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Strength training for older adults is essential to a healthy lifestyle

Strength training for older adults is essential to a healthy lifestyle: It helps you stay fit, maintain independence, and reduce symptoms related to chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, arthritis, osteoporosis, and obesity. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends 150 minutes of moderate endurance activity per week. This can include cardio, as well as weights or bodyweight […]

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Creative Ways to Get Your Kids Interested in Youth Fitness

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We want our kids to live long, healthy, happy lives. And one way to ensure they have a better chance of that happening is to get them involved with their health. Fitness is about a balance of eating healthy, enjoying life, and staying physically active. Youth fitness can be very challenging, though, because not all

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Muscle Strength > Muscle Size

Sometimes it feels like the number of things that stop working in your body directly correlates to the number candles on your birthday cake. But you can regain some control in a number of ways — and improving your strength is one of them. Muscle strength is important for bone health, balance and just being

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The Fitness Advice You Shouldn’t Follow

“Eat less and exercise more.” You’ve heard this before. The surefire way to lose weight… Unfortunately, it’s REALLY bad advice. Here are 10 reasons why simply ‘eating less’ is bad for you. – It slows down your metabolism (lowering of thyroid, increase in cortisol). – It increases hunger and cravings. – It will cause binge

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Managing Blood Pressure With A Healthy Heart Diet

According to the American Heart Association, eating a heart-healthy diet is important for managing your blood pressure and reducing your risk of heart attack, heart disease, stroke and other diseases. Research has shown that following a healthy eating plan can both reduce the risk of developing high blood pressure and lower an already elevated blood

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See What The Experts Are Saying About Strength Training..

While older men and women needn’t become powerlifters, athletes who lift massive weights, experts say strength training — using weights heavier than you might expect — can be an important component of a healthy future. Beginning about age 30, men and women lose muscle mass at about the rate of 10 percent per decade until

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Ready To Start Living?

Something terrifying happens when you’ve been trying to lose weight for a while… It’s straight out of a horror movie! Frogs can be used to explain this bizarre event. I’m sure you’ve heard that if you put a frog in boiling water, it will jump right out. But if you put a frog in the

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5 Tips For The Holiday Season

While visions of sugarplums may be dancing in your head, don’t let your fitness and diet goals get pushed to the side during the holidays. For many, it is the season of overindulgence—from holiday parties complete with decadent sweets and cocktails, to unexpected dinners out with friends and family. However, treats should be balanced with

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Fitness Is NOT One Size Fits All

Fitness is NOT one size fits all! What works for me may not work for you. There is no one size fits all. That doesn’t mean give up when something isn’t working. It means be patient until you find your rhythm. What’s best for you is what works for YOU. We are here to teach

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Want To Know What The Secret Is?

Do you want to know what the secret is? The ONE thing that will ensure you hit your fitness goals? Here it is: Consistency That’s it. Be consistent. Do things that move you towards your goals MORE often than you do things that move you away from your goals. If you’ve been reading our emails

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Want To Avoid The Holiday Weight Gain?

The holidays are upon us … with Halloween quickly approaching and Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah and New Year’s Eve ahead of us, the recipe for weight gain is set. For many people, a gain of 5 to 10 pounds is common during the holidays. However, getting the weight off can be a challenge. Here are 10

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The Value Of Your Health

It has been said that the most valuable thing that you possess is your health. Let’s face it, today more than ever, health is a topic of concern. We take precautions to avoid exposure to others and to mitigate our risk of contracting coronavirus by wearing masks, social distancing, staying home and following guidelines and

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