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Motivational Weekend

I decided to go with some more motivational pictures again. Hopefully these helps keep you motivated over the weekend, and keeps your butt off the couch! Not so much motivational as it is funny, but I couldn’t leave this one out. If you where born before 1990 you probably know what this is, and yes, the answer is still three
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Head To The Doctor When You See These Signs

Have you ever come out of a nice deep sleep to the feeling of pain in your side that continues for weeks at a time? Or you wake up in the morning with a slight headache and it becomes worst throughout the week? Well if you have ever had these signs and nothing happened to you, that is great! But
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Before and After

Like a lot of people today, I have a Facebook account, and I follow several fitness related pages on there as well. Asides from motivational and ad related posts, a lot of these sites like to post before and after pictures of people. Many of these pictures make you question the legitimacy of the photos, but some are undoubtedly legit
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Music Psychology While Exercising

How often do you hear a great song come onto the radio and find yourself tapping your foot to the beat? Movement is a natural response to certain types of music. Were you aware that music can be a powerful tool while working out? It’s not a coincidence that so many people are listening to their ipods while exercising, and
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Fast Food Chains and Color Pyschology

How many of you have heard the term “color psychology”? Color psychology is the study of the effects of color on mood, emotions, and behavior. Color psychology is used everywhere, especially in business. I’m sure most people overlook this on a daily basis, but that’s pretty much the point. It’s supposed to subconsciously work in our minds. If these tricks
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A Special Blog For The Moms

I wanted to write a blog that has great significance to yesterday which was Mother’s day. I believe it’s one of the greatest days of the year! Even though October is breast cancer awareness month, this day is also a great day to also bring awareness to a very deadly disease. Breast cancer is ranked as the second (behind lung
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Measuring Your Body Fat

If you are looking to lose weight in order to look more “defined.” Then you probably already know its a matter of maintaining your muscle mass while losing the fat. In order to do this properly, you will have to pay close attention to your body fat percentage while you are cutting weight. There are a lot of measurement methods
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Germ-mania!

Most people know what they are. They have been around since the beginning of time. Some are good but many can kill if untreated. Germs, if you do not already know, lurk in every nook and cranny, so a given gym is no exception. People can sit there and hide in their bubble and use germs as one of many
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Celebrities…We Want Your Bodies!

This is another topic that isn’t widely discussed. Did you ever notice how celebrities are able to manipulate their bodies in such a short period of time to take on the role of a character in a movie? It’s pretty incredible! It only takes them a matter of months to get that ideal body for the movie. So, how do
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BMI, Why Do You Lie?

For years, BMI has been one of the main tools when calculating body fat. For those unfamiliar with the term BMI, it stands for Body Mass Index. BMI is calculated from someone’s height to weight ratio. Gyms and personal trainers use this calculation frequently because its inaccurate results tend to put the majority of people in the overweight or obese
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