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Spinning Classes: Could This Latest Fitness Trend Kill You?
Credit: iStock.com/Wavebreakmedia There’s no doubt that spinning is having its time in the spotlight as the current “it girl” of the workout scene. With plenty of celebrity endorsements and spinning...
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Fitness Routine: 4 Foolproof Tips to Help You Reach Your Workout Goals
Credit: iStock.com/Liderina Last weekend, a friend confided in me that he and his wife wanted to join a gym, but they were struggling with where to start—a dilemma shared by many. You may have found...
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8 Core Training Principles to Optimize Muscle Hypertrophy: What Everyone...
Credit: iStock.com/Wavebreakmedia Muscle hypertrophy training—in other words, working out for muscle growth—may seem relatively straightforward. For years, the idea has been that sticking with roughly...
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The Best Holiday Workout Plan, Plus 12 Days of Christmas Workout
Credit: iStock.com/Lacheev There’s always a little added stress this time of year sprinkled in among the bright lights and holiday joy. And if you’re into working out, finding time to squeeze in some...
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How to Relieve Costochondritis: Exercises and Yoga Tips
Credit: iStock.com/fizkes The agonizing chest pain and persistent inflammation of costochondritis may be relieved by regularly performing specific costochondritis exercises. What is costochondritis...
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What Are the Benefits of Tai Chi for Seniors? Warm-Up and Exercises for...
Credit: iStock.com/zhudifeng Many health experts tout the benefits of tai chi for seniors who have lost mobility and steadiness with age. The ancient Chinese mind-body exercise emphasizes slow,...
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Top 15 Fitness Trends in 2018 – Best Exercises to Get Fit This New Year
Credit: iStock.com/JacobAmmentorpLund If there is one thing I generally try and steer people away from, it’s fad diets and trendy fitness plans. And while there are a lot of interesting and useful...
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Losing Strength? Causes, Exercises, and Treatment Options to Get Stronger
Credit: iStock.com/Halfpoint Getting weaker is a major health issue for most older Americans. And although losing strength is a natural part of aging—as you get older, your body naturally reduces...
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Why Your Workout Isn’t Showing Any Results
Credit:iStock.com/emiliozv If you exercise regularly, you should see workout results, right? Unfortunately, it isn’t that easy. As I’m sure you’ve experienced, running on a treadmill and doing some...
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5 Best Exercises for Building Muscle at Home
iStock.com/Wavebreakmedia Joining a gym can be daunting, while joining a trendy fitness program like CrossFit or SoulCycle or Orangetheory Fitness can be especially dangerous for beginners and...
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6 Bad Workout Habits That Are Sabotaging Your Goals
If you like to work out by spending time in the gym, jogging, running, or swimming, it can be really frustrating when the results don’t match your efforts or what you think are good workout habits. Not...
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Exercise: The Caffeine-Free Way to Boost Energy in the Afternoon
When it’s around two o’clock in the afternoon, and you didn’t get a great sleep the night before, what do you do? I’m guessing you might choose to grab a cup of coffee! I don’t blame you. After all, we...
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Workout Motivation Tricks to Get Yourself to the Gym
With each passing minute, it’s getting closer to the time I’m supposed to head to the gym. But I’m feeling a little tired. Not only that, but I was invited to a little get-together. And did I mention...
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Hot-Weather Workout Tips: 2 Strategies for Exercising in the Heat
With summer temperatures spiking throughout America, the heat can be a real deterrent to outdoor exercise. Exertion is tough, not to mention risky, in hot temperatures. Nausea, heat stroke, and general...
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Resistance Training: The Secret to Reverse Age-Related Memory Loss?
When I look around my gym, I see all types of people. There are teenagers trying to put some muscle on their skinny frames, right up to senior citizens working on strength and mobility with resistance...
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11 Best Exercises for Spinal Stenosis and Exercises to Avoid
Credit: iStock/Wavebreakmedia Spinal stenosis is a devastating health condition that leaves the patient vulnerable to extreme pain on a daily basis. As the spinal canal narrows, the added pressure on...
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Yoga for Migraine: 10 Poses for Migraine Headache Relief
Credit:yacobchuk About Migraine and Yoga for Migraine A migraine is an intense, debilitating, and chronic headache that causes attacks on more than 15 days monthly. This type of headache produces...
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Why You Should Maintain a Strong Upper Body with Age
Credit:Wavebreakmedia The unfortunate reality is that with age comes muscle loss. We tend to focus on muscle loss in the core and lower body, which plays a bigger role in balance. Broken hips, for...
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How to Kickstart Your Fall Workout Routine
Credit: Ivanko_Brnjakovic Cold weather exercise and outdoor workouts have two fundamentalist camps: those who get out there and those who don’t. For some, the cooler temperatures are an indication...
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The Benefits of Chair Yoga for Seniors
Reviewed by Dr. Richard Foxx, MD—Many seniors look at traditional yoga poses as something they simply cannot do. They may not have the balance or have suffered an injury that hampers movement. Perhaps...
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