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Top 5 Things You Should Never Do When You Workout
Do you get into the groove during exercise and ignore some basic principles for safe and effective workouts? If you do, you aren't alone. We all adopt some silly, ineffective...

Top 10 Weight Loss Myths
It seems that everyone is after a better, easier way to lose body fat and just as many people claim to have the answer in their latest book, diet, workout...

Are You Running Toward An Overuse Injury?
Running can be hard on the body and especially the joints. Injuries from running are often the result of slow, subtle nagging aches that build gradually over time. Many of...

Hip Flexor and Psoas Stretching Made Easy
There are many different exercises used to stretch the hip flexors and psoas muscles. But here are two basic stretches to get started. Two Simple Ways to Stretch Your Hip Flexors Beginner...

Vegetarian? Athlete? What Should You Eat?
If you don’t eat meat it can take a bit more planning to get adequate protein for muscle building and tissue repair after heavy training. Vegetarians have to work a...

Lightning Claims 5 in a Week - What You Need to Know About Lightning Safety
According to the National Weather Service July marks the peak in lightning activity each summer and this year lightning resulted in 5 deaths in just one week. According to NOAA,...

Successful Golfers More Likely to See a Larger Hole
A new study by Purdue researcher Jessica K. Witt reports that golfers who play well are more likely to see the hole as larger than their poor-playing counterparts. Jessica...

Compound and Isolation Exercises - What's the Difference?
Today many people try to tailor their workouts to focus on functional fitness. This simply means exercise that mimics real-life activities and uses a wide variety of movements through...

Does Exercise Order Matter?
Are you wondering if you should do your weight lifting before aerobic exercise or cardio first? Learn what the experts say about the benefit of doing cardio exercise...

Heading to the Mountains this Summer?
If you are one of the many who train at low altitude and plan to exercise at high altitude, you need to plan ahead to avoid the dreaded altitude illness....