Overcome the Winter Blues

Are you feeling down in the dumps by the end of January—after months of chilly, grey skies and snow, snow and more snow? You may have the winter blues, or seasonal affective disorder (SAD). Here’s support.
Feeling exhausted, touchy, or down in the dumps this time of year? It’s estimated that 15% of Americans experience these [...]

Protect Yourself Against Frostbite and Hypothermia

The temperature is dropping. Stay safe and alert during harsh winter weather by knowing the signs and symptoms of frostbite and hypothermia.
 
 

Frostbite is caused by freezing body tissue while hypothermia is an abnormally low body temperature. Frostbite is more common but there is still a danger of  hypothermia if someone gets extremely cold and wet [...]

Heal Those Chapped Lips

It’s one of the few flaws in our otherwise almost-perfect design: Our lips, so exposed to sun, wind, and other irritants, don’t have oil glands to keep them soft and moist. Nor do they contain much melanin, the pigment in our skin that turns us tan and offers some protection from the sun.
 
 

It’s no wonder [...]

Winter Protection: Facts and Myths

Winter offers an abundance of opportunities for fun, but it can also be a hazardous time of year. You can decrease your winter risk by understanding some widespread myths—and the real truth behind them.

The freezing season brings opportunities for skiing and skating, as well as an excuse to curl up by the hearth. But [...]

Fitness Coach – Good Instructor for Personal Fitness Training

Getting your dream figure without a personal fitness coach is difficult to accomplish. Giving your body the desired shape is not as easy as most people presume it to be. Experience and expertise is required to decipher your body type and its particular needs.
Our body is our most precious possession. Each one has different physiological [...]

Economic Changes Create Need For Quality Used Gym Equipment For Fitness Centers

In today's economy of tightened lending requirements and loss of employment we are seeing a downturn in the startup of new health clubs and fitness centers. Even corporate fitness centers have dropped off due to smaller budgets, layoffs and the like. Likewise we have seen an increase in gyms and health clubs, personal trainers seeking [...]

Your Physical Fitness Definition Will Determine Your Success

It always amazes me that FITNESS is a multi-billion dollar industry… Yet a solid, concise and universal definition of fitness is hard to nail down.
Just ask someone participating in a physical fitness program, or even someone in the fitness industry for that matter, to give you a clear definition of fitness.
You will most likely be [...]

Lifetime Fitness: On Your Way to a Healthier You

Many people end up abandoning perfectly good fitness programs and weight-loss regimens before they even lace up their sneakers.
Why? Because in a world filled with fast food, instant messaging, and a five-second disease-tracking device, anything without a quick payoff goes against the grain of the typical American instant gratification ethic. While it would be nice [...]

Bodyweight Training For Fitness: More Than You Think?

Fitness is a complex term. This is why when you ask someone for a universal definition of fitness you usually get something vague like this, "Fitness is being fit". Don't believe me, ask someone (even fitness professionals). But once you understand the true nature of fitness, I'm confident you'll see why bodyweight training for fitness [...]

Fitness: Lifetime Fitness – on your Way to a Healthier you

Many people end up abandoning perfectly good fitness programs and weight-loss regimens before they even lace up their sneakers.
Why? Because in a world filled with fast food, instant messaging, and a five-second disease-tracking device, anything without a quick payoff goes against the grain of the typical American instant gratification ethic. While it would be nice [...]

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