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Hit the pavement, for your noodle’s sake! More reason to move your butt: Good cardiovascular health at 25 is linked to sharper mental performance in middle age, shows new research in the journal Neurology. The international study team asked more than 2,700 young adults to complete a series of treadmill fitness tests. Roughly two decades later, the same people repeated […]
Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity. Hippocrates
Is Red Wine REALLY Good For You? A Cardiologist Explains Many people, myself included, count wine as one of the joys in life. Cabernet sauvignon, pinot noir, zinfandel, nebbiolo, sangiovese, cannonau … the list goes on and many seem like dear friends. We all know that there’s a line between enjoying some wine and suffering the terrible consequences of alcoholism, […]
Things Anxious People Need To Know About Yoga Yoga is super beneficial for people with anxiety, but sometimes it can be hard to walk through that door. I know from experience. I practiced at home with videos and streaming for three years before finally getting up the nerve to go to a class. Below are ten tips for a person […]
What Are Allergies & What Can You Do About Them? Due to our harsh winter, the spring allergies this season will be worse than ever. The moisture of the heavy snow almost everywhere in the United States has fueled tree pollen. Think of it as a long drink of winter water that the tree buds are loving! So, as the […]
Easy Exercises to Tone and Trim Your Body No time to exercise? No problem! This easy exercise routine takes only a little bit of time and provides big results. Bust a Move To keep you moving and motivated, we asked Molly Weeks, author of The BalleCore Workout, to create an easy but effective routine.
Get Fit for Less Don’t belong to a gym? Try these 20-minute cheap (or free!) workouts You don’t have to spend a fortune to get in shape. These simple workouts will help you tone up and trim down on a budget. WALK THE MALL COST: Completely free! five-minute warm-up: Scope the mall as you walk and gradually increase the pace […]
Give Your Butt a Workout Tone up your butt with these three easy workouts Lunge: Stand with your feet together, and grasp the back of a chair. Keeping weight on the heel of your right foot, step left foot back 3 feet and bend right knee no more than 90 degrees, making sure it doesn’t go past your toes. Repeat […]
Trim and tone in 10 minutes Try these easy at-home exercises and strength moves from SparkPeople coach Nicole Nichols to build muscle and blast fat. Plie Squat Step 1: Tones inner thighs, quads, hamstrings and calves. Stand tall with feet wider than shoulders, legs straight, abs engaged and toes turned out at a 45-degree angle. Inhale and bend only your […]
Ab Exercise Routine Need an exercise to tone your tummy? How about five? Check out these easy, belly blasting exercises! Whittle your waist with 5 easy moves Carrying extra weight around your midsection increases your risk of heart disease, stroke and diabetes. The good news? You can combat belly fat with exercise and a smart diet, improving your overall health […]
Moves for Weight Loss Struggling to shed those pounds? Add these exercises to your daily routine for faster weight loss! Tone up in 15 minutes Want to cut your workout time in half without losing any calorie-blasting benefits? The secret is stairs! With the 15-minute Stair Workout, you’ll burn about the same amount of calories as you would in one […]
Reasons Your Weight Lifting Routine Isn’t Working Plus, how to correct them to get the sleek, toned muscles you want Lift smart, burn more You go to the gym. You lift weights. But so far your muscles aren’t looking any more sculpted than when you started. If you’ve been putting in the work but not seeing results, it’s likely that […]
Best And Worst Exercises For Bad Knees Sidestep injury by perfecting your form while working out Exercise may be the best medicine for chronic achy knees. “Strengthening the muscles around the joint protects you from injury by decreasing stress on the knee,” says Willibald Nagler, MD, chairman of rehabilitation medicine at New York Presbyterian Hospital-Cornell Campus in New York City. […]
Essential Steps To Reduce Your Anxiety By Caroline Zwick Did you know that “anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness in the U.S., affecting 40 million adults in the United States age 18 and older?” That comes to about 18% of U.S. population, according to the Anxiety and Depression Association Of America.
The Skinny On Back Pain: What Works & What Doesn’t At any given time, 20 percent of us have back pain. During the last year, 40 percent of us have had back pain. Throughout our lives, 80 percent of us will have had back pain. Recent reviews suggest that more and more back pain sufferers are using our health care […]
