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Are You at Risk for Osteoporosis?
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Aliesa George
Osteoporosis is the loss of bone density, and can go unnoticed and undetected until you start breaking bones – which is a scary thought because by the time your bone density is low enough to cause fractures, it is more of a challenge to exercise and enjoy a healthy quality of life without fear of additional injury or accident.When bones begin ...
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Quickie Exercise
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Dr. Judith Wurtman
After Thanksgiving, many of us descend into a tunnel of too little daylight and too many obligations. Even though the days start to lengthen by December 22 (although who notices the difference?), the sense of having too much to do and too little time to do it lasts through the New Year. Our response to the ever-growing to-do list is to drop the ...
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Hayum day
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Gina ..
Hi guys!How’s your night treating ya??I’ve had a bueno day, full of ham First, I worked out my hamstrings (hamstrings), quads and calves with Jeni5 minutes ellipticalBench step-upsBody weight, 3 sets of 12 on each sideBench squats6 lb kettleball3 sets of 12Calf raise on a stepBody weight3 sets of 12Pilates side leg seriesBody weight3 se ...
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Keeping kids active and healthy during the holidays 2009
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Angela M. Fals, MD, FAAP
SubscribePicture by bluefern, PhotoXpressLet's face it! We all know that it is not easy keeping all kids interested in working out or exercising while indulging in all of the holiday treats we all love!Here are a few suggestions to introducing some new interactive games to keep your child or teen active and burn off those excess holiday calories.. ...
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Zumba Fail
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LifeHealthFitness
So, as many of you know I was quite excited to try Zumba with a few of the other Halibloggers last night. Over the past several years I’ve really tried to broaden my whole fitness experiences and have mixed things up with spinning, warm yoga, pilates, shred and running. What is Zumba you ask?The Zumba® program fuses hypnotic Latin rhythm ...
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Keeping kids active and healthy during the holidays 2009
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Angela M. Fals, MD, FAAP
SubscribePicture by bluefern, PhotoXpressLet's face it! We all know that it is not easy keeping all kids interested in working out or exercising while indulging in all of the holiday treats we all love!Here are a few suggestions to introducing some new interactive games to keep your child or teen active and burn off those excess holiday calories.. ...
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A New Chocolate Bar
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Krista
It has been foggy and overcast all day today. Usually the fog burns off mid morning so it’s odd to see that it’s still hanging around. Eerie! I started the day off with a bit of a sleep in seeing as I’m on 8:30am start this week. Almost felt like a weekend! I made a great breakfast, too! -1 cup USVAB -1/4 cup polenta -cinn ...
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Ironman St. George Course Preview
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Slater Fletcher
Last, last Saturday(time flies when your having fun), the plan for our St. George training camp group was to get out and ride the bike course and get a feel for pacing and the hills. Looking at the topo elevation on the website you would think it was two laps of a massive out of saddle effort followed by a white knuckle decent. I was relieved to fi ...
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Are You Getting Fit the Wii Way?
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Aliesa George
It’s not difficult to believe that the American Council on Exercise (ACE) has named technology-based fitness as one of it’s top trends for 2009. And that ACE has commissioned several studies over the past three years to evaluate the benefits of using video games for an exercise program. I posted an article about my Wii Fit experience ...
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Natural Health Remedies and Massage
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Doris C.
In Naturopathy or part of natural health remedies, massage is a remedial procedure that is important for body wellnes. A brief look at massage will tell you that it is therapeutically used for thousands of years in India, China, Greece, Rome, Egypt, etc.Personally I enjoy it after a good Pilates workout or when I felt that I needed a good rub on my ...
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