Tag: fitness
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6 Simple Hacks for Increasing Your Physical Activity and Exercise
Having a hard time fitting in physical activity? You’re not alone. Being active is hard. In an effort to be ever more efficient, we’ve engineered activity out of lives. Lots of jobs, from farming to even desk jobs are far less active than before. The same is true for household chores now with dishwashers, remote…
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People’s Perceptions of What Exercise is May be the Biggest Barrier to Being Active
What image comes to your mind when you hear the word exercise? Is it someone putting on running shoes and going for a run? Is it a person sweating it up in a gym on a treadmill or lifting weights? If so, you’re not alone. Most people have these or similar images of what exercise…
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How (not?) to motivate a teenage girl to be active. Lessons from an active father.
I’m going to state the obvious: being the father of a teenage girl isn’t easy. I’m just in the early stages when the eye-rolling starts to develop, which comes before the door-slamming phase (I’m already adding foam stoppers to all doors). I’ve heard there isn’t just one type of teenage eye-roll but numerous ones that…
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How to increase your activity. Part 10 of Being Active While Living an Active Life
Physical activity guidelines recommend getting at least 150 minutes per week of activity. Meeting these guidelines is associated with improved health and lower risk for disease, but keep in mind that this is the minimal recommendation. If you look more closely at the World Health Organization’s recommendations they go on to state: For additional health…