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With the summer heat at its peak, the risk of heat stroke rises. The problem is that most people do not even realize that they are having a heat stroke until they collapse after finishing their exercises.

Most of the…

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A study from Toledo, Spain shows that giving caffeine to dehydrated bicycle racers helps them ride faster, longer and with more power in hot weather (Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, July 2008). When combined with water and carbohydrates, caffeine ingestion increases…

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“Those who think they have not time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness.” - Edward Stanley

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One of the beautiful things about working out is progress. You get to see and feel your body transform. But, keeping the intensity up is paramount, or your body doesn’t adapt, get lazy and the next thing you know, you’ve hit a plateau.…

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Everyone has different fitness goals. Some have the goal of getting as big as physically possible. Others prefer to have marathon-like stamina, and some want to build raw power. Whatever your goal, there is a training method for it. Knowing how to train…

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As someone who spent three summers lifeguarding on the beach, I understand the difficulty that the heat and the sand brings to a workout. But nothing beats the atmosphere. Check out this article I found today on That’s…

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“I can feel the wind go by when I run. It feels good. It feels fast.” - Evelyn Ashford

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“Exercise alone provides psychological and physical benefits. However, if you also adopt a strategy that engages your mind while you exercise, you can get a whole host of psychological benefits fairly quickly.” - James Rippe, M.D.

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Today, Katherine Hobson wrote a very interesting blog post about the association between being in love and gaining weight. Apparently this is a common trend and you can prevent it from happening.

Researchers found that young women who were dating…

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“Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being, while movement and methodical physical exercise save it and preserve it.” - Plato

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“To feel ‘fit as a fiddle’, you must tone down your middle.” Author Unknown

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“Walking is the best possible exercise.Habituate yourself to walk very far.” - Thomas Jefferson

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Summertime is upon us, and if you are like a majority of the population, you are making sure that you hit the gym regularly so that you can look good with no shirt on, whether you’re on the beach or just mowing…

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Google Health, a new service for archiving medical records and finding medical services, was launched today in the beta testing phase.  The site, which is currently available for healthcare purposes in the US only, is a personal portal…

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Getting older is something that we inevitably have to deal with. Along with hair loss and wrinkles, another common disadvantage of aging is weight gain. When you are a child, you could eat anything you want and never gain an ounce, but as…

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