Fitness

Overview Regular exercise is an essential component of diabetes care. Exercise helps to keep blood sugar levels controlled and decreases overall risks for diabetes complications. Walking is a convenient, low-cost way to exercise. A few helpful suggestions can help someone…
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Overview If you are thinking of using your soccer cleats to play football or vice versa, you should think again. While their purpose is the same, there are some distinct differences between the two types of cleats that can greatly…
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1. Support Your Back With a Good Warm Up Stretching and warming up just as soon as the ballet slippers go on is highly important in preventing back injuries in ballet. This isn’t too difficult, as the warming up, stretching…
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1. A Better, Sexier You Exercise routines can become dull and uninteresting and seem to lose their appeal after a few weeks. Exploring alternative ways to exercise and maintain your body’s physical health is an integral way to keep your…
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Overview Eating plenty of fruits and vegetables is crucial for a good nutrition plan, but some people find it difficult. Simple reframing the way fruits and vegetables are consumed is an uncomplicated way to sneak fruit into your diet, and…
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Scoliosis affects about 2 percent of the United States population and is more common in young girls, although boys and adults may have scoliosis too, according to SpineUniverse.com. Approximately 80 percent of scoliosis cases are called “idiopathic” scoliosis, which means…
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Your upper arms consist of two major muscles–biceps brachii and triceps brachii. The word brachii refers to the arm and is often dropped when discussing these muscles. Located on the front of your upper arm and bends your elbow, biceps…
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Overview Race Across America competitor Johnny Goldberg (“Johnny G”) invented spinning as a safe way to train for his transcontinental rides. Now spinning is a worldwide fitness trend that is popular among cyclists as well as fitness enthusiasts who don’t…
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Gymnastic balls are the same thing as stability balls, exercise balls, balance balls and Swiss balls: air-inflated spheres of tough plastic that are prone to rolling easy in any given direction. This inherent instability makes gymnastic balls a great exercise…
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The mini trampoline went from being sold as a toy to being sold as piece of cardio equipment. It can be found in thousands of gyms nationwide. While it has always been an effective cardio workout, it wasn’t recognized as…
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An ordinary step stool can double as a piece of exercise equipment. You can perform several muscle-toning exercises–with or without dumbbells–to tone and shape the major muscles of your upper and lower body. No fancy or expensive equipment is necessary…
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Overview The primary effort used to operate a rowing machine comes from the setting that determines the resistance and the stroke produced by the rowing action, report the doctors at the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM). While a rowing…
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Exercising your abdominal muscles benefit you more than just making you look good with your shirt off. Strong abdominal muscles, the rectus abdominus, transverse abdominus and internal and external obliques, help give a level of protection for your internal organs,…
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The abdominal muscles, though usually trained using only resistance from your own body weight, can also be done using external resistance in the form of weights to turn up the intensity. Weights can be anything that can be held, rotated…
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that each child gets 60 minutes of moderate physical activity each day. Competitive physical games are an excellent way to get kids off the couch and moving in order to meet this…
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Dr. Susanne Klein-Vogelbach invented the Swiss ball in the 1960s as part of her rehabilitative physical therapy program. During the 1980s, the Swiss ball gained popularity in the states and is now a common piece of exercise equipment in gyms…
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Chin-ups are challenging body-weight exercises that develop functional strength and power in the arms, shoulders and upper back. Chin-ups, which are done with the palms facing toward you, are primarily used to target the biceps with the deltoids and latissimus…
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The speed bag is an important tool for any boxer. It can help a boxer understand the nuances of an offensive rhythm, how to move his feet and how to deliver punches with accuracy. It can also help a boxer…
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Isometric exercises are an efficient way to maintain muscle strength, especially after an injury or due to a condition such as arthritis, says Dr. Edward Laskowski of the Mayo Clinic. Using elastic exercise bands is an effective way to do…
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Overview Rebounder exercisers are designed to stimulate your body’s lymph system. More advanced bouncers can get a stimulating cardiovascular workout while also challenging their sense of balance and awareness of where the body is in space at any given time….
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1. Back Off Shin splints is a general term for pain occurring along the shinbone, which is common in runners and other athletes who put a lot of stress on this bone and the connective tissues. The best thing for…
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According to Arnold Schwarzenegger in his classic “The New Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding,” the problem with using only free weights to develop impressive thighs is that the legs require so much stimulation to grow that the balancing muscles and lower…
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Overview Exercise balls—also known as stability balls, Resist-a-Balls and Swiss balls—are affordable and versatile. They complement most muscle toning, flexibility and sport-specific training programs. Physical therapists also use stability balls to correct the poor postural alignment, weak core muscles, tight…
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1. Ultracet Spells Pain Relief Ultracet is a compound drug that contains tramadol and acetaminophen, both analgesics to control pain. By combining the two drugs, Ultracet pain medication lasts longer and works faster than either medication alone. Your doctor may…
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For women, curves along the waist line promote a lean, healthy body shape that can also indicate a strong core and good posture. Strengthening the oblique muscles, which extend along the sides of the waistline, with abdominal exercises is the…
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Volleyball is a game in which players hit a ball back and forth across a net. Like every sport, games must follow a formal set of rules that control many factors, including the number of players, equipment, size of the…
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Part of a routine initial chiropractic office visit for neck pain, tension headaches or poor posture involves your chiropractor teaching you simple neck exercises to reduce your discomfort. As part of your treatment plan, your chiropractor will instruct you to…
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The thighs tend to be a trouble zone for many people. Even individuals who exercise regularly have a hard time getting rid of thigh fat. But by combining a healthy diet with fat-burning cardio and resistance training to build muscle…
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1. Just Freeze Beginning break dancers can’t wait to learn all the moves, steps and stunts of break dancing. One of the most popular moves of break dancing is the “freeze.” A break dancing freeze is where the breaker just…
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Muscular endurance is your ability to use your muscles over a period of time, such as during a marathon, tennis match or football game. Unlike muscle-building exercises, muscular endurance activities are not done with maximum loads. Training your muscles for…
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