Category Archives: Exercise

Get Outside!

Introduction Even though it is difficult to get outside with any regularity when the weather is bad, it is still important to keep getting outside in mind, and take advantage of the opportunities as they arise. If you prepare properly, … Continue reading

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Physical Activity & Public Health Guidlines

The American College of Sports Medicine in conjunction with the American Heart Association have established guidelines that clearly state what duration of exercise, at what level of intensity, and how often within a week are necessary to maintain health, see … Continue reading

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Walking At Home

Please take a look at the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire before beginning this or any other physical activity program. In following the guidelines of the American College of Sports Medicine in conjunction with the American Heart Association, we are going … Continue reading

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Workout Music

I don’t want anyone to feel like they just can’t work out because it is just too much. You may feel like you just can’t work out when you get home because you are just too tired. So I have … Continue reading

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Jogging in Place / Toe Touches

In following the guidelines of the American College of Sports Medicine in conjunction with the American Heart Association, we are going to be looking at a very simple way of getting the recommended physical activity into our daily lives. Time … Continue reading

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The best exercises for the abdomen

The abdominal area is a crucial core area of the body to keep strong. It not only is responsible for many common movements that we perform every day, but also supplies the support necessary to properly perform many upper and … Continue reading

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Upper Body Workout: Push ups

Now that you have been jogging, hopping, jumping, toe touching, along with some great abdominal exercises, it is time to start to work in some exercises for the upper body; arms, chest, back and shoulders. To start things off, let’s … Continue reading

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Upper Body Workout: Bent Dumbbell Rows

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Now that you have your push ups worked into your schedule to work the chest and arm muscles (mostly the triceps), lets look at an exercise to strengthen your upper back muscles and the biceps of the arms, to make … Continue reading

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Upper Body Workout: Dips

Pull ups are one of the best exercises for working the latissimus dorsi muscles, which are the muscles that form that distinctive V shape that extends out from the outside of the middle back and up to the back of … Continue reading

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Upper Body Workout: Upright Rows

Upright Rows In continuing bring you exercises that don’t require you to go out and purchase any equipment (just to get you started) this next exercise can be done at an entry level with a couple of one gallon liquid … Continue reading

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