Sports Health Exercise

Holidays, Vacations and Traveling are some of the most common excuses I hear for lack of exercise. This excuse, of course, always makes me wonder if the excuse maker had traveled to a vacation in the clouds or to a communist country which strictly punishes physical activity by death. If not, why else would the [...]

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Are you reading this post while sitting at your desk?  Have you been sitting for more than an hour? If so, it it time to get up, stretch and move around for a few minutes.   Did you know if you sit too long your fat burning enzymes turn OFF?  Results from a recently published study [...]

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Yesterday we were contacted by a health professional about our feelings about recommending supplement use and using the term “Negative Calorie Foods”. The author, who is a respected fitness professional, is debating with the publisher over including both of these options as easy ways to lose weight. The author is vehemently against recommending these methods, [...]

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If you haven’t reached your health and fitness goals, now’s the time to get started! If you wait until the kids are back in school, after your vacation, when the economy gets better, when your schedule opens up, or when a pill comes out that can make you fit while you sit on the couch [...]

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Last summer after Nastia Luikin won 5 Medals in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing our AHN fitness expert Fitz had the opportunity to speak to Nastia when she was promoting the Secret Sport Challenge. In this short interview Nastia shares her favorite music to work out to, her thoughts on fitness and how important [...]

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Here are some “kick butt” tips for keeping fit, active and regret free on the Fourth of July from our Director/Exercise and Sport Physiologist Tracy Benham. • Sports and summertime go together. Plan an activity early in the day. Play baseball, touch football; go to the local pool or beach. • Get outside early and [...]

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Make this summer an active one for you and your family. Here is an easy way to free up some time: Choose one day every week (or at the very least every month) to turn off every TV, video game, cell phone and computer. Gather your family and/or friends and do something — anything — together. [...]

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        It was a long winter, and it’s probably been a long time since you thought about putting on your shorts or short-sleeved shirts and getting out into the sunshine. But right around mid-April, you start to think about heading back to the gym — just in time for Spring. The long cold nights [...]

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