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A regular exercise regime serves as a crucial cornerstone upon which good health and general wellbeing is founded upon and so ensuring that you get plenty of it is very productive and beneficial indeed. However it would seem that both the manner in which exercise should be carried out along with the benefits it provides have been misrepresented for a variety of reasons and this is of concern because there is the potential for injury to be sustained.

Tragically, it would seem that too many of us, exercise is regarded as the enemy and as something to be willfully evaded and resisted at any and every opportunity possible, which is a very disconcerting perspective to adopt because exercise is our friend and ally. There is a plethora of positive health benefits associated with exercise and so it is imperative that we do make and take the time to ensure that we actually get perform the requisite amount of exercise recommended by the experts.

There may not be a more important fitness purchase you can make than buying athletic shoes. Just like a car won’t operate correctly on tires with no treads or the proper wheel alignment, so to will an athlete bog down if they’re in the wrong shoes. Here are some basic tips for people to make sure they are wearing the right athletic shoes.

Prayer is something that not everyone does. But it can helpful in maintaining a fitness lifestyle.

What are the best workout routines for women? Most women tell me they don’t want to get ‘bulky’. Well, don’t worry. My aim is to get you lean, fit, and healthy.

What exactly is a core workout and why is it important? Here are some great reasons why you should consider core workouts, and a great core workout routine for you to follow.

Hamstring flexibility is the key to better lower body exercises as flexible hamstrings are the key to bigger dead lifts and squats. Learn how to improve your hamstring flexibility.

So how is your New Year’s Fitness/Health Resolution working out? If you’ve already stumbled, or never really got started, make like a football running back and do a stutter-step move to get around what ever obstacles have blocked you. Give it another try!

Often when we think of exercise we think of activities like walking or jogging or even riding a bike. This is one of the most misleading and confusing notions by the general public, the media, researchers and sometimes even the fitness industry itself. For exercise to be considered ‘proper’ it has to meet criteria…

We think of our doctor as someone pretty special and when we do not feel well we go and see him/her in the hope that they may help us feel better. We think of this as health care but really it is not about our health it is about our sickness…

Calf muscles are called the peripheral heart since they pump blood back to the heart. Learn how to strengthen your calves by doing calf raises and get healthier and stronger calf muscles.

A lot of people, before starting Zumba, worry that they won’t be capable of keeping it up. The classes are pretty laid back and most folks are there to have fun and lose excess weight, not to judge one another. If you can’t handle a specialized move, you can just stop and rest.