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Think Again When It Comes To Drastically Reducing Calories

For a good number of years, the accepted wisdom in longevity circles was that reducing one’s caloric intake by more than 25% increased human lifespan. Turns out, that thinking may be flawed. Accor ..
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Carmen Demske

16 years ago I became a personal trainer in the fitness industry. I started my business called Sports Kick, Inc. My daughter, Maizee was 2 years old at this time. I went house to house training my cli ..
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Burpees

Burpees provide a full-body, bodyweight workout. Burpees can be performed almost anywhere and make a great conditioning exercise. Actually, burpees alone make a great workout. Perform burpees with oth ..
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Question of the Month

How much of the health, fitness and nutrition research that gets reported do you think is accurate and believable? Previous Poll and the Results:
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Running the Rack

One of the lessons from the old school of training is that certain techniques work for some bodyparts better than others. Many times, the key to making a training technique work is the speed in which ..
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Long Workouts Don’t Equal Better Results

Good news. When it comes to exercise, less is more. A study conducted by the University of Copenhagen and published in the American Journal of Physiology found those who exercised for 30 minutes a d ..
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Keeping A Strong Heart Never Tasted So Good

Who says you can’t eat what tastes good and have it also being good for you too? If you like ketchup, pasta sauce, watermelon, mangos and more, there’s good news waiting for you. A study from Fi ..
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Question of the Month

How much fat loss per week do you think is realistically achievable for most people? Previous Poll and the Results:
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Karen Mullarke

“I feel so blessed to be doing what I love for a living! I received my Certified Fitness Trainer certification from ISSA, which has provided the opportunity for that to happen. I have always had a p ..
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Why Aren’t More People Doing It?

If Exercise Is So Good For Us, Why Aren’t More People Doing It? In the USA, a country of more than 315 million people, nearly 40 percent of them, over 125 million people, say that they never exerci ..
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