Everyone knows that when you work out your muscles, those muscles get stronger. But did you realize that certain exercises can actually help your bones get stronger as well? It’s true, and by incorporating some of these bone-strengthening exercises into your regular workout regimen, you can improve the health of your bones, and head off [...]
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Stretch it out – Flexibility Training
Flexibility is an often-overlooked aspect of overall fitness. We remember to work on our cardiovascular fitness, and we remember to work on our strength training...but flexibility training? Most people stop at "a light stretch before the workout" and never give it another thought. A little bit of forethought, however, will point to flexibility being as important as either of the other areas of fitness. When you improve your flexibility, you benefit in a number of ways. You improve your range of motion in your joints, which allows you to do more of whatever it is you do, from working out to shopping, without tiring as easily. It has also been proven that increased flexibility is an excellent way to avoid injury as your body ages.
Continue ReadingMotivated to Keep Walking, Part 2
(If you missed part 1, you can click here to start reading at the beginning.) Walking is a great way to maintain your cardiovascular health, keep your legs, hips and buttocks toned and improve your respiratory conditioning. In part 1, we discussed some of the excuses that people make to get out of walking, as [...]
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