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Are you ready to put on the swimsuit?
One of the great motivators for people to workout is the fact that it’s summer and we may have to put the swimsuit on. I personally have 10 different pairs that I have collected over the years. Each year it seemed that I had to get one just a little bit bigger. I didn’t get… Continue reading Are you ready to put on the swimsuit?
Can dehydration contribute to muscle pain?
The heat is on and one of the biggest challenges living in Arizona is staying hydrated during the summer heat. Water is the liquid of life, 65% of our body is made up of it. When the temperature gets above 100, our body’s can lose up to 1.5 quarts of water per hour! This is… Continue reading Can dehydration contribute to muscle pain?
Children as fit as endurance athletes
Children not only have fatigue-resistant muscles, but recover very quickly from high-intensity exercise — even faster than well-trained adult endurance athletes. This is the finding of new research published in open-access journal Frontiers in Physiology, which compared the energy output and post-exercise recovery rates of young boys, untrained adults and endurance athletes. The research could help… Continue reading Children as fit as endurance athletes
How to Reduce Dementia in Women
Women with high physical fitness at middle age were nearly 90 percent less likely to develop dementia decades later, compared to women who were moderately fit, according to a study published the March 14, 2018, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The study measured the women’s cardiovascular fitness based… Continue reading How to Reduce Dementia in Women
10 Ways to Control Chronic Back Pain
Chronic back pain can be one of the most frustrating conditions to deal with. It affects every posture (laying, seated, standing) and every movement (especially walking and lifting). Chronic back pain can wear you down and make you irritable and more sensitive to other stimuli and create an almost hopeless state of mind. So managing your… Continue reading 10 Ways to Control Chronic Back Pain
Reduce back pain with better sleep
Our sleep position can either help or make our back pain worse. Considering the fact that we spend about a third of our day sleeping, improving our sleep position can dramatically reduce back pain with better sleep. Check out these tips to a better nights sleep: Get rid of the old mattress – If you have… Continue reading Reduce back pain with better sleep
Exercise to reverse damage from heart aging
Cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of death in the U.S. So exercising to reverse damage from heart aging is important to reduce this risk. “Based on a series of studies performed by our team over the past 5 years, this ‘dose’ of exercise has become my prescription for life,” said senior author Dr.… Continue reading Exercise to reverse damage from heart aging
The proper way to warm-up before working out can be the key to success
Many of you may be back at the gym working off the holidays and getting yourself in shape for summer clothes. Proper nutrition is important for hitting your goals, but in order to stay healthy for your work-outs, the proper way to warm-up before working out can be the key to success. Proper warm-up activities… Continue reading The proper way to warm-up before working out can be the key to success
Is back pain a cultural thing?
80% of Americans will report back pain at one time or another in their life, while other cultures can suffer lower reported incidents of back pain. What is interesting about this is that these other cultures have less access to tools and have more laborious working conditions. So how does this happen? If we look… Continue reading Is back pain a cultural thing?