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September 12, 2017
How To Choose The Right Personal Trainer
How to choose the right personal trainer: match your goals, personality and motivation style, the trainer’s education and specialties, and location.
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August 31, 2017
10 Health Tips While You Are Traveling
Ten ways to protect your health while traveling: pack snacks, stay hydrated, choose airport and road-trip food wisely, keep a schedule, work out and get sleep.
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August 17, 2017
Should You Stretch Before or After a Workout?
Stretch before or after a workout? What research says about dynamic and static stretching, performance and injury risk, plus how long to hold each stretch.
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August 12, 2015
Why Am I Sore After a Workout?
Next-day soreness is DOMS, not lactic acid. When it starts and peaks, why the second workout hurts less, what helps recovery and when to see a doctor.
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July 7, 2015
Why Your Fitness Tracker Can Be Making You Fat
Fitness trackers can mislead you: not all calories are equal, timing matters, and a study found calorie counts off by 13 to 60 percent. How to use one well.
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June 29, 2015
Which Type of Weight Training is Right For You?
Bodybuilding, powerlifting, circuit, isometric or high-volume training? How each type of weight training works and which one fits your strength and size goals.
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May 14, 2015
6 Questions to Ask When Choosing a Personal Trainer
Six questions to ask before hiring a personal trainer: qualifications, experience, client results, personality, whether they look the part, and value for cost.
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May 6, 2015
Top 5 Reasons You Need to be Eating Green Veggies
Five reasons to eat green vegetables every day: vitamins C, A and K, fiber for fullness and steady blood sugar, folate for heart health, and antioxidants.
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May 1, 2015
6 Ways Exercise Can Be Dangerous
Six ways exercise can do more harm than good: improper form, overtraining, overuse injuries, risky gym machines, skipping the warm-up and exercise addiction.
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April 28, 2015
10 Ways Exercise Replaces Medicine
Ten ways regular exercise supports your health, from muscle, bone density and metabolism to heart rate, blood pressure, pain, digestion and mood.
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