Why early morning workouts set the tone for the day
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If you’re not a morning person have you ever wondered how some people can be full of energy and so chipper first thing in the morning?
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8 exercises all men must do for incredible sex
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A man’s sex life is an extremely important component of relieving stress, lowering blood pressure and enhancing his immune system.
Read MoreBecome a Pull-Up Master
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Your goal should be to do five pull-ups a day, exercising perfect form. But don't worry; here are some tricks for working up to it:
Read MoreThe “One Minute Workout:” Science or Fiction?
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How can you not take note of headlines like "1 Minute of All-Out Exercise May Have Benefits of 45 Minutes of Moderate Exertion?
Read MoreGet a Big Workout with Small Dumbbells
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Believe it or not, you can target pretty much every part of your body using dumbbells, and not just your biceps.
Read MoreCan You Really Build Muscle While Shedding Pounds?
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Higher muscular strength is also tied to reduced risks of cancer and cardiovascular disease.
Read MoreWhat are the best foods for flat abs?
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Belly fat is known to be a barometer for many chronic diseases like heart disease, diabetes, and can increase your risk for stroke as well.
Read MoreHere are the Top Exercises You Should Avoid
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Getting out of bed, or off the couch is great in any way, shape or form. Exercise is beneficial to your overall health by giving you:
Read MoreBad knees? Try these exercise modifications.
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If you have problematic knees there’s no need to skip leg day, you can get a workout in without the pain that you think you have to endure. Try these modifications of some of the classics:
Read MoreThe key to green arrow abs
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Why go through the trouble? The salmon ladder exercise is among the most time efficient exercises you can train with for working all the muscles of your core and upper body.
Read More12 Step Program to Health
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The popularity of yoga in the West continues to grow. From busy moms through NFL wide receivers, people looking for a challenging yet tranquil workout are turning to yoga.
Read MoreBurn Calories Faster By Working Out a Resistance Band
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Here are some great exercises, proposed by the fitness experts at SELF magazine, to try using the resistance band to get a jumpstart on your new year’s fitness goals:
Read MoreExercise Your Way to Lower Blood Pressure
/It’s nothing new that getting regular physical exercise can help lower your blood pressure. Regular exercise means getting at least thirty minutes of exercise on most days of the week. The best types of exercise for lowering blood pressure include walking, jogging, cycling, swimming and strength training. These are aerobic exercises, or "cardio", which is considered good for your blood pressure.
Read MoreBest Way to Burn Calories without Realizing it
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Exercise improves everything about your overall health. It effects how well you sleep, burn fat, your overall mood, energy levels and of course how fast and how many calories you burn. Generally, a fitness routine should promote a balance of both health benefits and healthy weight loss and maintenance. This comes from incorporating both cardio and strength exercises into your routine. For anyone who has set a fitness goal for themselves well knows, putting in the time to burn the calories and target the right muscle groups to reach those goals can be taxing. Not only physically, but mentally. And most are much quicker to quit because of mental limitations during a workout, or sometimes boredom, than actually physical limitations of the body. This is where the saying, ‘mind over matter’ really comes into play. The question is how can you trick yourself into burning more calories without feeling like you are?
Here are some tips on making your workout work for you. That is, burning the most amount of calories without the mental fatigue that comes from watching the calorie counter on the treadmill. Doing something that captures, or stimulates your mind, can help you burn calories without even realizing it.
Here are some of our best suggestions:
· Make a workout playlist: Music is a mind’s escape, but it can also bring your workout to new heights. Listening to music can help you zone out during a run, or track your pace, or help you to focus on something other than the burn in your thighs. Fast music can help to mentally pump you up to perform more intense workouts. Similarly a lower tempo playlist can help you get through stretching or flexibility work outs that might have your thoughts racing otherwise.
· Take advantage of a beach vacation: a lot of people take a break from their work out during vacations to maximize rest and relaxation. Instead of taking a break use a beach vacation to take advantage of the change of weather and the beach. Running on the sand boosts your calorie burn rate because it makes your body have to work twice as hard to get over it. You expend at least 150% more energy and burn more calories running on sand than on hard surfaces—and it actually makes you faster.
· Take a hike: The physical exertion it takes to hike a mountain trail is much more than you think. Trekking through the different types of terrain and changes in elevation is an intense, calorie burning workout for your body. But don’t worry, the exploration and adventure of a hiking trail will definitely keep your mind from realizing what is really happening. Changing up your routine, and getting outdoors and keep working out fun and challenging for you.
Here's Your Exercise Routine...for Work?
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One of the biggest issues facing us as a modern society is that our lives revolve around sedentary activities. Driving, lengthy commutes, our office jobs, TV and movies. Everything is done sitting down. According to the WHO (World Health Organization) physical inactivity is the 4th leading cause of death globally. Prolonged sitting will also increase the risk of type 2 diabetes by 90%.
Read More3 steps to successfully maintaining weight loss
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The conundrum of maintaining long-term weight loss is well documented. People who have lost weight only to regain it back know all too well that losing weight is actually easier than maintaining the weight loss. That’s why people who have lost weight and have been successful in keeping the weight off, have been studied to figure out what are they doing to achieve the accomplishment of not regaining the weight back.
Read MoreWhy physical fitness is not all about weight loss
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Americans are stuck. Whether we’re stuck in a physical cubicle or a mental rut, we’ve lost our enthusiasm for bodily movement. Despite the joy we felt as children, our days filled with imaginary play, tree climbing and jump rope are long gone. Most of us can think back to high school and college days where we chose to participate in a sports or intramural team. We probably did these activities because we enjoyed the camaraderie, had fun, and maybe we were even good at them. These reasons were reinforced through the bonds we formed with our teammates, and improvements made in our physical fitness. Even during our biggest moments of doubt, we had the support and encouragement of our parents, coaches and friends to keep us motivated.
Read More10 Tips For Your Morning Workout
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If you're one of those people who has embraced the morning workout routine, kudos! But are you longing for the days when every time you worked out, you felt fresh and rejuvenated? Exercise is incredibly important for our overall health and losing weight If you're at the point when exercise is part of your daily routine (good for you!), but feeling like you're not getting the maximum benefits out of your workout, here are 7 tips to boost it.
Read More7 Secrets to Burn More Fat While Running
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Running is probably mankind’s oldest physical endeavor. Good ol` fashion running still matters. Even further, this summer when you're on vacation, running on the sand will boost your calorie burn rate. Running on the sand makes your body have to work twice as hard to get over it. You expend at least 150% more energy and burn more calories running on sand than on hard surfaces—and it actually makes you faster. Everyone understands the obvious benefits of running but did you know there's ways to burn more fat?
Read More7 Healthy Reasons to Embrace Running
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Running is probably mankind’s oldest physical endeavor. Good ol` fashion running still matters. Even further, this summer when you're on vacation, running on the sand will boost your calorie burn rate. Running on the sand makes your body have to work twice as hard to get over it. You expend at least 150% more energy and burn more calories running on sand than on hard surfaces—and it actually makes you faster. Everyone understands the obvious benefits of running but here are 7 you may not have thought of yet.
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