Fitness and Recovery: How to Recover More Efficiently

The recovery process is a key factor in every athlete, fitness enthusiast and amateur and it cannot be overlooked if we wish to increase performance, preserve the body and avoid serious injury. It involves returning to a normal physiological state, re establishing the energy levels, nutrients and liquids for reduced soreness and eradication of psychological symptoms. In order...

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5 Ways To Exercise At Home If You Want To Avoid The Gym

If you don't want to go to the gym as part of your keep fit and weight loss program there are effective ways to exercise at home. A lot of people just don't like the idea going to gym and would rather do exercises at home or outside in the fresh air. Also, it can take up a...

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Fitness Motivation 101

As a fitness professional I have witnessed plenty of people start an exercise program only to come up with a reason (or excuse) to quit altogether after a couple of months. The main reasons for this change of heart is usually due to a lack of direction (i.e. specific goals) and/or unrealistic expectations. I believe that passing things...

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Difficulties in Losing Weight and Keeping Fit While Working in an Office

Sitting all day at work is common for most Americans. Count in the commute time and any leisure time at home and it would not be unusual to have 13 hours in sitting down time. The Sax Institute in Australia recently found that for every 11 hours a day a person sits while at work they have a...

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3 Keys to Fitness

The good news is that every single person goes through it. Even after 15 years of dedication and passion for fitness and the lifestyle, after a week of vacation, I need to motivate myself to get back at it. Do you ever notice that after you have the initial surge of motivation and you finally make it into...

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How to Take Up Fitness

The first thing you need to know about fitness training is that you cannot do it alone at first. If you're a novice there is no way you will be able to perform sustained training without screwing it up. Most people want to look like models in no time. They are called season sportsmen, and what they do...

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Tips to Making It Through the Tough Days in Fitness

Tips to making it through the mentally tough days in fitness. I have my days. Lots of people will say to me "I don't know how you do it". How do I eat what I do, how do I train when I am exhausted. How do I do it? Everyone has a place in their own mind that...

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Why You Should Know How to Improve Physical Fitness

Physical fitness is something that many people think they know about but they don't or they just don't practice it. With the country getting more and more obese and not really doing anything about it, it starts to be a bit of a worry for most people and it's the reason why a lot of people need this...

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The Fitness Vice of Laziness

Laziness is a huge fitness vice for so many people. It takes work to be healthy and it's so much easier to be lazy. So how can you overcome the fitness vice of being lazy? Set Goals Set goals to reach the fitness level that you want to be at. Make long term goals with short term goals...

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The Fitness Vice of Good Food

Another common fitness vice is food. Do you love food? I know I do. It can be extremely difficult to resist eating that second helping of dessert. So what can you do to overcome this fitness vice? A lot of people believe that you have to give up all the good food completely in order to be healthy...

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Fitness Vice of Procrastination

Everybody has fitness vices. Things that hurt or hinder our progress of becoming fit and healthy are fitness vices. There are many different things that can fit in under a fitness vice, such as: time, eating too much, eating unhealthy, procrastination, illnesses, lack of motivation, not enough support, and so on. For this particular article I'm going to...

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Personal Fitness Trainer At A Budget

All by now, you have made up your mind that you want to keep fit and is ready to spend some of your precious savings. So, if you are really serious about it you have to spend within a range of $30-$150 for an hour of personal training. For many this is an amount that can discourage them...

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Living a Fit, Healthier and More Fullfilling Life

We can define being healthy and fit as being in a state of physical, mental and social wellness and not just as the absence of illness. There has been arguments to further define health and fitness as continuous adjustment to changing living demands. This article will assist in a healthier and fit lifestyle which you will feel good...

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10 Habits That May Be Sabotaging Your Fitness Goals

1. Your Nutrition Real food doesn't come in a box, have a shelf life, or have a long list of ingredients you can't pronounce. If you are on a diet that is mainly sourced from pre-packaged foods then you need to change your eating habits. Consistently dieting and not fueling properly can sabotage your weight loss progression. Start...

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What Is Fitness and the Components of Fitness

Doing exercise for fitness is not merely a notion of today's modern marketers though you could be forgiven for thinking so with all the air play it gets these days. In fact, it has its roots firmly entrenched in the antiquity; in the words of Aristotle he defined a thing as being fit if "it suited its purpose...

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Staying Motivated to Live Healthy

We all know that living healthy is what we should do, but, for most of us, it is just so hard to make it a long-term, lifestyle. So how do we do it? Why does it seem so easy for some people, while the great majority of Americans, just can't seem to either get on-board or stay on-board...

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How To Get Correct Fitness Tips

If you browse the internet, you will find pages-after-pages of information on fitness tips. Many-a-times, the tips offered are not only confusing but also contradictory and you wonder whether to follow them or not. It is also observed that in some cases the tips offered do not have any professional backing. Naturally, if you follow such tips, you...

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Importance Of Measuring Your Fitness Progress

People have different goals and milestones for measuring their fitness progress. To progress in your fitness first you need a chart to mark your weekly training schedules, accompanied diet, percentage body fat, lean body mass, workouts and weight gained or weight lost. Changes in each week have to be noted too. As you implement strategies your health improves...

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3 Fitness Terms To Drop From Your Fitness Vocabulary

There's a lot of great fitness information around today, in magazines, books and especially online. But there is also a lot of misleading fitness information out there, including these three terms you should stop using yourself... No Such Thing As Toning Muscles Many articles and ads talk about 'toning muscles'. Often you see it in regards to women's...

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Why Is Coffee a Great Pre-Workout Drink?

The fancy pre-workout powders and supplements get all the attention and so it is easily forgotten that the best, simplest pre-workout drink is coffee. It is obvious, coffee boosts your energy considerably, however that isn't the only reason you must drink it before you go to workout. There are various other advantages and benefits to drink coffee before...

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Swimming For Fitness: A Great Workout Without A Gym

Swimming for fitness is one of the best ways to exercise without a gym. Gyms can get overly busy, sweaty and be a little overwhelming if you don't know your way around. Also, gym memberships can be costly. But swimming as an exercise is hard to hate. It's very effective and a fun way to exercise. Most of...

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Health, Vitality, and Courage - How To Build A Solid Fitness Routine

Lots of folks are interested in improving their vitality and health through workouts, but not everyone has the courage to do the work to produce those results. You need a combination of diet, nutrition, and a vigorous fitness routine. When you are struggling to find the right routine, it may not be easy for you to lose weight...

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How Being Fit Will Benefit You - The Joy of Maintaining a Fit Body

Want to know a secret? Getting in shape isn't just for losers anymore. Today fitness and exercise are taking their place in our society as a part of our daily lives and routines. With the fear that each generation is becoming bigger than the one before it, what can we do as individuals to to get in shape...

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