As any gym rat can tell you, a thorough workout leaves muscles feeling sore and fatigued. Of course, that’s the point – muscles first must be broken down before they can be built up. Aside from trying to boost muscle ...
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Listening to Your Body: Exercising For Older Adults
No matter well you treat your body, eventually time manages to catch with everyone. Even healthy people eventually realize that they simply cannot do the things they once did, and need to make concessions to their advancing age. This doesn’t ...
Read More »Getting Adolescents to Exercise: What Parents Can Do
It’s well known that many Americans do not get enough exercise. Not only does this largely explain the US’s high obesity rate, but a sedentary lifestyle can lead to various other chronic problems later in life. A lack of exercise ...
Read More »Common Causes of Back Pain, and How to Prevent It
Along with wrinkles and graying hair, back pain is often considered one of the sobering signs of getting older. You’ve probably heard at least one person complain about his or her persistent back problems, and at times it may seem ...
Read More »Golf’s Rich History and Health Benefits
What was your life like at age 19? For most people, the answer would involve trudging through their first year of college, or possibly adjusting to life in the workforce after finishing high school. At such a young age, few ...
Read More »A Balancing Act: Exercises to Improve Coordination
Some people get all the excitement they need from playing video games or going to the gym. Others prefer more exhilarating activities, such as riding motorcycles, skateboarding and surfing. Regardless of what your personal hobbies are, it’s hard to top ...
Read More »Running Without Running Out of Gas
When the phrase “active lifestyle” comes up, one of the activities that may come to mind is running. To be sure, running on a regular basis can be very beneficial to the human body, helping to shed pounds and improve ...
Read More »Workout Out Smarter: Avoiding Injuries While Exercising
There are few things on the planet with a better reputation than exercise. The most visible benefits of regular physical activity are plainly obvious – toned muscles and thin waistlines are dead giveaways of a regular gym rat. An effective ...
Read More »Common Questions about Pushups
When it comes to exercise techniques, there are few activities as widely known and popular as the push up. Given that pushups are an incredibly simple exercise and require nothing more than solid ground to perform, it’s no wonder that ...
Read More »Exercising Effectively With Diabetes
It could be said that diabetes has become a modern-day epidemic. Consider that as recently as 1995, only three US states had diabetes prevalence rate of over six percent. A mere fifteen years later, not a single state had a ...
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