Fitness Journal

The Appearance of Fitness

The Appearance of Fitness

Female fitness can come in many shapes. What are the real building blocks of fitness?

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Exercise Your Way to a Happier Life

Exercise Your Way to a Happier Life

We have built our company's products around the ideal that helping you improve your fitness can help improve your life. But don't take our word for it. Here's what the Mayo Clinic says about exercise in a recent article called...

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You Can't Feel Great about Reaching a Goal if You Don't Have One

You Can't Feel Great about Reaching a Goal if You Don't Have One

“With a clear goal, a timeline, and an acknowledgement of the challenges, you can start to put together a strategy to create your best year yet. And don't forget one of the most important parts of any goal strategy: Planning the celebration when you reach your goal!”

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And Even More Ways that Working Out Pays Off

And Even More Ways that Working Out Pays Off

While few people would advocate doing fewer workouts, the point is that pushing a little harder for the same or a lesser amount of time can often yield better results.

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Wearing a Weight Vest can Benefit your Bones

Wearing a Weight Vest can Benefit your Bones

According to noted osteoporosis specialist Susan Brady (www.nurturedbones.com) "One way women can prevent osteoporosis and improve their bone mineral density is through exercise. Wearing a weighted vest while exercising can enhance the benefits, further improving gains in bone density and muscle strength, as well as balance."

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More Ways that Working Out Pays Off

More Ways that Working Out Pays Off

This is part two of our series about some of the ways that regular exercise can pay off for you. As in Part 1, we recap part of the Time Magazine article from July 4, 2016 called "The New Reasons...

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Do You Have a Nutritional Fitness Foundation?

Do You Have a Nutritional Fitness Foundation?

By now, most people know that nutrition is a vital part of fitness success. A sound eating strategy can help with recovery and give you the energy needed to train with full focus and intensity. In an article entitled The...

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What's the Big Deal about Exercising Regularly?

What's the Big Deal about Exercising Regularly?

When people fall off the exercise wagon, changes occur to the heart, the muscles, fitness activity skills and motivation levels.

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Fitness Resolutions for any Time of the Year

Fitness Resolutions for any Time of the Year

Words of wisdom regarding the benefits of living in the moment, when to say no, being kind, taking risks and simplifying our lives.

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Have You Considered All the Ways that Working Out Pays Off?

Have You Considered All the Ways that Working Out Pays Off?

Time Magazine ran a great article on July 4, 2016 called “The New Reasons to Exercise.” You may think of exercise solely as a way to burn calories or improve muscle tone. But in this article, author Alexandra Sifferlin points out some other lesser known benefits of regular exercise. Here in Part 1, we cover a few of them:

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Have You Started Building a Fitness Foundation?

Have You Started Building a Fitness Foundation?

You may not want to be reminded but our physical fitness tends to slide as we age. This fact makes what we do to maintain or increase our fitness level increasingly important. Doing nothing is inviting trouble. In this article, we discuss a few ways that you can fight back against the aging process.

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Get More from Your Workouts to Get More Out of Life

Get More from Your Workouts to Get More Out of Life

Making improvements in our physical condition is one of a number of ways to improve our lives. Others in this article include meeting more people, never settling, embracing the unconventional, keeping one foot in the future and one in the present and recognizing and eliminating self-limitations.

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