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Weight Training Best for Keeping Weight Off
When we hear the term “weight training,” many of us still think of big, bulky body builders flexing muscles we didn’t even know could grow so big. But it’s time...
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The Best Exercises for Heart Health
Women are supposed to be experts at matters of the heart, but when it comes to heart health, it seems we could all use a little more instruction. It’s hard...
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Weight Training Helps Beat Belly Fat
When it comes to the battle of the bulge, the dreaded spare tire is one of the biggest areas of complaint. Not only is belly fat harder to hide, for...
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2015’s Top Tools for Weight Loss
It’s easy to say you’ll eat healthier and exercise more, but it’s tough to actually get started and keep going. Sure, you can make exercise plans and collect recipes, but...
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Exercise Decreases Depression Risk
We all feel down sometimes, especially during the winter when seasonal affective disorder, or SAD, affects our moods due to the change in seasons. But regardless of season, depression is...
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Pain Tolerance Increases in Fit Adults
Are you the type that folds at the first sign of discomfort? Do you often wish that you could better cope with your pain? The last thing that probably comes...
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Exercise & Weight Loss Reduce Hot Flashes
Your face burns, your heart races, you start to sweat. When you’re having a hot flash, you know. But you’re not alone. Eighty five percent of women in the U.S....
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Our Nation’s Youth Are Out of Shape
They say the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, and it really rings true when it comes to our kids. They eat what we eat, and they do what...
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Exercise Increases Healthy Gut Bacteria
From lowered cancer risk, clearer, less sensitive skin, to increased weight loss, more and more research praises the benefits of having a wide variety of healthy probiotic bacteria. So if...
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Exercise Quality, not Quantity, Counts for Lean Body Mass
When it comes to exercise, what’s better? Spending 10 hours on the treadmill or doing a wide range of exercises over a shorter period of time? Recent research says it’s...
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3 Ways to Heart Health: Beans, Weight Loss & Exercise
Beans, beans, the miracle food, the more you eat, the lower your cholesterol and risk of heart attack? According to recent research, yes! Coupled with a little weight loss and...
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Exercise – the Anti-Aging Elixir
When we think anti-aging, we think of all the things we can do to look younger. Not surprisingly, exercise tends to be one of the last things that come to...