No gym needed

[Functional Fitness]  Start by taking the stairs daily. Try not to use remote controls for everything. Even when returning home from the market, carry your own shopping bags, and while you're at it, keep your posture straight, walk briskly and divide the weight equally between the two hands.

Alternately, sitting and casually bouncing on a Swiss ball while watching TV or reading a book helps the back muscles immensely. Elastic bands with varying levels of resistance, too, are just as helpful.

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Today's Health Tip: Exercise and anxiety

...Researchers at the University of Georgia found that exercise can help to reduce anxiety symptoms among sedentary people who have a chronic illness.....

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Fitness: Put your heart into it

The role of exercise in preventing heart disease is undeniable, so it's worth your while to get active at any age

MONTREAL - Chalk up the recent news that a low-fat diet may not reduce the risk of heart disease as yet another reason to get moving. Regular exercise remains one of the best things you can do for your heart. Study after study claims that physical activity significantly reduces the risk of heart disease, with some reports suggesting that regular exercise increases the life expectancy of men and women over the age of 50 by one to three years.

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Getting fit will require super effort

Personally, I think the war on childhood obesity has to begin at home. It's time for parents to model good health and responsibility, to cut back on fast-food dinners, to get off the couch, to turn off the family's techno-toys. To lead.

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GET FIT: Be a role model for your kids: Start exercising

Have you noticed that active children tend to have active parents?

It's not your imagination. The apple in fact doesn't fall far from the tree. Research has shown that children of active parents are more likely to lead active lifestyles themselves when they become adults.

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Don't be a couch potato

Get active

It is important to increase your activity levels whenever possible. Every little bit counts, because whenever you move, you are using energy and burning calories. Walking, active chores at home, gardening, mowing the lawn, spring cleaning, walking up the stairs, walking your dog, carrying your weekly shopping home and dancing, are all forms of physical activity!

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Blood, sweat and years: Getting fit at 40

Getting fit when you're no spring chicken

1. Check with your doctor. If you've been inactive for a long time, you need to get medical clearance. 2. Be honest about your fitness level. Important things to know in midlife are blood pressure, resting heart rate, body-fat percentage and weight.

3. Start slowly and build up gradually. When you start exercising at 40, try not to expect results overnight; slow and steady always wins the race.

4. Schedule exercise like you would a meeting. Health is important, so make it a priority.

5. Be consistent and make it fun. When exercise is enjoyable, it doesn't seem like a chore and so you'll stick to your routine longer. Try weightlifting or boxing or even dance classes, or sign up for an adventure hike.

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How to Get Your Sedentary Kids Active

Get involved with your kids. Do not just send them out to play, go with them.This allows you to spend quality time with your child.

Plan your TV watching in advance. Schedule the shows to watch and turn the TV off afterwards.

Lead by example. Your kids will be more receptive if you follow the same TV schedule as them.

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How to get kids off the couch

"A sneaky fit kid can burn an extra 400 calories per day," said Missy Chase Lapine, who co-authored "Sneaky Fitness: Fun, Foolproof Ways to Slip Fitness into Your Child's Everyday Life." with personal trainer Larysa DiDio.

[Eg:] "Give a child a stopwatch and Boy! You'd be surprised how fast they can move."

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Improve Your Fitness By Making It Exciting

If you do the same activity every day, your muscles begin to adapt to the exercise. They begin to find ways to perform the task with less energy. This makes sense for the body, as it wants to always conserve as much energy as possible. That said, you need to change the activities you are doing or change their intensity in order to see better results.

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Fitness Level How Sedentary Jobs Add Up To It

Those long hours at the desk are adding up to less calories burned, more muscle lost, and less cardio health.

Adding Fitness Activity to Your Desk Time

You can add activity to your day in short bursts. Instead of emailing a coworker about a project, you can begin to walk to their desk to ask them the question. ... You might also want to add some weight lifting at your desk, just doing some bicep curls as you are talking on the phone can help improve muscle tone. With small steps, you can begin to change the way your body looks, while also still keeping up with your workload.

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It's Time for Parents to Turn the Tide on Childhood Obesity

Everyday life has become so busy that it can be hard to follow through on the things we want to do to ensure the health and well being of our children.

... the tools for success are quite accessible and, while grounded in science, are based more on good common sense than one might expect. They are as follows:

1. Focus food choices on nutritious foods.
2. Do not withhold treats.
3. Ration screen time.
4. Have at least one hour of activity time per day.
5. Apply these changes to the entire family.

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Be Patient While Exercising

The most important thing is to stick to a fitness plan. Sometimes it may feel that the plan is not working. You may not become the next supermodel but it you stick to your plan you will become a fitter and healthier individual.

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Ignore fad diets, try healthy lifestyle

I have struggled with maintaining a healthy weight since I wasl8, when, curiously enough, every dry cleaner I tried was"shrinking" my clothes. Having yo-yoed on various diets over theyears, I finally came up with an eating/exercise plan that works for me.

Please note: Although this plan works for me, anyone consideringa diet/weight loss/exercise program should consult a doctor first.

[Article lists some tips related to food intake and exercise.]

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Stress Relief: Pull the Plug on Stress

If you are like most people these days, you are plugged into everything from the time you get up in the morning to the moment you unplug the light and drift off--hopefully--into blissful sleep.

Adrenal Burnout

Adrenal burnout is the result of living with a constantly aroused sympathetic nervous system--living in a perpetual state of "fight or flight." [so] you must find a way to recharge.

The first thing you may need to address is a good night's rest.

For decades, I have been a huge advocate of exercise as a critical component of staying healthy.

Even the most health-challenged people can really turn their health around by changing their diets to more closely fit their nutritional type.If you put inferior gas in your car, it runs poorly. The same is true for your body.

Simple things like a few dietary changes, improved sleep habits, and a more consistent exercise routine can really produce MAJOR changes in your health and energy level, and prevent your adrenal glands from getting toasted.

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