Tag: fitness
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Renew your Motivation to Exercise
Is your exercise program stuck in a rut? Has your motivation to keep active been fading? If so, you’re not alone. At some point in our exercise lives, we all experience setbacks or don’t see the progress we expect. If that happens, we may lose that motivation to exercise. Even the most dedicated, and hardened…
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Keep up Your Exercise this Winter
Winter is upon us and brings it’s own unique opportunities for being active and getting exercise. Yes, many of us are waking up each morning to darkness. And it can be hard to get out of bed knowing the sun won’t rise for another hour or two. But being active year-round is important to your…
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Exercise Snacking is Good for You
We’re sitting more and more these days. It’s no wonder, with the pandemic causing us to spend hours at home. As a result, people have seen their step counts decrease by up to 50%. But sitting and sedentary time have been increasing for years before that. And when you’re sitting at your desk or on…
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The Importance of a Warm-Up and Cool-Down
Regular exercise is an important part of maintaining health, improving quality of life and preventing disease. Guidelines for physical activity are great for saying how much exercise you should do and at what intensity. But what’s commonly left out is the importance of warming up and cooling down, and how you should do that. The…