Fitness
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Is Your Scale Lying to You?
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Ever step on the scale and have a hard time believing its accuracy? Now, I’m not talking about delusion or denial…but more about the fact that you honestly can’t pinpoint why the scale is reading a three pound increase in your weight. It happens…it happens to all of us, and it can be very confusing, […]
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How Life Changes Impact your Health
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Stress caused from life changes have an amazing influence on whether or not we are able to keep our balance and health in check. Unfortunately, it isn’t always negative stress that does this. Happy occasions and good stress can reek havoc on your healthy regimen just as much.
Personally, I experienced this during my second year in […]
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Running Indoors vs. Outdoors
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I run about 3 miles, 3 times a week. I enjoy it, but there is definitely a mental ramp up and inner pep-rally that goes on prior to my initiating my run. Part of this ritual includes the question: “Do I run inside or out?” Most of my impending decision is predicated purely on mood…bits of […]
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Is Yoga or Running a better Workout?
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I’ve been asked the questions, ’Do I have to run or exercise intensely to get a good workout? Can’t I just do yoga?’ Unfortunately (or fortunately), the answers to these questions, respectively are yes…and yes. Different exercise types have different purposes and different benefits. And each of our bodies, to remain fit, requires our training it in different ways. One type of […]
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Top 5: Perils of Exercising Outdoors
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Every weekend, I take my workout outdoors and run along the Charles River. For those of you who are not familiar, there are paths on both sides of the river, that literally extend for miles. It makes for a great summer jog, walk, bike ride or rollerblade. The river is beautiful and there are tons […]
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Travel and Exercise: Do you take time off, maintain or ramp up?
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When I travel, whether for business or pleasure, I do almost everything possible to maintain my fitness regimen. Granted, It isn’t always easy and I’m sometimes unsuccessful, but regardless, my sneakers, my workout clothing and my iPod are always packed.
Recently, while away with a friend, she seemed surprised when I told her I would be […]
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Can Keeping a Diary Help you Lose Weight?
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I hear a lot of people claim that they eat really healthy, but yet, they aren’t able to lose weight. Call me a skeptic, but I never really trust those statements. I’m not saying I think these people are lying, I’m just not sure that they are truly aware of how they are really eating. For one, many people […]
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‘Suck it In’: A Lesson about my Abs
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I’m 5′ 2″ and 125 pounds with a ‘mesomorph’ body type (think Yellow Labrador Retriever versus Greyhound). I’m happy with this…I love being strong and muscular. That said, I’ve always thought of myself as being muscular in a ‘thick’ way.
About a week or two ago, Tara Bridger, our resident Pilates expert, and I had a little one-on-one mat […]
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Wii Fit: Will it work?
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Nintendo’s Wii Fit is revolutionizing the health and fitness industry, getting people of all ages off their butts and moving in a healthier direction. I don’t own Wii…and there is a good chance I never will. However, about 4 months ago, I tried out a friend’s Wii Tennis game for a few hours (I don’t feel […]
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Why Losing Weight is so Hard and Gaining Weight is so Easy
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You just went away for the weekend and you came back to find that you gained 5 pounds over the course of 3 days. In your disbelief, you quickly curse the Weight Gods for being so cruel. Sound familiar? This was me last weekend. A little jaunt to Montreal, eating at decadent cafes, packed it […]
