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Bill Brown
Jul 19, 2019

5 Rules For Better Kettlebell Swings

If you want stronger glutes, hamstrings and back muscles (and who wouldn’t?), then you should be doing kettlebell swings, expert trainers say. “It’s also a great exercise for core strength,” adds Jennifer Novak, MS, a strength and conditioning coach and owner of Peak Symmetry. “Research has suggested that kettlebell swings can augment key athletic skills such

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Bill Brown
Jul 16, 2019

4 Telltale Marks of High Inflammation to Watch

Inflammation has become one of the fitness/wellness industry’s hot-button issues for 2019: You’ve likely seen it mentioned by a high-level athlete or influencer on their Instagram or spotted a blog post about it in recent months. It sounds scary, but occasional inflammation isn’t a bad thing; it’s your body’s healing and recovery response. However, when

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Bill Brown
Jul 15, 2019

7 Things You Should Know Before Buying A Yoga Mat

So you’ve decided to join the 21 million adults in the U.S. who practice yoga. Or maybe you’ve had it with your mat, and you’re looking for a new one. In any case, we’ve been wondering: what should we be looking for in a yoga mat to make sure we get the most out of our

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Bill Brown
Jul 12, 2019

5 Fitness Tips for Working Professionals

We have all read a lot of stuff on how to be great at the workplace. But what about the workplace called life? Being a hard working professional probably means that you spend most of your time  either commuting or at the office. It can be difficult to find time to get your daily workouts

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Bill Brown
Jul 11, 2019

CEOs Say: Staying Fit With No Time For Fitness

In your early days as chief executive officer, you had all the energy in the world. The fast pace of the life exhilarated you. You occasionally had to strain to do everything you could, but you pushed through. Now you’re starting to feel fatigued. Just that pushing through gets harder and harder. The fatigue that

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Bill Brown
Jun 24, 2019

7 Hydration Tips For Hot-Weather Walks

It’s always important to stay hydrated, but even more so when you’re walking for exercise. Drinking water helps your heart pump efficiently, keeps your muscles from cramping and better regulates your body temperature. What’s more, your hydration needs may ramp up during hot weather, when heat and humidity mean you’ll be sweating more than usual. Here, experts share their best hydration

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Bill Brown
Jun 19, 2019

13 Simple Changes That Lead to Huge Weight Loss

Sandra Hassink, M.D., has been studying childhood obesity for more than 30 years. And the most important thing she’s learned— applicable to kids and grown men alike—is this: “All the willpower in the world,” she says, “can’t overcome an obesogenic environment.” In other words, to lose weight and keep it off, you have to adjust your

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Steve Levert
Jun 18, 2019

Exercising in the Heat May Give You a Competitive Advantage

  The official U.S. Olympic training facility is located in Colorado Springs, a small town in the heart of the Rocky Mountains. But they didn’t build it there for the views, the middle-of-America location, or even the excellent Mexican food. It’s there for one reason. Colorado Springs sits an elevation of 6,035 feet—more than a

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Bill Brown
Jun 13, 2019

The Running Injury More Women Get Than Men

Not only can we identify the most frequent running injuries, we also know which running injuries are more prevalent depending on a runner’s gender, including in the most frequent running injury site: the knee. While we now have this answer, there is actually still plenty we don’t know about it, like why it happens. Luckily, we do

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Bill Brown
Jun 11, 2019

How you Weigh Yourself Matters

The children’s television host Mister Rogers famously weighed himself every day after going for a swim. Such was his consistency in diet and exercise that, every day, he weighed exactly 143 pounds. (A total that tickled him, because the numbers 1-4-3 correspond to how many letters are in the phrase, “I love you.” Classic Mister

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