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10 Things You Need to Know About Stretching

February 4, 2010

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You’ve decided: stretching is the sport for you! With high morale and your equipment ready, behold the little trick you need to assure the success of your new workout. Don’t forget that often a workout failure has a simple explanation: the exercises haven’t been performed correctly, but they haven’t been consequent either. 1) It’s recommended […]

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The benefits of stretching: why you should do more stretching

February 3, 2010

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To always be in shape, I suggest an extremely efficient and easy method which can be done at home, at the gym or at work. I’m talking about stretching. It’s a sport for everyone, which perfectly falls in the slogan ”Sports for everyone”! And the benefits of stretching are many. Stretching gives you a good […]

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The Ultimate Jogging Micro Guide: how to start jogging

July 6, 2009

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Jogging has no age limit. You don’t have to be super fit to go jogging. You burn lots of calories jogging and your cardiovascular system becomes more healthy. Anyone almost anywhere can go jogging. All you need is a good pair of running shoes. Jogging is fabulous and healthy. The only downside of jogging is […]

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Healthy Gym Workout Rules to Avoid Health Problems

June 15, 2009

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Usually when you go for the first time to the gym the personal instructor evaluates your fitness level and recommends you the best exercises for you. The exercises you will do will depend on how fit your body is and what goals you want to achieve. If you suffer from health problems that reduce your […]

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Dynamic Stretching Is Great For Warming Up

June 13, 2009

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Dynamic stretching uses ample, dynamic and fast executed moves. You don’t start in full force the dynamic stretching exercise. You build up to a maximum intensity point. Some dynamic stretching moves are rotating your arms and hips, stretching your legs doing hip flexor stretches. For example you can lie on your back and with your […]

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How to Increase Your Body Flexibility and Mobility

June 12, 2009

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The flexibility and mobility of your body, muscles and joints has a great influence over your health and daily activities. There are times when you feel your body heavy or you have cramps and aches affecting certain muscles. When you bend to pick something up you feel pain in the middle of your body, when […]

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Rollerblading for weight loss and staying fit

April 15, 2009

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The weather outside is inviting and you don’t feel any desire to workout inside a stuffed room. The solution is the green park and rollerblading. Rollerblading has many benefits for your health and it is a great workout: -an cardiovascular exercise good for your heart -it increases the capacity of your lungs and their resistance […]

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How I have started bicycling and it’s great

April 15, 2009

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By Elizabeth You want to lose weight and be fit. If you hate the closed gyms like me you might find an excellent alternative in bicycling. I have bought my bicycle when a button popped off from my last pair of shoes that still fitted me. I was too fat for those huge shoes. It […]

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Warm up routines: an essential part of every workout

April 8, 2009

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Warm up makes or breaks a workout. For an efficient and accident free workout you need to warm up. If you want to avoid muscle aches and pains and eventual accidents that might hurt your body on the long run then warming up is a must. If during the first part of a workout you […]

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Stretching for mobility and flexibility

April 7, 2009

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Flexibility is essential when practicing any sport because it maintains the workout results and it reduces the risk of accidents. Bluntly said flexibility is the amount of mobility in your joints and how flexible are your muscles. Active people use their bodies regularly, and strengthen their muscles in certain areas of their bodies, forgetting sometimes […]

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