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Stairway to Good Health

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Stairway to Good Health

Step training, or bench stepping, will burn body fat and strengthen your heart and leg muscles. You can t ...

Step training, or bench stepping, will burn body fat and strengthen your heart and leg muscles. You can take step training classes at the gym, or do it privately at home. Use a sturdy box or bench, at ...

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Injury-Free Golfing

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Injury-Free Golfing

Leisure sports, like golf, can give you a good workout. If you skip the electric cart, golfing 18 holes i ...

Leisure sports, like golf, can give you a good workout. If you skip the electric cart, golfing 18 holes is roughly a 10-km hike that burns around 470 calories – more if you carry your clubs. And the b ...

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Lawn Bowling: A Sport for Any Age

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Lawn Bowling: A Sport for Any Age

Lawn bowling is popular among young and old in Australia and England. There, it’s appreciated as an ideal ...

Lawn bowling is popular among young and old in Australia and England. There, it’s appreciated as an ideal lifetime sport and social activity for all ages. Here in Canada, lawn bowling is played mostly ...

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Add More Challenge to Your Walking Workout

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Add More Challenge to Your Walking Workout

Walking is a fun and easy way to keep fit – most anyone can do it! And it’s an activity you can do wherev ...

Walking is a fun and easy way to keep fit – most anyone can do it! And it’s an activity you can do wherever your travels take you. Even at a moderate pace of three miles per hour (for at least 30 minu ...

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Street Smart Your Exercise

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Street Smart Your Exercise

If you walk or run outdoors regularly, no doubt you cherish the feeling of well-being the activity gives ...

If you walk or run outdoors regularly, no doubt you cherish the feeling of well-being the activity gives you. Unfortunately, attacks against runners (particularly females) do occur. Always remain aler ...

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Exercise: Start Small

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Exercise: Start Small

We all know the importance of regular physical activity. But there are some of us who either hate the tho ...

We all know the importance of regular physical activity. But there are some of us who either hate the thought of doing it, and/or just don’t have the time. The good news is exercise doesn’t have to be ...

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Fitting Fitness into the New Year

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Fitting Fitness into the New Year

Finding time for exercise can be just as challenging as actually doing it. Making it convenient is the ke ...

Finding time for exercise can be just as challenging as actually doing it. Making it convenient is the key to fitting it into your busy day. And keep in mind any physical activity counts, not just for ...

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New Year’s Aspirations? How About Running a Marathon?

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New Year’s Aspirations? How About Running a Marathon?

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner was a short story and movie in the early 1960s. These seniors ...

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner was a short story and movie in the early 1960s. These seniors may be familiar with the title, but they don't necessarily believe it! Here's a new concept for ...

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Free Weights or Machines?

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Free Weights or Machines?

Working out at the fitness centre can be a technical nightmare. Some of those gadgets in the gym are pret ...

Working out at the fitness centre can be a technical nightmare. Some of those gadgets in the gym are pretty intimidating to a first-time visitor. Although machines are a great tool to achieving overal ...

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Swimming for Fitness

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Swimming for Fitness

Travelling abroad this summer? Pack your swimming gear, even if you aren’t a skilled swimmer. Get wet, in ...

Travelling abroad this summer? Pack your swimming gear, even if you aren’t a skilled swimmer. Get wet, instead of sitting poolside being splashed by people who kick their feet above the waterline. Poo ...

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Planning for the Future? Invest in Good Nutrition

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Planning for the Future? Invest in Good Nutrition

Smart investing isn’t limited to your bank account. Transactions occur within your body when you eat food ...

Smart investing isn’t limited to your bank account. Transactions occur within your body when you eat food. You credit your account (your body) by depositing vital nutrients from whole foods. And you d ...

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Dance for Good Health

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Dance for Good Health

Dancing is a great workout for the mind and body. A 150-pound adult can burn about 150 calories doing 30 ...

Dancing is a great workout for the mind and body. A 150-pound adult can burn about 150 calories doing 30 minutes of moderate social dancing. And by concentrating on your dance steps, you’ll boost brai ...

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A Spa’s ‘Minus’ is a ‘Plus’

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A Spa’s ‘Minus’ is a ‘Plus’

What was I thinking? -110 Celsius …and me, chilled even when others are sweating? But Cryotherapy Cold Sa ...

What was I thinking? -110 Celsius …and me, chilled even when others are sweating? But Cryotherapy Cold Sauna treatment is said to spike up the body’s immune system – can’t argue with that benefit, plu ...

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Overcome Excuses for Inactivity

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Overcome Excuses for Inactivity

Everyone knows we should be physically active, yet many of us are not. We resort to a list of “reasons” f ...

Everyone knows we should be physically active, yet many of us are not. We resort to a list of “reasons” for being inactive. Sadly, most of these “reasons” are invalid excuses and many are easily overc ...

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Live Active, Live Well

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Live Active, Live Well

We know physical activity is necessary, yet many of us remain inactive, with a myriad of “reasons” why we ...

We know physical activity is necessary, yet many of us remain inactive, with a myriad of “reasons” why we aren’t exercising. Among the common excuses like “no time” and “too tired,” lack of motivation ...

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