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5 Reasons to do Early Bird Exercising

If you can barely pull yourself out of bed in the morning, let alone exercise, it can be difficult to put together a workout plan. There are many benefits to getting in your day’s exercise in the wee hours, even if it is a little difficult at first. Let’s look at just a few reasons [...]

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Hitting a Fitness Plateau

I’ve been lax about updating here, but that doesn’t mean I’ve slacked off (as much) in the real world. I’m still pushing forward with my pushups, still rowing, and still using the elliptical. The latter two have been a bit less regular than I’d like, but it is what it is. Soccer season has started. [...]

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Coming Back After an Injury

Injuries are an unfortunate part of exercise for many people, and in some cases, one bad injury can completely derail your plans for weight loss and getting fit. However, there are certain techniques that you can use to ensure that you’ll keep losing weight and getting healthier, even if you are laid up for a [...]

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One Hundred Pushups - Week 5, Day 1

This week, I’m embarking on Week 5 of the one hundred pushups challenge.
Required: 30/24/22/20/30+
I breezed through the first 30, had no problems with the next 24, started feeling it in the 3rd set (22), and managed to make it through the 4th set (20). Throughout the early sets I stuck tightly to the 60 second [...]

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How to Recover from an ACL Injury

If you have injured your ACL ligament, but you don’t want to fall behind in your fitness goals, there are a few methods that you can use that will combine rehabilitation with your workouts. However, it should be noted that a torn or strained ACL is a serious injury. If you do not follow your [...]

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Catching Up - Recent Fitness Progress

Long time, now write… We’ve been quite busy around here, and I decided that it would be best to focus on things like actually working out as opposed to simply writing about working out. The most noteworthy occurrences over the past couple of weeks have been a short, end-of-summer beach vacation and then the kids [...]

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How to Protect Your Ankles While Jogging

Jogging injuries are very common and can strike everyone from beginners to seasoned pros. One area of the body that is frequently injured during jogging are ankles. Few of us think about our ankles until we’re hobbling around, incapacitated due to a strain, sprain or crack. You rely on your ankles every day and you [...]

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My Week in Fitness (July 13 - July 19)

Here’s a quick look at my fitness exploits this past week:
Weight
As usual, I started out the week by weighing in. For the second straight week, I weighed 236.4 pounds. I’ll be interested in seeing what tomorrow brings. I suspect it might be up a bit, as lived it up all last weekend and early in [...]

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5 Ways to Prevent Knee Injuries During Your Workouts

Our knees have to handle a lot of stress, and if you’re exercising vigorously or doing weight training, you’re asking a lot out of them. If you already have knee problems, the situation can be a bit tricky at times and it is very easy to reinjure yourself if you do not take appropriate cautions. [...]

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7 Ways to Keep From Getting Discouraged at the Gym

When you’re first starting out with your exercise plan, it is all too easy to get discouraged. Working out is not always easy and if you don’t take the right approach, quitting can be all too simple. However there are some techniques that you can use to make sure that you actually start to [...]

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Diet vs. Exercise

There has been a constant debate in the world of health sciences. Which is better… diet or exercise? Both are very crucial to a healthy lifestyle, but which yields best results?
When I am dieting, I focus on the limiting the unnecessary calories that cross my lips. Sometimes I wonder what is and [...]

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Diet vs. Exercise

There has been a constant debate in the world of health sciences. Which is better… diet or exercise? Both are very crucial to a healthy lifestyle, but which yields best results?
When I am dieting, I focus on the limiting the unnecessary calories that cross my lips. Sometimes I wonder what is and [...]

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Can I Do 100 Pushups?

There’s a lot of talk in the health blogosphere about people taking a 100 pushup challenge. It started when Five Cent Nickel spread the word to a couple of bloggers. Several of these bloggers happen to be part of the Fitness Health Network. As I am part of that network word got [...]

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Fat Loss Photo Shoot Results Are In

A couple months ago I mentioned that Angie and I booked a photo shoot for April 2nd to hold ourselves accountable to our fat loss goals and to provide extra motivation to get in the best shape of our lives. We actually did our photo shoot on Friday which was 5 days ahead of [...]

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Tom Venuto’s Top 3 Fat Loss Tips

Fat loss expert Tom Venuto exposed his #1 nutrition, workout, and mindset tips for burning fat in a recent interview that we did together. After hanging up the phone with Tom I was instantly inspired to take immediate action on all three of his powerful tips that will help you get super lean. [...]

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Weight Training Twenty Minutes a Day

If you like working out but don’t have much time, here is a suggestion.In your weight training routine, you don’t have to work all your target areas at once. Instead, work one area a day for about 20 minutes. For example, your program might look like t…

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