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The dedication and athleticism on display during the Winter Olympics is awesome to watch, both as exhilarating entertainment and as a reminder of just how impossible these feats can seem for us mere mortals.
But a few of the U.S. Olympic Team’s veteran athletes […]
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Minnesota Vikings Everson Griffen and Kyle Rudolph are the latest in a long line of NFL players tackling the issue of children’s health.
The players (and plenty of kids) star in a new video released Tuesday as part of the NFL Play 60 Challenge, a nationwide in-school […]
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Noted researcher Dr. Paul Arciero has devoted his career to helping people get more active and eat more natural, healthier foods.
Naturally, it all started in the dirt of a community garden.
“Some of my fondest childhood memories come from tending that garden with my mother,” Arciero […]
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The more fit you are in midlife, the less likely you are to have a stroke after age 65, according to new research in the American Heart Association journal Stroke.
“We all hear that exercise is good for you, but many people still don’t do it,” […]
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Short bursts of high-intensity exercise improved cholesterol, blood sugar and weight among Type 2 diabetes patients more than 30 minutes of sustained, lower-intensity exercise, according to research presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2015.
Researchers found that after three months of high-intensity exercise […]
People with poor physical fitness in their 40s may have lower brain volumes by the time they hit 60, an indicator of accelerated brain aging, according to new research presented at the American Heart Association EPI/Lifestyle 2015 meeting.
“Many people don’t start worrying about their brain health until later in […]
People with the highest fitness levels are less likely to develop hypertension, according to new research in the Journal of the American Heart Association.
“If you’re exercising and you’re fit, your chances of developing hypertension are much less than someone else who has the same characteristics but isn’t fit,” said […]
After teaching two fitness classes and attending another, 36-year-old Jessica Diaz was taking a shower when she felt a strange sensation shoot down the left side of her body.
Jessica particularly noticed the odd feeling in her left hand.
“It was like it was there, but it wasn’t mine,” she recalled. […]
Tawnya Reynolds was training for her first marathon, so she wanted to go for a run.
Her husband, Billy, convinced her to stay home and do CrossFit with him.
It likely saved her life.
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As they worked out in the yard of their home, with their daughters Carlie and Paige riding their […]
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Sheri Lindsay was standing at the kitchen table, organizing pictures for her son’s hockey banquet, when her body delivered the ultimate wake-up call.
“I felt something pop in my left eye, and I immediately said to my husband, ‘I need to go to the hospital,’” she said.
Sheri […]
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