Gentle Back Bends
Here’s a suggestion to help you get fit that’ll take just five minutes a day.
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Tag Archives: fitness
Cartoons: Exercise Your Funny Bone
Our cartoonists take exercise and diet very seriously—as comic fodder, of course.
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Walk Your Way to Fitness
Today is the best day to start a walking program! Here’s how to put your best foot forward.
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Get Out, Get Fit
Take advantage of long summer days to boost your energy and lift your spirits with outdoor exercise.
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Get Out, Get Fit
Bonus Web coverage: Activities for adventuresome types, plus more from Dr. Tyler Cooper on the effects of outdoor vs. indoor exercise.
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Stronger Muscles, Healthier Joints
10 exercises for every day and every body.
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Workouts, Meals, and Tips for Living with Diabetes
What does exercise do for diabetes? Check out five effects of physical activity and new resources for managing diabetes.
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Healthy Life: Just a Bowl of Cherries?
Tart cherries may be just what your doctor and your fitness trainer ordered. University of Michigan researchers recently found rats fed a diet high in freeze-dried whole cherries reduced their body fat by almost 10 percent, most of it off their bellies where the most dangerous fat for heart disease in humans is found. The ... More
One-Minute Fitness Tips
Dear Dr. SerVaas, I imagine many readers might benefit from my suggestion to improve health: In what would otherwise be wasted minutes “holding” on the phone, do your daily exercises. I happen to have a compressed nerve in my back as well as arthritic knees. My physician gave me specific exercises to help alleviate the ... More
Are You Fit? Find Out Now!
The President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports recently launched a fitness test for those over the age of 18. The President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports recently launched a fitness test for those over the age of 18 at adultfitnesstest.org. Components include a run or walk to estimate your level of aerobic fitness; ... More
