Resources
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Success in Loosing Weight -- Walk About Magazine
If losing weight is a multibillion dollar industry, and our population is getting fatter, then what is being offered isn’t working. Success in losing weight is ...
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8-Tips for Making the Most of Your Walking
Check out these 8 tips to make your walking experience enjoyable, productive and safe. Read more
4-Tps for Improving Your Flexibility
Are you more or less flexible? Do you move with ease? Or, are you feeling stuck or at a 'plateau’ with your flexibility? Experts acknowledge a biological decrease in natural flexibility as a person ages. However, decreases in function can also be attributed to a sedentary lifestyle. The combination of aging with a sedentary lifestyle almost always results in muscle atrophy. I recommend following the axiom “Move it or lose it!” How does this impact walking? Read on
Improving Muscular Balance and Flexibility
Walking performance isn’t just a matter of hard training; it should also include attention to nutrition, muscular strength, and flexibility .... Read more
Incredible Benefits of Walking
Just think – how many creatures can move about the way we do – walking, jogging, skipping, skating, skiing, dancing, hiking, climbing, rowing, and cycling….endless choices for movement. No other species can, we humans are the only ones.
A Walk A Day...
The popularity of walking as a fitness activity is growing by leaps and bounds. Low risk and easy to start, walking has proved its health benefits in numerous studies.
Walking in Balance
The most important aspect of walk training or any training program is balance. It is easy to exercise with exuberance, sometimes too much, too far, too fast too soon. Balance in training is one of the keys to success, whether a recreational walker, an avid fitness walker, or competitive racewalker. Balance is achieved by adhering to basic principles.
Walking and training in the heat
With temperatures pushing into the nineties, it is extremely important
to exercise with caution. Guidelines to avoid the risk of heat stress injury:
Plan Your Walking Route
Use these guidelines to plan your walking routes for safe and enjoyable walking.
All About Your Feet
When you think about preparing for an activity do you consider your feet?
If you are like most people, you probably don’t...
Should We Enable Obesity? by Nancy Clark, MS, RD, CSSD (Board Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics)
As incredible as it may sound, if we don’t stop the obesity epidemic, an estimated 42% of all Americans will be obese in 18 years. Nancy Clark offers thoughts on so-called diseases of aging that are really diseases of inactivity and over-nutrition, and what that means for all of us. Read more
The Heart Attack Proof Diet by David S. Martin.
(article and video Dr. Caldwell Esslestyne) CNN) -- Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn Jr. didn't become a doctor to change the way America eats. He was a general surgeon. Read more
On Cancer and a Vegetarian Diet
Once you start paying attention, you just can't avoid the bad news about meat consumption. From Reuters comes the news that "Women who received the most calories from animal protein had twice the risk of [endometrial cancer] compared to those who took in the fewest calories from animal sources." Read more
Protecting Your Bones
The bone-thinning condition called osteoporosis can lead to small and not-so-small fractures. Although many people think of calcium in the diet as good protection for their bones, this is not at all the whole story. In a 12-year Harvard study of 78,000 women, those who drank milk three times a day actually broke more bones than women who rarely drank milk. Read more
School Lunch Guidelines Fall Short: Still Too Much Meat, Dairy, and Junk in School Lunches
Doctors urge USDA to require meatless entrées and nondairy beverages in all schools. Read more
Winter Nutrition: Fueling for Cold Weather Exercise
by Nancy Clark MS, RD, CSSD
www.nancyclarkrd.com
How much should the average adult exercise every day?
from Edward R. Laskowski, M.D.
4-Tps for Improving Your Flexibility
Are you more or less flexible? Do you move with ease? Or, are you feeling stuck or at a 'plateau’ with your flexibility? Experts acknowledge a biological decrease in natural flexibility as a person ages. However, decreases in function can also be attributed to a sedentary lifestyle. The combination of aging with a sedentary lifestyle almost always results in muscle atrophy. I recommend following the axiom “Move it or lose it!” How does this impact walking? Read on
Sports Massage
There are many benefits associated with sports massage.
Pedestrian Safety
As a driver and as a pedestrian - do your part to make our environment safer for everyone!
I Need More Energy
You’re in the middle of a long workout and wondering how in the world you’re going to muster up enough energy to finish. All exercisers have been there.
Exercise Can Help Control Stress
People who exercise regularly will tell you they feel better. Some will say it’s because chemicals called neurotransmitters, which are produced in the brain, are stimulated during exercise.
Warm Up To Work Out
Suppose you were told that you only had to add an extra five to ten minutes to each of your workouts in order to prevent injury and lessen fatigue. Would you do it? Most people would say yes.
Exercising In The Cold
The biggest concern when exercising in the cold is the risk of hypothermia, or too much heat loss. When you exercise in a cold environment, you must consider one primary factor: How much heat will your body lose during exercise?
Can Exercise Reduce Your Risk of Catching a Cold?
Sir William Osler, the famous Canadian medical doctor, once quipped, “There’s only one way to treat the common cold — with contempt.” And for good reason. The average adult has two to three respiratory?infections each year.
The Best Time to Exercise
Contrary to popular belief, women aren’t the only ones with biological clocks. We all have them, and heed their ticking on a daily basis.
What You Need to Know to Purchase a Treadmill
Data from the National Sporting Goods Association indicates that treadmills have been the number-one-ranked home aerobic equipment for the past three years. If you’ve decided to join the ranks of treadmill owners, there are a number of factors to consider to ensure that you purchase a machine that meets your needs.
