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Fixing Bad Posture at the Office Keeping a balanced posture is a goal for all activities, from playing sports to sitting at the computer. Yet many of today's workstation-based work environments can make it difficult to keep an awareness of one's posture while sitting and focusing on mental tasks.
New Apps Incentivize Going to the Gym Having difficulty keeping clients inspired and motivated to come to the gym for a workout? For those into social networking and smartphones, a new generation of gaming apps aims to make going to the gym extra rewarding.
Your Summer Body Winter is such a time for 'hibernating' that it almost feels acceptable to 'bulk up' over winter. But with summer creeping around, it only becomes harder to hide the truth away.
Getting a Grip: Using Wrist Straps, Pt. 1 While some controversy surrounds the use of wrist straps in weight lifting, as with many pieces of equipment in and around the gym, there is a time and a place for them.

Muscle Endurance for Aerobic Events

Training muscles to efficiently sustain prolonged intermittent contractions has value for athletes in every aerobic sport. Achieving superior muscle endurance can mean the difference between winning and losing.

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Common Myths about Corporate Wellness

For a CEO to get the most out of his or her business, he or she must get the most productivity out of his or her people. In a nutshell, the healthier the employees are, the more and better work they can do for their employer, and the better their quality of life will be.

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How Much Water is Enough?

We have all read (or been told) that drinking six to eight glasses of water each day is ideal for good health. But adequate water intake is dependent on a person's health status, activity level, and type of activity.

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Lower Body Workouts: Supply & Demand

Many people want to build muscle in the arms, shoulders, back and chest at the expense of the less "showy" lower body. Here's what they're missing.

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Tick Proof Your Summer

It's high summer in the northern hemisphere, and unwanted 8-legged hitchhikers abound in many of the places people exercise outdoors. Throughout the continental United States, ticks are known to transmit Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever, to name just a few illnesses.

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Gauging Success

Success can be defined a number of ways -- and measured on a number of levels. It's important for clients to realize that gauging progress by any healthy habits they adopt on the way is just as important as noting any changes in appearance.

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