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4 Ways to Avoid Hitting the Exercise Wall

Have you ever hit the wall when you’re exercising? We’re not talking about an actual wall here, we’re talking about that point of no return when your body says “Enough” and refuses to do anything else. Most of us have hit it once or twice, but during the summer months, it is all too easy [...]

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Should You Be Trying High Intensity Interval Training?

High Intensity Interval Training or HIIT has become very popular, but that doesn’t mean that it is for everyone. If done improperly, this method of exercising can lead to injury or at the very least, some severe pain. While there are a lot of benefits to HIIT, there are a few things that you should [...]

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Easy Exercises To Do During the Holidays

Just because you plan on traveling during the holiday season, that does not mean you cannot keep exercising to keep yourself healthy. Here are some tips for easy ways to exercise during the holiday season.
If you are traveling during the holidays, planning ahead can really make all the difference when it comes to staying healthy [...]

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6 Ways to Tell When Exercise Is Hurting You

We’ve all been conditioned to think that unless we “feel the burn” we’re not working hard enough when we exercise. However, there is a fine line between reaching that optimum fat burning zone and over doing it. Here are some tips to help you figure out when your exercise is hurting instead of helping you.
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Getting Past Exercise Burnout

Whether you are just starting out on an exercise plan, or you have been working out for years, exercise burnout can be a big problem. This is particularly true if you find exercising challenging, both from a motivational aspect and from a physical aspect. Burnout can easily derail your fitness plans, but there are a [...]

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Cheap Ways to Exercise

If your budget is keeping you from making a commitment to exercise, there are numerous free or low cost methods currently available. You don’t have to purchase an expensive membership at the gym, or buy expensive equipment for a home gym in order to get fit. Let’s go over some of the best free to [...]

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Post 4th of July Roundup

How was everybody’s 4th of July? Did you enjoy your fireworks, BBQs, and family time? Better still did you all keep on your diets and stay focused on your health goals during the celebration?
From the Fitness Health Network this week were quite a few good articles in my opinion. Check them out:

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4 Tips to Prevent Ankle Injuries During Exercise

Our ankles are actually pretty fragile little joints and you may not realize just how fragile until you sprain one. Nobody likes walking around on crutches, but there are a few ways that you can make sure that your ankles stay strong and that you avoid this common injury. Let’s get started!
1. Always stretch first. [...]

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Weight Lost: 46 Pounds in 6 Weeks aka Over 7lbs this Week!

After 6 weeks on the medically assisted weightless program JumpStart medicine with Dr. Sean Bourke, I have lost 46 pounds in 45 days (just over a pound a day… Wow!) This week I lost 7.1 pounds and I am ecstatic to have achieved 109.2% of my goal.  I have been feeling great, but the larger dose of Phentermine caused me [...]

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Tricking Myself to The Gym

I woke up yesterday with no intention of going to the gym. Yet, three hours later, I found myself at the gym. I didn’t set out to purposely trick myself, but that’s how it feels in retrospect.
For the full story, we have to go back two days ago. In the place that [...]

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Weigh In #4 — One Month and 34 Pounds Lost

After 1 month on the Jumpstart Medicine medically assisted weightless program I have lost 34 pounds… This week I lost 3.5 pounds with was 70% of my weekly goal of 5 pounds per week. I attribute missing the goal to a later than normal and larger than normal (for a 1200 calorie diet) dinner last [...]

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