Fitness

Is Eating Breakfast Overrated?

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, right? Not so fast. That old adage is facing more and more scrutiny due to increasing research. We have been told incessantly that skipping breakfast l…

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Office Exercise: Try a Walking Meeting!

Nilofer Merchant has a great idea for sneaking in some office exercise without hurting your creativity: the walking meeting! Do you feel there's just no time for exercise? Between busy work and…

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A Simple Way to Take Care of Yourself

Whip out a pen and paper and quickly write down the top 5 to 10 stresses that wear you down and always seem to be percolating in the back of your mind. When you’re done, look at each one to see if it …

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Hot and Sweaty: Fitness for Fooling Around

It’s ok to skip your spin class this weekend and hit the bedroom: Sex counts as fitness. An intense makeout session will burn about 238 calories per half-hour. Undressing burns about eight. Giving ora…

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5 Incredible Underwater Attractions (Slideshow)

Think you've seen it all? Hardly! Even the most well-traveled among us probably haven't spent much time exploring the world under the sea. And that's quite the travesty, because there are pl…

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Do High Expectations Sabotage Your Happiness?

March 1, 2013. I've been teaching class on Friday nights for 10 years now, which is hard to believe because the time has flown by. The reason I keep teaching on Friday is that, more than any other day…

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Want to Become Motivated? Try the Weight Room

One of my regular stops during the week is the weight room at my local gym. The weight room is a place where I tap into true optimism about humanity. The best days of the week are usually the ones in …

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Sitting Is Killing You

Recently I've come across a few articles on the negative effects sitting has on your body. Most notably, "Sitting is Killing You." The graphic has some startling information we should all be aware of.…

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What’s Your Heart Health IQ? (Quiz!)

Think you know your stuff when it comes to cardiovascular health? Test your heart health knowledge with this quiz, and share your scores in the comments! True or False: The symptoms of a …

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‘Arm Lifts’ Are the Hottest New Plastic Surgery

Forget tummy tucks and nose jobs -- there's a new hot plastic surgery in town, and this time, it's all about the arms. The American Society of Plastic Surgeons announced that the number of p…

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