One day, you wake up and decide that you are going to be more active about your physical health, so you walk your butt right on over to the nearest fitness center. You sign up and meet the trainer that will kick your butt into a physical specimen! Heading home, you get this warm feeling knowing you’re taking the right
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Shouldn’t workout if you’re going to drink alcohol that same night? One drink, two drink, three drink, four, how many drinks till you hit the gym floor? You may not like the rhyming scheme, but hey, I got your attention. I don’t know about you but I am tired of hearing the myth that you can’t drink if you plan
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Hot yoga has been getting a lot of hype over the past year. Like most fitness trends, I don’t see this one lasting too much longer. Not because it isn’t an intense workout, but because of one major reason. It can be extremely dangerous! For those of you who are unfamiliar with hot yoga, it’s basically yoga in a heated
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For years, there has been a plethora of fitness commercials ranging from equipment to weight loss programs. They all have their own philosophy that they believe will give people the figure they want. The surprising thing is that many of their philosophies have little scientific research or backing that validates what they’re trying to sell. Now I am not trying
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The Olympics are finally here! One of the more controversial issues that arose from the 2012 Olympics concerned Ye Shiwen, a 16 year old Chinese swimmer. Shiwen managed to take home the gold medal in the 400m individual medley by shaving 5 seconds off her personal best time and beating the previous world record by over 1 second! Not only
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If you are like the large percentage, you have at least heard of, if not watched the show “The Biggest Loser.” Finally, a show that taught overweight Americans how to effectively lose weight and live a healthy lifestyle, or so we thought. Contestants are literally losing 100s of pounds per season, not to mention “The Biggest Loser” record of two
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