Burn 100 Calories! Here’s How

Burn 100 Calories! Here’s How

Diet & Fitness / Fitness

While most of us think that burning calories only happens at the gym, the truth is that your body is burning calories round the clock — even when you’re relaxing, sleeping and eating! Your metabolism is running at a specific rate throughout the day, and certain activities only increase this…

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Secrets of Strength Training

Secrets of Strength Training

Diet & Fitness / Fitness

Most people think of strength training as a great way to build muscle and increase strength, but there are many more benefits you may be less familiar with. Strength training involves placing a heavier load on a muscle to stimulate an increase in the number of muscle fibers, making the…

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Best Abdominal Exercises

Best Abdominal Exercises

Diet & Fitness / Fitness

Flat six-pack abs seems to be what everyone strives for when they hit the gym or get exercising. And why not? A strong core is the cornerstone of a healthy and strong body; toned abs look great; and a midsection without body fat is an excellent way to reduce the…

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Autumn Workouts

Autumn Workouts

Diet & Fitness / Fitness

Fall is an invigorating time of year to work out. Many times you get that slogged feeling where you don’t feel like working out due to the excessive summer heat. Feel refreshed and alive again as the heat and humidity of summer lift. Autumn is one of the best seasons…

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Hiking: A Sport for the Times

Hiking: A Sport for the Times

Diet & Fitness / Fitness

The time-honored virtues of hiking have never been more apparent than during these challenging economic and social times. This activity delivers a targeted stimulus to each department of life: Commerce. Hiking is affordable in that it can be practiced close to home, saving thousands of dollars on vacation airfare and…

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Monitoring Heart Rate When Exercising

Monitoring Heart Rate When Exercising

Diet & Fitness / Fitness

One of the benefits of exercise is that it improves cardiovascular fitness. Your heart rate, or pulse, is the number of times your heart beats in a minute and is an indicator of how hard your heart is working during exercise. Learning to monitor your heart rate will help ensure…

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Pregnancy Workouts

Pregnancy Workouts

Diet & Fitness / Fitness

Women’s health magazines give us plenty of tips and workout ideas for getting in shape fast and “blasting” away the fat, but most of these exercises are too intensive for women who are pregnant. Keeping up with your fitness regimen during pregnancy is possible with the right types of exercises…

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Least Effective Exercises for Your Butt

Least Effective Exercises for Your Butt

Diet & Fitness / Fitness

You’ve been working with machines, exercising your heart out and eating a balanced, nutritious diet. The evidence, however, is staring at you in the mirror: Your gluteus is particularly maximus. What could you possibly be doing wrong? The unfortunate answer is probably the type of exercise you’re doing. A large…

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Five Reasons Why You Should Deadlift

Five Reasons Why You Should Deadlift

Diet & Fitness / Fitness

By David LaMartina After the squat, the deadlift is the most effective movement that you can do in the gym. Epitomizing the term “compound movement,” it uses nearly every muscle in your entire body, from your traps all the way down to your calves. Bodybuilders, competitive lifters, and many other…

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