it past Valentine's Day you're good to go. What keeps you going thru the next few months?
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CoreStick
A friend told me about a new abdominal workout. CoreStick. The CoreStick can be used safely by starting out with small movements and work into medium and eventually large movement patterns, in order to challenge the muscles to react&rd...
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Fit Day
Fitday.com is a wonderful website a friend recently pointed out to me. We shall call her Sideshow "Bob". Anyway, Fitday is a wonderful website for anyone looking for a little motivation or encouragement or plain and simple help with sticking to a new diet or exercise plan. It's perfect because it keeps you accountable for your actions or I guess habits in this case. Journaling is often touted as one of the activities that leads to successful weight loss. FitDay.com provides a journal free of charge. This online journal allows you to keep track of everything you've eaten in a day, your activities and exercises, and log your thoughts. It allows you to visualize what you've eaten, activities you've participated in, goals you’ve set, and anything else that goes into your day-to-day activities. You're able to review charts and graphs every day or over a period of time like a week or month. You can view your progress toward a goal and see how many calories you burned while jogging, putting away groceries and working at your desk. You'll quickly be able to assess the areas where changes are most necessary.
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10 Minute Fat Burning Exercises
The low-effort, high-impact plan that'll have you in your skinny jeans by spring. Bonus: All you need is 10 minutes a day.
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Sexy Stems: Get Lean, Sexy Legs
Before you slip on your favorite heels, try these 12 workout moves to get your legs in their best shape ever.
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Six Quick Tidbits
Six quick tips for a healthy life.
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Fat To Fit In One Word.
MOVE. Well four words. EAT LESS. MOVE MORE.
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The Last Weekend Of Summer
Technically yes, but I don't think Fall hits Tuesday morning. It's been awhile since I've had real seasons but from what I can remember Labor Day isn't the end. Perhaps just the beginning. Having a three day weekend is a great way to start an exercise program or even re-vamp an existing one. Three days to start running. Three days to start swimming. Three days to get outside and enjoy the weather. Walking. Even three days of playing Guitar Hero is better than just three days of sitting around and eating.
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5 Olympic Athletes Share Their Workout Secrets
Five Olympians share their secrets to getting fitter, faster. Whether you want to tone up or slim down, we'll show you how with tips from these Beijing-bound athletes.
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Pedometers
A pedometer is a beeper-sized device you wear on your waist that counts the number of steps you take. There are two types of pedometers, spring-levered and piezoelectric. Spring-levered pedometers use a spring-suspended horizontal lever arm that moves up and down in response to the movement (vertical accelerations) of your hips as you walk or run. The movement opens and closes an electrical circuit, and as the lever arm makes contact, a step is registered. Spring-levered pedometers must be placed in a vertical plane, perpendicular to the ground, in order for them to work. They don't work if they tip forward to a horizontal plane. Piezoelectric is a material that generates an electric charge when it is mechanically deformed. Piezoelectric pedometers use a horizontal cantilevered beam with a weight on the end that compresses a piezoelectric crystal when subjected to movement like walking (acceleration). This generates a voltage proportional to the acceleration and the voltage oscillations are used to record steps. Got that? Pedometers work when you dance, climb stairs, or walk outdoors or on a treadmill, but they don't work if you're biking, skiing, rowing, or swimming. Pedometers provide objective measurement of physical activity and are one potential remedy to the problem of inaccurate activity recall and they can also be fun!
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Crazes and Trends
Regular exercise is proven to be great for both mind and body, and helps keep us youthful and energetic. Not only does exercise help reduce blood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugar levels, it helps keep bones strong, improve concentrati...
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Start Running
My new friend "LT" wants to start running, but really didn't know how or even where to begin. And there's probably more than just "LT" out there wondering the same thing. So "LT"-here you go. A very simply plan to get you out running and most importantly running injury free. Check it out...
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Where To Train: Boulder, CO
Of course everyone knows Boulder is the mecca for triathletes. If you didn't-now you know. SO I thought I'd ask Laura Tingle, resident tri-athlete and TIMEX athlete some of her favorite places to swim, bike and run. If it's good enough for the pro's-it should be plenty fine for you and me.
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Lactate Balance Point
Well, we have a new approach to Lactate Threshold. Yes, another reason to get pricked to get to the most detailed reason as to why your training is not where it perhaps should be. Two guys out of Canada have come up with what they refer to as the "Lactate Balance Point". A basically different percentage of your anabolic threshold. Yes we're back to the Kreb's Cycle so hang on.
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Breathe In Breathe Out
Here'a a great gadget to help exercise your lungs-whether you're involed in a sport or not. And great for those who suffer from asthma, COPD and chronic heart failure. POWERbreathe is a hand-held inspiratory muscle trainer is a unique, simple-to-use, drug free product designed to help maximise sports performance, improve fitness and reduce breathlessness. It uses the basic principles of resistance training, with adjustable load which caters for all capabilities and permits progressive training. Dumb-bells for your diaphragm' - Just as you might use weights to strengthen your arm muscles, breathing in through POWERbreathe for a few minutes twice daily, makes your inspiratory muscles work harder - thereby increasing their strength and endurance. It is an easy-to-use, drug-free, hand-held device with a comfortable mouthpiece. Within a few days your inspiratory muscles will feel stronger and within four weeks your lung function, and ultimately performance, will improve. It uses the basic principles of resistance training, with adjustable load which caters for all capabilities and permits progressive training. 'Dumb-bells for your diaphragm' - Just as you might use weights to strengthen your arm muscles, breathing in through POWERbreathe for a few minutes twice daily, makes your inspiratory muscles work harder - thereby increasing their strength and endurance. It is an easy-to-use, drug-free, hand-held device with a comfortable mouthpiece. Within a few days your inspiratory muscles will feel stronger and within four weeks your lung function, and ultimately performance, will improve.
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New Sport Supplement
Astavita recently unveiled the newest addition to their supplement line in response to the demand for high quality products for the physically active. Physical activity produces an enormous amount of damaging free radicals; the more intense the activity, the greater the number of free radicals. These free radicals damage cells by triggering peroxidation (oxidation to the greatest possible extent resulting especially in formation of a peroxide) of the cell membrane and oxidation of DNA and protein. Free radicals will also activate the inflammatory response causing additional cell damage. This is noticed as the onset of muscle damage during recovery in the form soreness and fatigue. Astavita Sport's main ingredient was chosen because of its superior ability to protect against this free radical damage. Published and on-going research, focused on improving endurance and reducing recovery time, is showing benefits linked to this potent carotenoid - AstaReal astaxanthin. Astavita’s astaxanthin is harvested from the best source of astaxanthin in the world: the deep red microalgae Haematococcus pluvialis. Astaxanthin is an example of evolution at work. Normally, the microalgae that swim about freely in pools of water are green. However, when the water pools dry out and the algae are exposed to intense sunlight, they begin producing large quantities of bright red astaxanthin. Why? Because astaxanthin is a powerful antioxidant that protects the algae from UV radiation, allowing them to survive - even in the harshest of conditions.
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10 Nutrition Myths Dispelled
Take that, food.
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Your Exercises
Click through to all 10 exercises.
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A Food Plan to Energize Your Plate
Fine-tune your food plan so that you also maximize your energy, mental clarity, and muscle mass.
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Power Up Your Life Exercises, Part 2
Click through to all 10 exercises.
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Eat Your Way to Energy
The number-one reason Americans altered their eating habits last year was to get more energy. Four women — and the experts — weigh in on which changes really work.
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Your Food Plan
Everyone's body burns calories at a different rate, so you need to customize your plan to your body. Use these steps:
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Motivate Me!
These mental mantras are as essential to your dream body as your diet and workout.
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The Marie Claire Challenge: Power Up Your Life!
Are you ready to change your life for good? Welcome to the smart woman's guide to becoming slim, strong, motivated, and focused in 12 short weeks.
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A to Z of Healthy Holiday Habits
Your weight loss cure for the holidays - A to Z of healthy holiday habits.
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I Have a Crush on ... Workout Skirts
I Have a Crush on Workout Skirts
