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3 Overweight Beginner Runner Tips

May 27, 2012
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This is a guest post by David Dack. Starting a running program with the right training strategies is key to staying injury-free and achieving long-term consistency—this is especially true if you’re an overweight person. In fact, overweight people should be extremely cautious when it comes to starting a high impact activity such as running as [...]

Walking: An Inexpensive Path To Health and Wellness

April 23, 2012
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This is a guest post by Nina Bernice. When looking for a physical activity to do for fitness, it’s important to consider how much of an effect it will have on your overall health and if you will most likely be able to continue doing it for most of your life. Additionally, you’ll want to [...]

Top 10 Exercises to Strengthen your Hips

February 26, 2012
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This is a guest post by Edith Gordon. Do you have weak Hips? Do you always feel pain at your bottoms? Worry no more. Strengthen your hips by following these ten powerful exercises. 1. Power Squat The squat is an excellent exercise if you want to strengthen the lower abdominal part of your body. It [...]

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The health benefits of playing golf

January 22, 2012

This is a guest post by Stephanie Creed. When you think of playing golf, the first image that springs to mind is probably of a couple of overweight, middle-aged fellas tottering around a course at a leisurely pace without a care in the world. And while it’s true that it’s a more sedate sport in [...]

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Exercise Tips for Seniors

January 21, 2012
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This is a guest post by Finley Crest. One of the keys to feeling better is to get in good physical shape, and stay that way. If you adopt this philosophy when you’re young, and stick to it, you’ll increase your chances of being able to enjoy a long, healthy life. The longer you wait [...]

The Great Fat Fraud Book Review

January 11, 2012
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Disclaimer: The publisher sent me this book to review, however I am under no obligation to do so nor to make the review positive. This review reflects my personal opinion about this book. For a relatively short book, [easyazon-link asin="0983772541" locale="us"]The Great Fat Fraud: Why the “Obesity Epidemic” Isn’t, How to Be Totally Healthy without [...]

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What You Don’t Know About The Importance of Walking

December 13, 2011
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This is a guest post by Joel. The Journal of the American Medical Association published a report in January of 2011 that verified that a person’s gait was a good predictor of life expectancy. The research that backed up this finding followed on the heels of other studies that took place over fourteen years. The [...]

Top Fat Burning Workouts for Men

September 3, 2011
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This is a guest post by Scott Lindsay. It has been proven that men tend to lose weight faster and easier than women and through a series of workouts they tend to build up muscle quickly. However there are some men who find that they exercise a great deal but are not burning fat at [...]

Easy Walking Workouts that will Improve Your Health One Step at a Time

January 22, 2011
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This is a guest post by By Aaron O’Connor. The human animal is one evolved to run. While our days of chasing prey and fleeing other predators are (mostly) behind us, we still have bodies meant to move. Indeed, fitness experts avow that if there is one single type of exercise most beneficial to health, [...]

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