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Emotional Benefits of Walking Outdoors
Are you lucky enough to enjoy outdoor walks? Do you live in an area conducive to walking? Do you live where you can see the blue sea? What about the blue sky? In addition to all the physical benefits...
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Is It Time to Train Your Midlife Middle?
I belly up to the AktivMotion Bar. Now to belly off! Wonder how to lose menopause weight when eating less and exercising more hasn’t made a difference? Then you are in good company. Or at least...
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Post-Workout Healthy Snacks
Please share some examples of slow carb release post-workout healthy snacks please (I’m diabetic). Thanks, Maxine Hi Maxine: I’m currently studying for my Nutrition Specialist certification, so I will...
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How Strong is Your Lower Body?
Sit! Wonder whether your lower body is functionally strong? Find out with this easy and quick Sit to Stand Test. In under 10 minutes you will have read this post, taken the 30 second assessment, and...
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What is the Right Amount of Exercise?
Hi, So much advice is given about adding exercise to your day. I work on my feet all day. 6 1/2 to 7 hours a day. I stand and move around a lot. When I am busy waiting on customers, I am moving and...
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Going from “Stuck” to “Start” with Your Fitness Plan
Be Loose, Not Stuck! Arrrrghhh! That’s the sound of you spending another day stuck in sedentary patterns stitched with good exercise intentions. Another day of you bartering with yourself in an Annie...
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What Can You Gain By Attending an IDEA Fitness Convention?
We just got back from the annual IDEA World Fitness Convention, a gathering of 12,000 group fitness instructors, personal trainers, program directors, owners/ managers and duh-da-duh-da fitness...
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Pssst! Want to Know Top Insider Fitness Trends and Quotes?
Looking Into the Future Do you like to stay ahead of the curve? I mean besides the ones on our baby boomer, midlife bodies? Then hold tight as we zoom through some of the key takeaways and quotables...
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Exercise and Fitness Trends for the Over Fifty Crowd
Drop the pedal and go, go, Elliptigo We goin’ ridin’ on the freeway of love Are you over 50, one day hope to be, or have loved ones who are? Then the following quotes and key points from the recent...
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Flavor Your Summer with Stuff that Starts with “A”
Adventure, Activity, Almonds, Animals What do these grade A words have in common? They are all part of my midlife summer excitement and active aging life. I wrapped up my first year as an outrigger...
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How Do You Relax?
Do you think relaxing is part of a healthy, active life? For some, relaxing is the opposite of activity. For others, it’s congruent with it. Maybe it just depends on how you define “relax.” I know many...
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Decrease Stress Now
Have you ever had a terribly long, stressful week where you are busy every day, all day, yet feel like you got nothing done? That’s been my week. Normally I have relatives in town who help me with...
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Time to Exercise Some Tough Love: Guest Post from Debbie Woodruff
Our friend and colleague, Debbie is a personal trainer, group exercise instructor, fitness club director, running coach, and repeat dog rescuer, who blogs over at Coach Debbie Runs. She isn’t quite as...
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3 Seated Abs Exercises, plus Pretty Photos from Mexico
While teaching for a week at Rancho la Puerta Spa in Tecate, Mexico I managed to find a few spots that had wifi so I could share some abdominal moves on video. The three videos were done in real time...
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Bad Knees? Step Lively Once Again
Teaching Step: Once Upon a Time Three decades and thirty “added bonus” pounds ago, I had good knees. And a waistline. (But no adorable hubster or beloved daughter, so age and time have their benefits!)...
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10 Reasons to Chillax at the Hyatt Palm Springs
The Hyatt Palm Springs invited me and a guest to come stay with them for a few nights to experience their “Chill” packages. I’m a pretty smart person, so I said yes and invited my older son. It can...
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Use Weights While Walking: Yes or No?
Can the subject of walking with hand or ankle weights be humorous and informative? In looking back at old posts, we discovered some gems that are begging to see the light of day again and still au...
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How Do You Know if You Are Fit Enough?
Home, Home (Gym) on the Range … er, Ranch Dear Fun and Fit: Kymberly and Alexandra: I want to know the best way for me to determine my fitness level without going to a gym. What kind of tests or...
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How to Fit in Exercise When You Don’t Have Time to Exercise
Over the years we’ve heard from many women about the difficulty they have finding time to exercise. Usually we get questions sent to our site asking a variation of “I know I need to exercise, but I...
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Strength Training: How Often Should I Vary My Workout?
Dear K and A: I keep hearing I should change up my weight lifting routine to avoid muscle memory, especially once past menopause. How often should I change my strength workout and to what degree? Do I...
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