Health Fitness

10 Useful Running Tips For Effective Weight Loss

Running is a great exercise for the mind and body. It is a great way to improve fitness and improve your mood. Personally, I enjoy my time running because I can always feel my mind unwind and free from everything going on around me. Improves heart health, reduces the risk of many diseases, including stroke, heart disease, and type 2…

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Why you should eat kidney beans

Red in color and shaped like the kidneys of an animal or human, kidney beans are commonly added to soups, stews, salads, and other meals in most countries. You can buy them fresh, canned, or dried, and the nutrition they provide means they should always be part of a healthy diet. Red Kidney Beans Nutrition Facts 100 grams (3.5 ounces)…

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Calculate your body fat percentage the easy way

Obesity is becoming a widespread problem in Canada and the United States. Over 60% of Americans age 20 and older are overweight (we’ll review later how you can calculate your body fat percentage to determine if you’re overweight or not). Unhealthy lifestyle and poor nutrition are the 2 common reasons for excess body fat. However, genetics or the side effects…

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Stretching for Ballet and Understanding Myofascial Release

Most dance students understand that you can become more flexible for ballet by stretching your muscles. This is true, muscles can release tension and stretch safely. But many ballet/sports/fitness/cheerleading students and artists don’t understand myofascia. Myofascia is a tissue that surrounds and connects the entire body: all muscle groups and connective tissues from head to toe. This is not a…

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Tuesday Training Update: Time Change

I usually try to give a triathlon training update on Tuesday, but it’s Wednesday. I’ll go ahead and complete this update to stay consistent. I also couldn’t post last week so this is a compilation of two weeks of training. The last two weeks have been a time change that can often occur in the life of an amateur triathlete…

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