Health, Diet and Fitness Tips - 50 Ways to Improve
Small steps make a big difference! There are lots of small steps you can take to improve your health and reduce your risk of diabetes and other chronic diseases. The most important thing is to start where you are and begin working healthier habits into your daily routine. To get started ...
Health and Fitness Tips for Moms and Families
Busy moms have a wealth of concerns when it comes to the eating habits of their children. The good news is that small steps make a big difference in improving health and reducing the risk of diabetes and other chronic diseases. The most important thing is to start where you are—by working healthier habits into your family’s daily routine. To get started here are...
Active Living For Everyone - No Excuses
Active Living encourages everyone, not just people who are young and fit, to make enjoyable physical activity a part of their everyday life. Active Living includes just about anything, from gardening and walking to...
Gym Etiquette - Fitness Center Etiquette
Gym Etiquette is rarely discussed by gym owners or gym members. By following the tips we list here you'll be a better...
Office Yoga Series!
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Active Living Information - Vital Strokes
One way to think about how we deal with ourselves and other people, is to think about giving and getting "strokes". Some strokes are positive and make us feel good; others are negative and make us feel bad. For example, we give ourselves positive strokes when we like how we look, when we feed ourselves healthy food and when we share active times with family and friends. We give ourselves negative strokes when we hassle ourselves about our weight, or when we don't eat well, or when we hurt ourselves...
Active Living - Weight Loss and Positive Self Image
Liking yourself and your body is an important part of active living and can help you reach and stay at a healthy weight. Try saying positive things to yourself every day. For example you can...
How Hard Should I Workout - What Intensity Level Is Best?
Gradually adding physical activity to your life will give you added energy. But don't overdo. You put yourself at risk for injury and burnout if you increase too much, too fast...
How To Start Getting Fit
All Americans can benefits from getting fit, regardless of your age. Studies have proven that exercising can increase your lifespan and improve your quality of life. Even a modest amount of exercise can make a big difference to your health and the health of your family. This can be as simple as parking further from the entrance of the grocery store, taking the stairs instead of the elevator at the office, or walking a trail at one of the many beautiful parks in the state. Below are web site links that provide information on easy and timely ways to incorporate exercise into your everyday life...
Injury Prevention When Working Out and Getting In Shape
The last thing you want to deal with when trying to get fit is an injury that might keep you on the sidelines. While some accidents happen, most can be prevented. Follow these safety tips to GetFit without an injury:...
The Benefits of Exercise
Exercise is planned, structured, and repetitive bodily movement that improves or maintains one or more components of physical fitness. (Physical Activity and Health: A Report of the Surgeon General, 1996) Benefits that may occur with regular, consistent aerobic, resistance, and flexibility exercises are listed below...
Stretching Exercises
Run faster, jump higher, serve harder! If you have inflexible (tight) muscles, stretching can improve your ability to exercise, play sports and complete daily chores. Plus, stretching can reduce your risk of muscle strains or overuse injuries, especially in areas where muscles are often tight...
Why Join A Gym?
Having a gym membership is about more than getting your body into better shape. It is about going to a place that is just for you. Your place in the gym is your personal space for your mind, body and spirit. When you open the doors, you leave your worries behind you. Even if you can only spare an hour a day, it is 60 whole minutes of time devoted to feeling better than you did before you entered...
Physical Activity and Weight Management
Being physically active is a big part of living a healthy lifestyle! This is true for everyone—people of all ages and all sizes. But it’s especially true for people who are at risk for diabetes. Most adults should aim for a minimum of 30 minutes on most days—and anything that increases your heart rate counts!
Physical Activity Recommendations - Getting Started
National recommendations for physical activity encourage all Americans to engage in regular physical activity and reduce sedentary activities to promote health, psychological well-being, and a healthy body weight...
What is Physical Activity?
By definition, physical activity is any bodily movement produced by your muscles that results in burning energy and can include a wide range of actions at work, during leisure-time or performing routine, daily tasks...
Everyday Activities
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How To Stick To Your New Year's Resolution To Lose Weight and Be More Active?
We've all done it, year after year - make resolutions for ourselves, stick to it for a few months, days or sometimes just hours and become disappointed when we fail YET AGAIN! Why on earth do we do it to ourselves? The start of a new year or the arrival of spring or summer usually bring with them thoughts of rejuvenation, change and something better, and it seems like the perfect time to 'fix' our life. So, this time, instead of failing again, what can you do so that you stick to your resolutions?
