Fitness

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Hit the Ground Running

Choosing The Right Shoes Runners have access to all types of high-tech gear. The choices are limitless including GPS enabled watches and cell-phone apps. The

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Hiking for Health

Enjoy the Outdoors and Health Benefits Simultaneously With summer in full swing, outdoor physical activities become even more appealing. One great choice is hiking, which

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Tips for New Runners

Expert Tips for New Runners Starting Out Getting into running for the first time? We asked local trainer Teresa Wade from the Sports Barn about her top

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Pilates

Strengthen Your Core-Balance Your Body Pilates is on the rise in the United States, growing from 1.7 million practitioners in 2000 to well over 10

Walk Your Way to Fitness

So you’ve made up your mind that 2010 is the year you’re going to improve your health, shed those extra pounds and get in shape.

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4 Exercises You Can Do at Your Desk

Doing simple exercises at work can keep you more alert and relaxed. Just don’t plan on replacing the traditional form of exercising that you do

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Hot Yoga

What’s Behind the Hot Yoga Craze Yoga is a great way to center the mind, sculpt the body and burn some calories, but what happens

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Shall We Dance?

The Health Benefits of Dancing Abound Perhaps Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers were onto something. Each enjoyed full and active lives and lived into their

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Sizing It Up

Strength Training for Women When it comes to strength training, many women envision men with bulging muscles at the gym “pumping iron.” Other women, unaware of

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Real Men Do Yoga

Yoga’s Broader Appeal Mention yoga to most men and visions of a studio full of mantra-humming women come to mind. However, the face of yoga

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