Interval Training Tips and Tricks

Ready to kick your workout up a notch? Fitness trainers and coaches have used interval training for years, and the exercise method has never been more popular among personal trainers than it is today. Interval training — defined as alternating short bursts of intense activity with active recovery — may be the answer to two [...]

Say Yes to Yoga (Pregnancy)

Want to stay fit during pregnancy and get back into pre-pregnancy shape afterward? Then practice yoga: In addition to being safe and effective, it comes with surprising benefits, such as improving labor and delivery. When researchers in India compared one hour a day of yoga to one hour of walking in a study of 335 [...]

Pick Your Protein Powder

A popular nutritional supplement among fitness-minded people, protein powders come in many formulations. Here’s how to decide which ones are likely to suit you best. Protein powders are one of the most popular supplements around. Athletes and bodybuilders have long used them as a convenient way to feed their post workout needs. Even high-profile television [...]

The Path To Endurance

There’s more to building stamina than increasing your time on the treadmill. Find out how your endurance affects your overall health. Jim Vranas isn’t the kind of guy who just sits around. The 82-year-old World War II veteran and scientific glassblower (he made the first glass model of the DNA molecule) has always been on [...]

White Coat Hypertension

[Reader's Digest Magazine] If you’re so nervous during a medical checkup that your blood pressure skyrockets, you may have what’s known as white-coat hypertension. That means your blood pressure may only be high temporarily when your doctor tests it. Your blood pressure also changes temporarily when you’re physically active, under stress or feeling emotional, but [...]

Family Health Habits

[Natural Health Magazine] Bad habits — like skipping breakfast, not sleeping enough, not talking to each other, or watching TV nonstop — can affect the whole family. But better choices are habit forming, too. Here’s how to make positive changes that will affect your whole family. 1. Old habit: Members of your family tend to [...]

Internet Health Sources: Who to Trust

[American Legion Magazine] Like most people, you probably search for health information on the Internet. Perhaps you’ve looked for details about a particular symptom or treatment or searched for facts about a disease or disorder. You may even make health decisions based on sources that show up on the first page of a search engine. [...]

Lost In Translation

[Natural Solutions Magazine] In Leaves of Grass Walt Whitman wrote, “I sing the body electric,” and he was right about one thing: The body’s electrical messages to the brain-not the brain itself-color our world. But what if your body’s messages misfire, as they do in children with Sensory Processing Disorder? Then Mozart might sound monstrous, [...]

Fit Mom, Fit Kids

Tired of trying to work around your kids’ schedule? Work out with them Busy moms often find it a real challenge to make time for exercise. Rather than working out around your kids’ schedule, why not work out with them? Exercising with your children not only helps you stay in shape, it helps your kids [...]

Back In Balance

Got aches and pains from sitting at a desk all day? Here’s your prescription. Sitting in front of a computer or behind a desk all day can throw your body out of balance. Repetitive work postures, like hunching over your work space, abuse one muscle group and ignore its opposing muscle group, leading to imbalances [...]

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