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Why Building Muscle is Better than Cardio Alone
Many people who become involved in fitness to lose weight neglect to strength train because they think it will make them gain weight. Here's why it's necessary.
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Lift Weights - Lose Weight
This article discusses the importance of weight training and how it can save your "body" in the long run.
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Learning How Muscles Work
Muscles are amazing. They make us move and get around. They can be weak or strong, depending on how we use them. Learn more about muscles here.
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The Marathon Runner's Body
Preparation is key to running a marathon. Understanding how to cope with dehydration, fuel depletion and muscle fatigue will result in a valuable head start on race day.
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Raffy: 380 Home Runs
On August 1, Raffy, as his friend likes to call him, was suspended for ten days after testing positive for steroids. BUT, all his previous tests were negative.
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Why Women Should Lift Weights
Many women fear that strength training will give them bulging muscles, but instead it is a great anti-aging strategy.
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How Intense Exercise Affects Body
Progressive exercise firms the body and boosts cardio-respiratory capacity, but the tradeoff is sore and fatigued muscles occasionally.
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What Causes Sore Muscles After Exercising?
The feeling of sore, stiff muscles is a common side effect of exercise. Learn why muscle soreness occurs days after a workout.
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Symptoms and Life Cycle of Tetanus: Why Lockjaw Immunization is Important
When was the last time you got a tetanus shot? If you can't remember when then maybe it is time to get one.
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Herbal Allies for Post-Menopausal Women - Pts 3-5
Here we continue Susun's article on herbal allies for post-menopausal women with Bioflavinoids, Vitamins and Minterals.
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Amino Acids Supplements
Diets today are composed mostly of processed foods. Are we getting enough amino acids? What are the benefits of amino acid supplements?
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Anatomy for Massage Therapists
An anatomy and physiology program designed specifically for massage therapists to accurately identify and find anatomical landmarks no matter body size or type.
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Deep Vein Thrombosis
Complications from deep vein thrombosis (DVT) will kill 200,000 people this year, a shocking statistic considering that very few people have ever heard of this condition.
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Golf Swing: Arm Strength and Flexibility
Strengthening shoulder, arm and hand muscles can greatly enhance the golf swing. These muscles can easily be improved through recreational and daily activities.
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Lap Swimming
Swimming laps: a great way to recharge the body and mind during summer heat.
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Roller Coaster Headaches Could Be Dangerous
Riding a roller coaster can be dangerous to your health. A Japanese study has shown that the violent movements your head is subjected to on a roller coaster can cause subdural hematomas, which in turn cause a headache that won't go away.
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So, how strong a skater are you?
Did you know there are different types of strength? Here are the ones most important to speed and figure skaters.
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The Biggest, Smallest, Longest, and Strongest Skeletal Muscles in the Human Body
Which is the Biggest, smallest, longest, strongest muscle in our body? Read about these muscles.
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The Ups and Downs of Having a Horse
The ups and downs of being owned by a horse.
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What Is Tetanus or Lockjaw
You receive your first tetanus shot and the later boosters to prevent a bacterial toxin from blocking your ability to relax any of the muscles in your body.
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Abdominal Toning
Healthy eating, cardio workout and abdominal toning exercises are all crucial parts of the regime to get a flat stomach.
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Building Bigger Muscles
Developing huge muscles is not as much work as you might imagine. But it does require adherence to the overload principle.
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Causes of Chest Pain
Chest pain is typically associated with a heart attack, but that's not the only cause. What else produces chest pain?
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Childhood Mental Health
Article about the affects of anxiety disorders, the most common mental health issue, the symptoms, how parents can help, and how they can get the treatment they need.
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Exercising Smart with Type 2 Diabetes
Many people diagnosed with type 2 diabetes are told to either add or keep exercise in their normal routine, but many don't realize the benefits of regular exercise.
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Hippotherapy: The Horse as Healer
From hippotherapy, to therapeutic riding, to recreational trail riding, the horse can work miracles for the physically, emotionally and neurologically impaired.
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I Am Your Back. Treat Me Right.
A brief description of the human back and the proper way to maintain its health.
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Magical and Poisonous Plants
Plant lore may be interesting, but not always practical. Plants used in healing and spell work can be fascinating and frightening...but do they belong in common gardens?
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Manual Muscle Testing
Muscle testing is used in various practices as a means to assess allergies, health strengths and weaknesses prior to treatment or, like dowsing, to ask yes/no questions
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Nutritious Snack Choices for Day Care
Day care centers are responsible for feeding children snacks at some time or another. Make sure the snacks you serve are nutritious to encourage healthy eating habits.
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Over Stretching
Stretching is the component of physical fitness that intentionally elongates a specific skeletal muscle (or muscle group) to its fullest length to improve the elasticity.
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Pregnancy Exercise Guidelines
Exercise should continue during pregnancy but there are some guidelines women should follow including new recommendations from ACOG. What do you need to know?
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Preventing Back Pain
A back strain can cause severe pain, obstructing an individual's ability to perform normal activities. These tips and exercises may help to prevent a back strain.
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Primer on Low Back Pain
Low back pain is a common, sometimes debilitating ailment. Anatomy, and common causes of lumbar pain are reviewed.
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Strength Training For Runners
Devoting time to strength training sessions can help runners stay strong and prevent injury.
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Training and Moderation
Train with moderation. How to.
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When Your Muscles Hurt
Information about our muscles and how to take care of them.
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Yoga Instead of Weight Training
Can I replace weights with yoga? When will yoga work instead of weightlifting, nautilus or free-weights? The answer is... well that depends.
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Kayak Fitness
All kayakers, from recreational paddlers to professional paddlers, will find Kayak Fitness to be an invaluable tool to increase their paddling strength and performance.
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Overtraining Syndrome in Competitive Athletes
Overtraining syndrome is an incompletely understood disorder combining psychological, physiological, and hormonal changes that negatively affect performance.
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The Anatomy of Back Pain
The causes of back pain can be complex and difficult to diagnose because the back is composed of many complex structural components.
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African Spotted Hyaena
Visitors who know the habitat, food, characteristics and social behavior of the Spotted Hyaena enjoy spotting them in Game Reserves and conservation areas.
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Body for Life for Women
12-week weight loss program by Pamela Peeke is designed to transform your body and your mind. The plan takes hormones and gender differences into account.
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Fibromyalgia Pain: Magnesium and Malic Acid
In the correct doses, combining magnesium with malic acid is more effective to reduce the pain of fibromyalgia than taking magnesium by itself.
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High-Weight, Low-Weight Workout
Superset heavy weights followed by light weights for maximal muscle gains
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New Ways to Lose Weight
Activate your weight loss plan and get healthy, get fit, feel better, look better; thrive.
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Rosemary Essential Oil Profile
Rosemary essential oil has a wide variety of therapeutic effects for aromatherapists. Learn how to safely use and enjoy the physical and mental benefits of rosemary oil.
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Shoulder padding (part 2 of 2)
Part 2 - focusing on the specific training, what to do to avoid injury and how to get the right mindset for productive shoulder-training.
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Special Diets and Feeding Styles
What and how we feed our children can be controversial. Experts in the same field may not even agree. How do we make the right decision?
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Where do Babies Come From?
Parents should answer questions about birth and babies from young kids as truthfully as possible.
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