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Introduction
To enjoy a long and healthy life, everyone should make lifestyle choices that include a healthy diet, regular exercise, and maintaining normal weight. The combination of inactivity and eating the wrong foods is the second most common preventable cause of death in the United States (smoking is the first).
Most research on the benefits of exercise focuses on heart protection. Studies clearly show that exercise helps the heart. In addition, studies are reporting that even people with...
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From Our Experts
Helping Your Canine Exercise Partner Weather the Dog Days of Summer
I just got back from taking the dogs for a walk this morning. Even at 6:30 a.m., you could tell that the rest of the day was going to be a... Read more »
Can You Exercise For Just 10 Minutes and Still Lose Weight?
Shortcuts, we all love them. Can we shortcut our exercise too? You see I love discovering new shortcuts to places in the Washington DC area... Read more »
Does Exercise Really Help You Lose Weight?
I have to ‘fess up: I just took a long “break” from serious exercising. For almost all of March and April, I was focused on... Read more »
Physical Fitness Test: Figuring How Fit You Really Are.
A recent article in the health section of the Washington Post by Howard Schneider titled "Figuring Out How Fit You Really Are" has been... Read more »
Improving Your Mental: and Physical - Health with Exercise
In December when I saw Dr. Krall, my c-reactive protein was wacky, thus I'm at an elevated risk for heart disease, even though my... Read more »
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Balance exercises help keep muscles fit
by David Medosa Three people, none of whom know the others, happened to mention balance exercise to me on three consecutive days. I�ve learned... Read more »
Exercise and weight loss, tips on losing weight through fitnes...
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Tips for losing weight with exerciseInformationThe key to weight control is balancing our energy (food) intake with how much energy our body burns... Read more »
The Effects of exercise on the Heart: HealthCentral.com
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Exercise's Effects on the HeartInactivity is one of the major risk factors for heart disease. However, exercise helps improve heart health, and can... Read more »
Why Brain Work is So Important to Brain Health
Scientific studies about the brain are rapidly changing our understanding about how to maintain the brain’s function as we age. It’s becoming... Read more »
Coach Dave Weiss
Coach Dave’s athletic background is scattered with the occasional triumph and replete with the frequent loss. As a slightly above-average but very... Read more »
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