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Notable News
Phys Ed: A Workout for Your Bloodstream – Well Blog – NYTimes.com. Another great reason to add exercise into your daily routine. This study says that it has metabolic effects and that being fit helps your body run more efficiently. Who can argue with that? But a new study that gauged the metabolic effects of…
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Brother/Sister bonding
This is my brother Jon. We took this pic right before we went on our run this morning. How great is it that when my brothers come to visit me – we bond over exercise? We went on the trail and ran for a bit over an hour. This heat is rough on West coast…
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Starting Weds Off Right
Warmup 400m run Core 83’s with the stability ball leg extensions with the ball back extensions 40 push-ups general stretching workout hamstring curls push press 85lbs ring push ups chest press with 12lb Dynamax ball windmills 20lb dumbbells hang clean squats 75lbs PT 16,12,8 BOSU xovers x2, BTH push press 65lbs, checkpoints The Pt Station…
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Join the Fit Generation
Join the School Years Fit Generation: Fight the Obesity Crisis What parents can do to improve their family’s health and fitness, and fight the nation’s childhood obesity crisis We’re starting a new revolution, and we want you and your kids to be part of it! Childhood obesity is sweeping our nation, and it’s time to…
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What’s the Fittest City in America?
What’s the Fittest City in America? | SocialWorkout.com. Where do all the healthy people live? I’s gotta be San Francisco — everyone in the Bay Area is training for a triathlon, right? Or maybe it’Denver where everyone hikes to work or whatever. Nope, turns out it’s…Washington D.C. Apparently, the buttoned-up beltway crowd sweats it out…
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Kettle Bells
A vat of kettle bells Kettle Bells have been around for a while but are just gaining popularity as the workout du jour. You can get a great workout from them and they are really versatile. The only thing I find is that many gyms don’t have them and have seen people bring their own.…
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Exercise doesn’t just have to be Gym Time…
Simple Ways to Make Exercise a Part of Your Everyday Life Some great general tips on how to work in exercise in the regular course of life. We all need to be reminded that exercise doesn’t just have to be about time in the gym… It’s a mistake to assume that exercise is something that…
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Oh what a beautiful morning…
It was a chilly morning – but that’s how I like it to be when I am working outdoors. Doesn’t take long to warm right up! Today’s boot camp was awesome – lots of running and moving fast – and even though my partner had to bail before we were done, I completed the entire…
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Family Adventure Ideas at REI
I received an REI catalog in the mail this week. I am not really an adventure sports enthusiast as you can tell by the type of workouts I do, but that is not to say that I haven’t recently been interested in looking at different types of athletic endeavors to consider. Some of them may…
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Weighing the Evidence on Exercise
Weighing the Evidence on Exercise – NYTimes.com. How exercise affects body weight is one of the more intriguing and vexing issues in physiology. Exercise burns calories, no one doubts that, and so it should, in theory, produce weight loss, a fact that has prompted countless people to undertake exercise programs to shed pounds. Without significantly…