By Staff on March 28, 2010
By Tara Taylor
How do you handle stress? By overeating/drinking, sleeping, exercise? According to many studies, the best way to cope with our stressful world is through physical activity.
For the past 17 years, April has been given the distinctive honor of being “Stress Awareness Month.” For April, doctors and health and fitness professionals are teaming [...]
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By Patrick on February 28, 2010
By Leah Bray Nichols
I found out the hard way that trying to do everything all at once can come with a price. Living in a state of stress leads not only to short-term tension, but it can also create long-term pain.
My constant anxiety as a 32-year-old undergraduate student led to chronic pain that kept me [...]
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By Patrick on February 28, 2010
By Scott Lebowitz
What’s so great about cardio?
First of all, aerobic exercise (meaning with oxygen) as defined by The Academy of Sports Medicine is “any activity that uses large muscle groups, can be maintained continuously, and is rhythmic in nature.” Simply put, large muscles, like your legs, require large amounts of energy to work. When you [...]
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By Patrick on January 26, 2010
Trying to stay fit? Out with the old and in with the New Year’s Resolutions
By Star Ritchey
There’s nothing better than a new year. A new year means we can start over, right? Right! The starting over couldn’t come at a better time—after Thanksgiving and Christmas, when most of us have let our diet go a [...]
Posted in Health | Tagged fitness, food, health
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