Portion Size Mistakes You’re Making

If you believe you’re following a healthy eating plan and still not losing weight, maybe your mistake is related to portion size. If you’re eating celery, lettuce, broccoli, or another...

The Importance Of Warm-Up And Cool-Down

Sometimes, you want to start your exercises without any warm-up session. At the end of the workout, you’re ready to quit, so you don’t bother with cool-down. Doing either of...

Pre And Post-Workout Nutrition Tips

Who doesn’t want extra tips to help you build faster and reach your goals? When you’re working hard, everything counts. You may have heard of the benefits that including pre...

The Power Of Group Fitness Classes

There are positives and negatives in joining group fitness classes, but the positives far outweigh the negatives. If you sign up for a class that’s not your fitness level, you’ll...

How Much Water Do You Need For Your Size?

Adequate hydration is vital for good health. You may have heard that everyone needs to drink eight 8-ounce glasses of water daily. That’s not necessarily true. Some people will need...

Tips For Running In The Heat

People dedicated to running do it in all conditions from freezing weather to excessive heat. Whether it’s taking your exercise program outside or running, there are benefits and dangers. It’s...

A Healthy Competition Between Friends Could Be A Good Motivator

Almost everyone has “that” friend who gets pure pleasure from one-upping you. He’s the one who pushes just a little harder to make sure he lifts one pound more or...

Why It’s Important To Time Your Workouts

No matter how rich you are, young, old, or rich, everyone has the same number of hours daily. Everyone needs time for work, family, chores at home, eating, and sleeping....

Essential Minerals For People On The Paleo Diet

What is the Paleo diet? Paleo is short for Paleolithic. It’s the era when man was a hunter-gatherer before farming. Some call the Paleolithic diet the caveman diet, but the...

How To Meal Plan And Hit Your Goals

Have you tried to lose weight and failed? Maybe you’re exercising but not getting the results you desire. It doesn’t matter what the goal is, your diet can help you...

Should You Workout While Fasting?

When you mention fasting, most people think of fasting as a form of resistance, such as a hunger strike, fasting for religious reasons, fasting as a means of cleansing your...

Just Move!

You can spend time trying to find the best exercises and learn everything possible about fitness and the best way to execute moves. Unless you physically move, the only thing...

Exercise To Prevent And Relieve Back Pain

No matter what your age, back pain can occur. Even teens have back pain, but it seems to get worse with age. While your first instinct may be to go...

Good Workouts Without Using Your Knees

A knee injury doesn’t have to put a kibosh on your plans to exercise. There are many workouts that you can do without using your knees. There are exercises for...

Weight Training For Beginners

If you’re new to weight training, understanding the basics is mandatory. Beginners often think of dumbbells or barbells for weight training, but that’s not necessarily the case. You can interchange...

Why Kettlebells Are So Good

If you want to build strength, kettlebells are a good tool to use. They’re good for more than just strength-building, they’re also excellent as an aerobic workout or to increase...

How To Beat Workout Boredom

If you groan inside when it’s time to workout, you might be facing workout boredom. It affects almost everyone at some time. Here are some things you can do to...

What Foods Boost Immune System?

A healthier lifestyle boosts your immune system. Just going outside in the sun increases your vitamin D intake. Exercising regularly also plays a role. The food or don’t eat provides...

Good Carbs Vs Bad Carbs

If the thought of eating carbs makes you believe you’ll blow up like a balloon, you’ve fallen into the anti-carb trap. As with everything nowadays people only read the headline...

When Weight Loss Becomes A Concern

There is a major concern over weight loss. On one hand, the nation is facing an epidemic of obesity and on the other hand, people, particularly teens, have body image...

Is Running On A Treadmill Bad For Your Knees?

If you already have problems with your knees, running on a treadmill may exacerbate it, but not as bad as running on a hard floor or outside. When you run...

The Importance Of Fitness For Teenagers

No matter what your age, fitness is important. That’s especially true of teenagers. Unfortunately, many physical activities that were once part of teen lives have been replaced with screen time...

The Science Of Fat Loss

If you follow the science, you know that weight loss is not the same as fat loss. You can lose weight by eliminating water weight, burning fat, or using lean...

How Often Should You Go To The Gym As A Beginner?

No matter what the hobby, advocation, or task, people often start with full enthusiasm. Sometimes that enthusiasm dies quickly, sometimes it lasts forever. It’s also true about going to the...

Exercises For People Recovering From Surgery

Every person is unique and so is their ability to recover. The time it takes for recovery will vary based on that, their previous health, and the type of surgery...

Incorporating Kettlebells Into Your Workout Routine

If you’ve never worked out with kettlebells or don’t know what they are, they look like miniature cannonballs with handles. Unlike dumbbells or barbells that have an even center of...

Set SMART Goals And Achieve Them!

Have you ever had a goal you really wanted to achieve, but failed miserably? Everyone at some point in their life can say yes to that. One way to ensure...

Muscle Building Mistakes

Some people feel like they’re doomed to be the before picture, with the beach bully kicking sand in their eyes. It’s not just tall, thin people that find it difficult...

What Is Wrong With Grains?

There are diverse ideas on whether grains should be in the diet and if so, What type of grains? Some diets, like the Paleo diet, don’t include grains. The underlying...

Is Chronic Cardio Making You Fat?

If you’ve pedaled enough miles on your stationary bike to take you around the world twice, and devote several hours a day to running, chronic cardio might be making it...

Is Pilates Better Than Yoga?

If you’ve ever watched a Pilates workout and then watched yoga, they look pretty similar. They’re both low-impact workouts that are beneficial to people of all ages. Both have a...

Fitness Routines You Can Do With The Kids

Whether you’re a parent or not, you probably know that parents want the best for their children, including the best health. Starting children early on the path to healthy lifestyle...

How To Lose Back Fat Quickly

If your go-to outfits are loose and baggy because you don’t want those bulges and dents on your back from excess fat to show, it’s time to free yourself and...

Easy Ways To Get In Your 10K Steps

It’s not always the most pleasant weather in Calgary, Canada, especially during the winter. That shouldn’t stop you from getting exercise and squeezing in those 10K steps. In fact, there...

How to Start Being Active

May 10, 2022 Physical Activity and Exercise  Exercise is a type of physical activity that some people enjoy. Other people aren’t interested in exercise at all.  Physical activity and healthy...

Stress and Your Heart

February 10, 2022 Stress is the way your mind and body react to a threat or a challenge. Simple things, like a crying child, can cause stress. You also feel stress...

13 Tips to Keep Your Bladder Healthy

November 7, 2021 People rarely talk about bladder health, but everyone is affected by it. Each day, adults pass about a quart and a half of urine through the bladder...

June Is Men’s Health Month — Get Involved

The month also coincides with Men’s Health Week (June 14–20), a special awareness period created by Congress. See our easy list of things to do to be active and aware...

Men: Take Charge of Your Health

The Basics: Overview Most men need to pay more attention to their health. Compared to women, men are more likely to: · Smoke · Drink too much alcohol · Make...

Living with Chronic Migraine and Caring for Your Mental Health

Living with chronic migraine takes a toll on our physical and emotional health. Unfortunately, we tend to focus on our physical health, often ignoring our emotional needs. Chronic illness impacts...

Health & Happiness: 5 Strategies for Wome

Stay active. Eat healthy. And get some sleep! Most important? Start today. The federal government’s Office on Women’s Health created National Women’s Health Week as a way to encourage all...

Mental Health Benefits of Physical Activity

Exercise is proven to strengthen both your body and mind during difficult times. Here are some of the many benefits of regular exercise. Clearer thoughts. Exercise releases endorphins that help...

Lifestyle-related Breast Cancer Risk Factors

A risk factor is anything that increases your chances of getting a disease, such as breast cancer. But having a risk factor, or even many, does not mean that you...

Managing Itch

The itch of psoriasis may have a bigger impact on quality of life than the visible aspect of the disease. Itch is present in 70 to 90 percent of psoriasis...

16 Joint-protection Tips

Arthritis aches and pain can affect your daily life. But there are simple ways to protect your joints, reduce strain and improve how you function each day. Here are 16...

National Men’s Health Week

National Men’s Health Week is observed each year leading up to Father’s Day. This week is a reminder for men to take steps to be healthier, but they don’t have...

Arthritis pain: Do’s and don’ts

Will physical activity reduce or increase your arthritis pain? Get tips on exercise and other common concerns when coping with arthritis symptoms and arthritis pain. By Mayo Clinic Staff Arthritis...

How Is Alcohol Abused?

In most parts of the world, alcohol is legal for adults to both purchase and consume. As a result, beverages that contain alcohol are available almost everywhere, and clearly, many...

Ergonomics/Overexertion

Take it Easy – Your Body will Thank You Whether it happens at work or on the golf course, overexertion continues to be a leading cause of injury over all...

Ways to Be Active

Ways to Be Active The Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans recommends 30 minutes of physical activity a day for adults, 60 minutes for children, at least five days a week. Sound daunting?...

What’s Your Vision of the Future?

Did you know that most vision problems are preventable? It’s true! Vision loss doesn’t have to be a natural part of getting older. Use our everyday tips to help set yourself up for a lifetime of seeing well.  Wear sunglasses (even...

Physical Activity for Arthritis

Why is physical activity important for people with arthritis?   If you have arthritis, participating in joint-friendly physical activity can improve your arthritis pain, function, mood, and quality of life....

Let’s talk standing desks – we’re all for them but don’t forget the bigger picture. It’s not about sitting or standing, it’s about MOVING. Experts say we need to be on our feet, moving, 2 to 4 hours during the workday. It can increase productivity by 15% and decrease overall stress but it’s no easy feat – let us help you put a plan in place.

If you’ve had a good laugh recently, keep it up: science shows there are numerous reasons why laughing is good for you.

Don’t let the weekend erase all the hard work you did this week. Keep it going!

There are only so many hours in a day. Shouldn’t you devote at least a couple to yourself and your health?

Don’t dwell on past mistakes and bad choices, move forward toward your goals. Your future is waiting.

It’s not just about losing the weight. Exercise is so important in all facets of your life.

You are doing this for yourself. Focus on your work with a strong will power and get the job done with class.

Your excuses hold you back.

“In fitness, there are no short cuts. It involves immense discipline and hard work.” ~Mahesa Babu

Stretching is important, but are you doing it right?

Another reason that weight lifting should be part of your daily fitness routine.

The voice in your head that says you can’t do this is a liar.

You will never know your limits until you push yourself to them.

Don’t get discouraged. Slow progress is better than no progress.

What seems impossible today will one day become your warm-up.

“Of course it’s hard. It’s supposed to be hard. If it were easy, everybody would do it. Hard is what makes it great.” ~ Jimmy Dugan, A League of Their Own

Believe in yourself & you will be unstoppable.

You should be your top priority when it comes to your health and fitness.

Be patient with yourself as you evolve. Small, healthy choices make a big difference in the long run.

Food is the most abused anxiety drug. Exercise is the most under-utilized antidepressant.

Your body can do it. It’s time to convince your mind.

Make muscles. Not excuses.

The next few months will go by whether you work out or not. Make them count.

Exercise, eat healthy and stay positive. You will get there.

Preventing Hearth Disease: Healthy Living Habits

Healthy Diet Choosing healthful meal and snack options can help you avoid heart disease and its complications. Be sure to eat plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables and fewer processed...

We Have an Unhealthy Obsession with Your Health.

Keeping hearts beating gets our hearts pumping. That’s why we fund lifesaving science. Science that helps figure out new ways to lower your blood pressure and keep your heart healthy...

Increasing activity reduces hypertension

When it comes to exercise, its not necessary to go all out in order to boost health.

Work out. Eat well. Be patient. Your body will reward you.

Group exercise can reduce stress and improve physical, mental and emotional quality of life.

Diabetes Care

Strength training may help older clients preserve more lean muscle than cardio.

Your daily workout isn’t just good for your body—it’s good for your mental health.

Give yourself a gold star. It’s good for your health!

Your decisions today will determine the quality of your tomorrow.

Do you know about Cognitively Stimulating Activities? (UCLA Longevity Center at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior in Los Angeles)

To Maintain Muscle and Lose Fat as You Age, Add Weights

Trying to stay trim as you age? Surprisingly, if you’re cutting calories to lose weight, adding weights to your weight loss regimen may be more effective than beginning a walking...

Exercise Habits of Wearable Tech Users

Have you ever wondered what time of day tends to promote more consistent exercise? A report featuring data from hundreds of thousands of Jawbone users answers that question and offers...

How You Might Benefit From Working Out With Your Partner

For Beth and Lee Jordan of Jacksonville Beach, Florida, exercise has been life-changer, and even – in Lee’s case – a life-saver. A couple decades ago Beth, now 54, fell...

Exercise and Disease Prevention

If you are a regular exerciser, you know that working out helps your body feel better in many ways. It also has powerful health benefits. In a review of the...

Dig deep.

Get after that afterburn!

Do you have a “power pose”?

Exercise may help strengthen your immune system. (Journal of Sports Medicine)

What’s your favorite outdoor activity?

What do you think? Is biking to work an option for you?

Should You Eat and Drink During Exercise?

David Nieman ran his first marathon in the 1970s, when dreadlocks rivaled ponytails and granola hadn’t given way to Gatorade. “The fact that during exercise you’re supposed to drink sugar...

Do you foam roll? Why or why not?

Aerobic Fitness May Preserve Brain’s Youthfulness

Stroop-interference-related cortical activation patterns are shown above. Physical fitness may do more than preserve a more youthful body; it may also impact the brain’s activity and function, preserving more youthful...

As if you need an excuse to get your dance on! (Home Health Care and Management & Practice)

How Exercise Might Increase Your Self-Control

For most of us, temptations are everywhere, from the dessert buffet to the online shoe boutique. But a new study suggests that exercise might be a simple if unexpected way...

Did you know these side-effects of yoga? (Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine)

Exercise and Type 1 Diabetes

Exercise and Type 1 Diabetes Regardless of the type of diabetes you have, regular physical activity is important for your overall health and wellness. With type 1, it’s very important...

This simple change can help prevent obesity.

Exercising in the Heat May Not Be Helping You Get Results

Here’s your excuse to forgo the sweltering weather and work out inside today. Not only is exercising in a hot climate unpleasant, preliminary research from the University of Nebraska at...

“Defeat is not bitter unless you swallow it.”– Joe Clark

Moving When Young May Strengthen the Adult Brain

  Being active in youth may change the inner workings of brain cells much later in life and sharpen some types of thinking, according to a remarkable new neurological study...

A recent study shows that HIIT proves better than other types of exercise at improving cellular health. (Cell Metabolism)

8 Secrets of Fit Business Travelers

It’s easy to fall off track when traveling for work. Not only must you break from a home routine that hopefully keeps you happy and healthy, but you’re also faced...

According to recent research, women who regularly complete marathons have less coronary plaque buildup—and therefore a lower risk of stroke or heart attack—than sedentary women. (Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise)

How Exercise Could Help You Learn a New Language

Learning a second language as an adult is difficult. But the process may be eased if you exercise while learning. A new study reports that working out during a language...

Now is the only time there is.

Researchers recently found that Pokémon Go players were twice as likely to walk at least 10,000 steps per day as they were before downloading the app. (Duke University in North Carolina)

To be content means you realize you contain what you seek. –Alan Cohen

Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly. –Stephen R. Covey

According to recent research, having more muscle mass makes physical activity feel easier. (International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance)

Why Exercise May Be More Important than Body Fat

Keeping body fat in check and getting plenty of exercise are both proven ways to improve health. But the latter may help you recover faster after a stroke, a new...

Sometimes you don’t realize your own strength until you come face to face with your greatest weakness. –Susan Gale

Over 50 and Want to Boost Brain Health? You Should Exercise, Study Says:

You might want to gift your parent or grandparent a sweatband soon, because exercise could confer significant benefits on the aging brain, according to a new study. Specifically, people ages...

20 Reasons to Exercise Outdoors

Taking your workout outdoors can yield major results. Think outside the gym. With warm weather finally peeking out from behind winter’s shadow and those dark days turning into sunny ones,...

According to recent research, running for 30 minutes a day won’t wreck your knees—in fact, it may age-proof them. (Brigham Young University)

Champions keep playing until they get it right. –Billie Jean King