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For A Better Workout Don’t Stretch Beforehand

Stretching Before Exercise

One thing I can often remember doing in high school physical education classes is stretching before we did any vigorous exercise.  We had to “stretch those muscles out!” they said, or we might hurt ourselves. Now there are studies showing that just the opposite might be true. From MSNBC Want a better workout? Then don’t [...]

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Choosing The Right Music For Your Workout Can Increase Your Efficiency, Endurance And Lessen Fatigue

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When I go running, or workout with weights, I’ve always found that a powerful motivating factor can be the music that I listen to. If I listen to upbeat music that sets a good pace, I’ll often have an extremely good workout. If I don’t listen to music or the music just isn’t as upbeat [...]

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Want To Lessen The Pain Of Working Out? Coffee To The Rescue!

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The initial results from a new study have suggested that caffeine may have the effects of lessening the pain from intense exercise.  From MSNBC.com That cup of coffee that many gym rats, bikers and runners swill before a workout does more than energize them. It kills some of the pain of athletic exertion, a new [...]

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Will Exercise Help You To Rev Up Your Metabolism?

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One thing that I remember hearing from multiple sources when beginning to research options for weight loss plans, was that when you begin working out, you’ll give your metabolism a jump start, and your body will essentially take over and become a fat burning machine. Many believed that your body would burn calories more effectively [...]

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How Much Exercise Do You Need To Lose Weight?

Whenever I’ve looked into information about losing weight, and how much time you should be exercising every day in order to lose weight, I would always hear a quote about how you need to exercise 30 minutes a day 3-5 times a week in order to see any type of sustainable weight loss. Today I [...]

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How Much Should You Exercise If…

photo credit: mikebaird The government released some new guidelines for physical activity this past week, telling us how much we need to exercise in order to maintain a healthy lifestyle and fend off problems like heart disease, stroke and diabetes. But what if you have other goals like buffing up, getting ready for a race [...]

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Is Exercise Sometimes Not Worth the Time You Put In?

I’ll sometimes talk with people I know about their weight loss plans, and how they expect to lose weight. When I ask them what they’re doing they’ll give me a report of drastically reduced calories, and a workout plan that involves a few situps and walking once or twice a week.  In most cases I [...]

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Joggers live longer?

Just when I was looking for an excuse not to go running anymore I stumbled on an article in Time Magazine titled “Runner’s High: Joggers Live Longer“.  Ugh.. So – what’s this all about? That runner’s high may translate into a lot of other long-lasting health benefits, a new report from an ongoing study suggests. [...]

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Exercise in a pill?

When I read the headline this morning, I did a double take: Exercise in a pill? Drugs show promise in mice Say what? Exercise in a pill, could this be the next big thing that all of us lazy people have been waiting so long for? You just pop a pill and it’s instant exercise?  [...]

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Weight training training is good for your health!

Weight training only for those who want to bulk up? Ok, the title may be obvious, but how many times have you talked to someone about doing exercise with weights, and get a response along the lines of “Oh, I don’t want to bulk up” or “If i lift weights I’ll just get those big [...]

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