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Fit For Life: How to Stay Healthy, Flexible and Strong

Jan 31, 2017 01:28PM ● By Aimee Hughes

The human body is designed to wear well at least through age 70, and with the right exercise, diet and activities, we can push that number higher.

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Exercise in Midlife Helps Preserve Mental Sharpness: Keeps Cognitive Impairment at Bay

Dec 28, 2016 01:43PM

A Finnish twins study found that people that exercised physically in middle age were less likely to be cognitively impaired when elderly.

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Body Sculpt with Kettlebells: Workouts Burn Fat and Tone Muscle

Dec 28, 2016 01:43PM ● By Taylor Geiger

Kettlebells are coming of age, delivering a speeded-up, full-body workout that burns as many calories as a six-minute mile.

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Fitness 2017: New Year’s Resolutions that Stick

Nov 30, 2016 12:33PM ● By Aimee Hughes

Guidance from a personal trainer, clear goals and an ability to forgive our own slip-ups are key to staying on track with an exercise program.

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Pilates Unbound: New Fusions with Yoga, Dance and Boxing

Oct 31, 2016 11:45AM ● By Aimee Hughes

As Pilates expands its reach and creative potential, it goes beyond improving people’s posture to enhance coordination and self-confidence and reduce stress.

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Music Makes Exercise Easier: Provides a Workout Boost

Oct 31, 2016 11:13AM

Individuals that worked out to music rather than silence felt less fatigued and exercised more effectively.

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Senior Joggers Enjoy Youthful Metabolic Rate: Benefits of Running Later in Life

Sep 30, 2016 11:00AM

Runners older than 65 that run three times a week burn oxygen at the same rate as 20-year-old runners, thus expending a similar amount of metabolic energy.

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Sweat Can Transfer Happiness: Contagious Emotional State

Sep 30, 2016 11:00AM

In a double-blind study involving armpit pads and cameras recording facial expressions, Dutch researchers have found that positive emotions can be transferred from one person to another via human sweat.

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Walking Meditation: The Calming and Centering Effects of Labyrinths

Sep 30, 2016 10:59AM ● By Gina McGalliard

For those of us that want to meditate but can’t sit still, labyrinths provide an active way to get in touch with our innermost self.

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Relax and Unwind: Restorative Yoga Poses Foster Healing

Aug 31, 2016 01:43PM ● By Meredith Montgomery

If even touching our toes is too much of a stretch, restorative yoga might be a good first move. It uses pillows, blocks and blankets to support the body in deeply healthful asanas.

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