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The Many Benefits of Regular Physical Activity

Do you want to improve your strength, balance, and flexibility, have more energy, sleep better, feel happier, and reduce your risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and certain cancers? The answer is...

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This Monday Recommit to Your Routine to Reduce Your Stress Level

Activities That Reduce Stress Levels While many may dismiss stress as just part of life, it’s actually known as a ‘silent killer’ as a result of the negative health outcomes it can trigger. Now is the...

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How to Stay Active for a Healthy Heart

A number of factors affect your heart health, with physical activity being one of the most important. Your heart is a muscle, and just like your biceps and quadriceps, it too benefits from a weekly...

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Boost the Benefits of Your Walk

Walking doesn’t always feel like exercise; you probably won’t work up a sweat or be sore the next morning. But walking is still a very beneficial form of physical activity that can improve your health...

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Small Ways to Start Moving More

One small step for mankind, one giant leap for your overall wellness. We’ve all got busy schedules, but it’s important to remember to set aside time for some movement. It might be hard to believe, but...

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Move It For Your Mood

Physical activity comes with psychological and physiological benefits that can help improve mood and manage stress. All forms of exercise — from walking and jogging to yoga and weight lifting — can...

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Cook Up a Sweat with These Kitchen Workouts

Moderate resistance training helps strengthen bones, manage weight, and improve posture, sleep, mood, and endurance, but fitting it in isn’t always easy — especially when you need to get dinner on the...

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Yes, You Can Eat Your Way to a Better Workout

What you eat before and after you exercise is almost as important as the workout itself. Food is your fuel—it gives you the energy necessary to be active and focused, and it also provides the...

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Exercise Your Way to a Restful Night’s Sleep

Don’t underestimate the healing properties of a good night’s sleep. Scientists have studied the subject extensively, and have concluded that sleep, although a bit mysterious, plays a critical role in...

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Achieve Your Fitness Goals with Family and Friends this Monday

A study looking at group fitness showed that physical, mental, and emotional quality of life improves when participants exercise together. It could also lead to a significant improvement in mood and...

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Fuel Your Workouts with Positive Words of Affirmation

There’s a secret to staying active week after week, and it doesn’t come in a powder or a bottle. It’s actually all in your mind. For real. Positive affirmations can help motivate you to pursue new...

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Three Simple Steps for Mindful Walking On Monday

Make Monday an occasion to try some mindful walking when you need to de-stress for a few minutes between activities. Any style of mindfulness is a robust antidote to stress. Mindfulness engages your...

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3 Chair Yoga Poses For All Fitness Levels this Monday

Chair Yoga Poses to Start Your Week Yoga is relaxing. Plus, it helps stave off stress and anxiety, builds strength, improves cardiovascular health, and curbs low-back pain. Start your week moving with...

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Discover the Benefits of Tai Chi: Mind, Body, and Spirit in Harmony

Tai chi is a Chinese discipline that unites the mind, body, and spirit, strengthening both your physical and mental resolve. Its basic principles include integrating the mind and body, controlling...

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Fuel Your Workout with Music

Why Do a Workout with Music? Music and exercise go together like peanut butter and jelly. Do you have a favorite workout playlist? It’s worth putting one together. Exercising to music has some big,...

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August is National Wellness Month!

Celebrate National Wellness Month this August by prioritizing self-care alongside your ambitions and goals. Work, school, and family obligations often take up the majority of our time, but during...

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This Monday, Start Slow to Build Up to Your Best Workout

Using Monday to begin a new fitness routine is a great step toward a healthier lifestyle. But before you begin working towards new fitness goals, make sure you start slow and give yourself time to...

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Reward Yourself Every Monday for Sticking with Fitness

If you spent the past week keeping up with your fitness routine, then you’ve earned the right to celebrate this Monday! Sticking to a workout regimen is no easy task, especially when daily life is...

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Find the Perfect Push-Up for You

The push-up is a fast and effective exercise that engages the chest, triceps, biceps, shoulders, back, and core. Executing the standard push-up requires a certain amount of base strength and...

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First Things First: Talk to a Doc and Know Your Health Numbers

Are you physically healthy? — Seems like a simple question, right? But if you’re like most people, you might have trouble coming up with an answer. That’s because health is a tricky thing to quantify....

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