Archive for the ‘Fitness’ Category
Beginner Core Strength
These four basic exercises will strengthen core muscles and improve your posture. 1. Prone Core Bridge Lay on the floor on your stomach. Lift your body off the ground, supporting your upper body with your elbows directly under your shoulders and your forearms flat on the ground. Keep your body in a straight line from [...]
How to Recover From a Long-Distance Run
Race season has started! After a long-distance run you need to take the necessary steps to recover and take care of that body. Read on for a few tips: •Give your bod a break. After being pushed to its limits, your body is in need of some serious rest and relaxation. As soon as you [...]
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A Happy Heart Really is a Healthy Heart
A new paper by researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) suggests that positive psychological well-being may reduce the risk of heart attacks, strokes and other adverse cardiovascular events. Many previous studies have shown that negative mental states, like depression, anger and hostility, can be harmful to heart health. But the new report [...]
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8 Simple Ways to Relieve Stress
There are many factors that can make life stressful and overwhelming. Whatever it is that is stressing you out, we have a few tips to calm your nerves and relieve some of the tension in your life. 1-Listen to Music: If you’re feeling overwhelmed by a stressful situation, try taking a break and listening to [...]
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A Spring Playlist to Spice up Your Workout
Looking for a few songs to spice up your spring playlist? We’ve got a killer list that will keep you moving, even when you don’t think you can push through those last few miles. Music can have a strong influence on your energy level and intensity while working out. The tempo of each song is [...]
A Daily Walk Can Reduce the Power of Weight-Gaining Genes
Body weight, like so many of our individual characteristics, is the combined result of the genes we’re born with and the way we live our lives — how much and what we eat, and whether we exercise. The question is, how much does one influence the other? In a new study, reported at the American [...]
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How Exercise Fuels the Brain
Moving the body demands a lot from the brain. Exercise activates countless neurons, which generate, receive and interpret repeated, rapid-fire messages from the nervous system, coordinating muscle contractions, vision, balance, organ function and all of the complex interactions of bodily systems that allow you to take one step, then another. This increase in brain activity [...]
