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The Basics Of Maintainable Weight Loss: Eat Less, Move More

Eat Less Move More

I‘ve been through the weight loss cycle a bunch of times. At times I’ve lost 20, 40 or even 50 pounds.   I feel like I’ve always been on a search for the best way to lose weight, whether it’s through a program like Weight Watchers or workout regime like with P90X, or if it’s through [...]

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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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Core Strengthening Exercise For Hip And Knee Pain

Hip and knee pain are often the result of weakness in the abdominal and glute muscles. Your abdominals (a.k.a “core”) work to keep your upper body stable while your arms and legs move and your glutes extend your hip by bringing your leg back like when you walk or run. But, when your abs and [...]

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Things To Avoid While Working Out So You Won’t Get Hurt

photo credit: Erik Charlton After having an injury in the summer of 2007 to my rotator cuff while involved in some strenuous exercise, I realized just how important it is to be careful when you’re working out so that you can avoid injury. If you don’t take precautionary steps, you can end up injuring yourself [...]

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Help Track Your Fitness Goals By Using Your Iphone Or Ipod

Over the Christmas holiday I got a new Ipod Touch through some work I did for another website.  Since my old classic Ipod was stolen a few months back I had forgotten how much I loved having an Ipod.   It was useful in so many ways,  but then again it was limited for some applications.  [...]

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Soreness after a workout: Burn and recover

Last night I did my pushups for week 2, day 1 of the hundred pushups challenge.  Afterwards I went running for about 1.5-2 miles.  It feels good to get back into the swing of things, and once you get going you can feel that your body enjoys getting the exercise (mine does at least).  Your [...]

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Building a basic home gym doesn’t have to be expensive!

photo credit: mrflip A few years ago I decided that I wanted to build a home gym in one of our extra bedrooms, so that I could stop paying my high monthly fees to the gym we belonged to, and just start working out at home. I wasn’t sure how expensive it was going to [...]

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