Category: Fitness
How Can You Prevent Injury While Cycling? Gear Up and Warm Up
The weather is warm and sunny. It’s time to grab your bike and head out on a trail. But before you go, make sure you are riding safely. Take a few moments to understand how to reduce common cycling-induced injuries and have a safe and fun ride every time.
COPD and Exercise: How to Benefit from Staying Active
Engaging in regular physical activity may seem like a strange thing to do when chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) can make breathing difficult. With proper precautions, however, exercise can reduce symptoms and boost your quality of life.
Strength Training for Weight Loss: Gaining Muscle and Losing Fat
If you think lifting weights or doing squats or pushups is simply a path to a more sculpted physique, you’re selling strength training short. Strength training can also help you achieve weight loss for better health.
How to Help Children Maintain a Healthy Weight
Education, compassion and encouragement are the best ways to prevent and reverse childhood obesity. Learn the causes of childhood obesity, what can be done to reverse it, and physical activity tips to help your young one grow up to be healthier.
9 Tips on How to Walk Your Dog Safely
Walking your dog is great exercise, and it’s a good way to keep your four-legged best friend healthy and happy. But walking your dog can also have safety risks, especially as you get older.
Strength Training for Women in Your 20s, 30s and Beyond
Strength training, also called resistance training, is different from cardio exercise. Instead of getting your heart rate up by running, cycling or swimming, a resistance program involves lifting weights or bodyweight resistance training. Strength training for women is one of the best things you can do to promote health throughout your life—in your 20s, 30s and beyond.
5 Ways for Runners to Have Healthy Feet
Runners: Here are 5 tips on how to reach the finish line with healthy feet.
Diet and Exercise: Beyond Eat Less, Move More
You’ve heard the advice. If you want to lose weight, all you have to do is “eat less and move more.” As you get older, you know this simplistic maxim falls short.
Yoga and Meditation for Heart Health
Learn how adding yoga and other mind-body practices to your routine can help improve your heart.
It’s Time to Get Moving: How to Exercise for Heart Health
Heart disease is the leading cause of death among Americans, contributing to 1 in 4 deaths. While it’s common, it’s largely preventable for most people through lifestyle choices. An important component of this lifestyle is exercise for heart health.