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In a culture full of drive thrus and junk food commercials, high cholesterol is a concern for many Americans. Cholesterol is a necessary substance for your body; it helps make hormones, bile acids, vitamin D, and other substances. However, too much cholesterol can build up in your arteries, causing plaque, which hardens your arteries and increases your risk of heart attack and stroke. If yo…Read More
If you’re new to ‘doing’ fitness, it can be hard to know where to start. Showing up at the fitness gym is the first step, but then what? Without hiring a personal trainer to accompany your workout sessions at the health club, how else can you know where to start? Here are some basics to planning and implementing your own fitness routine. The ultimate goal of a personal fitness routine is a b…Read More
Everyone agrees that hydration is an important aspect of health – water makes up more than half your body weight, and can be found in every cell of your body. What’s not as agreed on is how much water you should be drinking on a daily basis. The old standard says everyone should drink at least 6, 8-ounce glasses of water a day. More recently, experts advise dividing your body weight in half an…Read More
Medicine balls are a common accessory at most fitness clubs, but if you look closely, you’ll start noticing a slightly different type of exercise ball that packs a heavier workout punch: the slam ball. So what makes a slam ball any different than a medicine ball? Like medicine balls, slam balls are designed for adding weight to traditional calisthenics, but they’re also heavier. Although medic…Read More
The holidays are upon us and the New Year is right around the corner. This means that millions of people are going to start a diet. Over the next few weeks I’ll discuss various eating plans so you can help sort through the confusion and choose one that is best for you and your fitness goals. The Dukan Diet — yet another low-carb, high-protein diet allegedly used by Duchess Kate Middleton a…Read More
The holidays are upon us and the New Year is right around the corner. This means that millions of people are going to start a diet. Over the next few weeks I’ll discuss various eating plans so you can help sort through the confusion and choose one that is best for you and your fitness goals. Beachbody is well-known as the creator of legendary P90X, but one of their more recent programs inclu…Read More
The holidays are upon us and the New Year is right around the corner. This means that millions of people are going to start a diet. Over the next few weeks I’ll discuss various eating plans so you can help sort through the confusion and choose one that is best for you and your fitness goals. One of the biggest diet crazes in recent years is going Paleolithic (often shortened to Paleo). Altho…Read More
You may find it difficult to incorporate exercise into your routine, but it doesn’t have to be so complicated. Exercising more can elevate your mood, improve your sleep, and make you feel better in general. Here are our exercise tips for getting out and moving more: Find the right exercise. When you hate exercising, it is not going to be easy to fit into your routine. Finding something that suit…Read More
The holidays are upon us and the New Year is right around the corner. This means that millions of people are going to start a diet. Over the next few weeks I’ll discuss various eating plans so you can help sort through the confusion and choose one that is best for you and your fitness goals. Although it’s certainly not a fad, the Mediterranean diet has become increasingly popular in the la…Read More
If you can’t follow through with permanent, positive changes to your eating habits, you won’t see the results you’re looking for, no matter how hard you work out at the fitness center. The reason so many ‘starvation’ diets fail is that they neglect one of the most powerful diet ‘weapons’ of all (and no, it’s not a new weight-loss drug or herbal supplement). It’s called satiety. S…Read More
