exercise

Five Unusual Ways to Get Exercise

March 26, 2010
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This is a guest post by Chris Wilson. When most people think of getting in shape, they think of daily trips to the gym or fitness centre. For those with a busy life, there is usually not enough time in the day or evening to go to a gym. However, there are many ways to [...]

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How to Get Through a Workout Without Crashing

March 21, 2010
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This is a guest post by Shaun Connell. Exercise is essential to a healthy lifestyle and a healthy diet is a prerequisite for any fitness routine. The body needs proper nutrition to meet the rigors of a good workout. Most of us have a difficult enough time fitting in an exercise routine with the bustle [...]

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How to Keep Yourself Healthy and Your Wallet Happy

February 18, 2010
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Check out this great post by Sean: It is very important to maintain good health these days, because you don’t want to become ill during such tough economic times. Apart from the burden it will give your body—the pain, discomfort, unsightly appearance, scars, etc.—sickness can very well encumber you financially too. Even just acquiring health [...]

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The Pull-Up Bar Workout

December 25, 2009

This is a guest post by Shaun Connell. A pull up bar is an excellent purchase option for anyone looking to buy some home exercise equipment with a small budget and minimal work out space. A pull up bar can be purchased for as little as $30 and can be installed easily in your door [...]

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Good Start to the Week

November 9, 2009

After getting up the gumption to post my update yesterday I knew today was going to be an important day. Could I stick with the plan and remember that I am supposed to be on a diet? Or was I going to fall right back into the bad habits that have caused my weight to [...]

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Weekly Update - 11/08/2009

November 8, 2009

Diet starting weight: 299 Week starting weight: 299 Today's weight: 298 Week weight loss: 1 lbs Total weight lost: 1 lbs Well if I'm really going to do this I've got to get back to my Sunday updates, no matter how ugly they may be. I started my diet a couple of years ago at [...]

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Ready to Start Again

September 21, 2009

As is no doubt obvious by my lack of posts and my weight loss chart that continues to go up instead of down, I've been in a weight loss rut. Nay, a virtual crater. The Grand Canyon you could say. I've realized this months ago and have struggled with finding the motivation needed to get [...]

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Did Something New Yesterday

June 17, 2009

I did a couple of things yesterday at work that I rarely do individually, and probably have never done together. I packed a lunch and took a walk at work over the lunch hour. Monday night was my birthday and I made dinner of T-Bone steak (I had the 4oz fillet part), grilled asparagus, chopped [...]

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Paintball is Good Exercise

June 15, 2009

My 12 year old son has been cajoling me for a couple of years to take him paintballing, and yesterday I finally gave in. After 5 hours of paintball play at Splat Tag I can tell you that not only is paintball fun, it is good exercise too. I've played paintball once about 15 years [...]

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