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Physical Activity Connection Archive

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Exercise Environment Exercises Guidelines Mind/Body Just Getting Started Athlete—From Weekend Warrior to Elite Competitor Just for Women Youth Activity Exercise and Aging Fitness Rewards Overcoming Obstacles Mental Motivation Fitness Fuel Personal Stories

Exercise Environment

Baby joggers
Bands and balls: when and why to use them
Finding the health clubs for the 50+ crowd
Gardening for the health of it
Go for the cold: staying active outdoors in winter
Health clubs: getting the most for your money

Home free: a weight room of your own
Play it safe in the sun
Running through the cold
Six steps to safe hiking
Stairclimbers: stepping up to fitness

Swim, bike, run...I'll tri!
Three reasons to try the treadmill
Ultrarunning: experiences from 100-mile trail races
Winter warning: tips for preventing frostbite and hypothermia

Exercises

Aerobic exercise
Bench press using free weights
Biceps curl using free weights
Circuit training: fast, flexible and fun
Cardio kickboxing
Climbing the walls
Crunches
Exercise that raises more than your heart rate
Free weights
Free weights or machines? Which are better?
Lateral raise using free weights

Lunges using free weights
Military press using free weights
Pilates
Power through plyometrics
Sit-ups
Squats using free weights
Stair-climbing
Start a regular exercise program
Strength training the missing link

Stretching exercises
Step-up using free weights
Take the plunge—try swimming!
The benefits and risks of walking versus running
Triceps extension using free weights
Want to play hard? Try racquetball
Water training: more than swimming “upstream” for fitness
Weight-bearing exercise
What can a personal trainer do for you?

Guidelines

Heart healthy physical activity
A safety checkup for your strength-training routine
Baffling blunders at the gym
Building sweat equity: how to start—and stay—on the right fitness track
Do you need to talk to your doctor before you start an exercise program?
Exercising caution when you have diabetes
Exercise for chronic disease relief

How do you choose the right athletic shoe?
Intensity check: how hard are you exercising?
Setting fitness goals
Safety and injury prevention for runners
Share your personal trainer and save cash
Start a regular exercise program

Strengthening your muscles
The benefits of a fitness partner
Walk this way to fitness
When to worry about head injuries
Winter sports safety

Mind/Body

How to meditate
Massage therapy: the power of touch
Massage therapy for athletes

Moving meditation: the art of tai chi
Pilates

Yoga

Just Getting Started

A safety checkup for your strength-training routine
Aerobic exercise
Bands and balls: when and why to use them
Circuit training: fast, flexible and fun
Do you need to talk to your doctor before you start an exercise program?
Intensity check: how hard are you exercising?

Setting fitness goals
Start a regular exercise program
Strength training: essential for total fitness
Stretching exercises

The benefits of a fitness partner
Three reasons to try the treadmill
Walk this way to fitness
What can a personal trainer do for you?

Athlete—From Weekend Warrior to Elite Competitor

Drug tests: don’t fall victim to a "false-positive"
Exercise that raises more than your heart rate
Give your legs a break: try kayaking
Mountain biking
Run for someone else's life

Running injuries: give it a rest
Safety tips for in-line skating
Steroids: bigger is not better
Take the plunge—try swimming!

The benefits and risks of walking versus running
The long road to marathon recovery
Your first marathon: you can do it!

Just for Women

Exercise and pregnancy: a healthy combination
Exercise and bone health

Postpartum fitness

Youth Activity

Swimming lessons: when should your children start?
Top 5 soccer injuries
Mouth guards: protecting your pearly whites

Cardiac arrest in healthy, young athletes

Exercise and Aging

Do you need to talk to your doctor before you start an exercise program?
Exercise and bone health
Finding the health clubs for the 50+ crowd
Fitness: elixir for the ages
Gardening for the health of it

Get plenty of exercise… but don’t forget to stretch!
Get strong with strength training
Keep on movin': exercise after 50

Seniors: it’s never too late to start exercising
Staying in shape as you age
Staying active to enjoy your later years

Fitness Rewards

Exercise and asthma: Is exercise jeopardizing your health?
Exercise and bone health
Exercise and pregnancy: a healthy combination
Fitness: elixir for the ages
Reduce stress: fit fitness into your life

Role of Exercise in Type 2 Diabetes
Staying in shape as you age
Strong to the core

The dangers of hidden abdominal fat
Tips for reducing stress in your life

Overcoming Obstacles

Chiropractic treatment: what you should know
Concussions in youth sports
Don't let injuries handicap your golf game
Don't play through the pain: alternative exercises for injured people
Exercising caution when you have diabetes
Football: play like a champion (without getting hurt)
Hoop hurts: help for common basketball injuries

Protecting your pearly whites
Running injuries: give it a rest
Sports-related wrist and hand injuries
The cumulative effects of concussions
The long road to marathon recovery

Tips for avoiding tennis traumas
Tips for older adults: ways to avoid injuries during sports and exercise
Top 5 soccer injuries
Volleyball injuries: block them before they get worse

Mental Motivation

Get an Olympic attitude
Holiday exercise: make it a pleasure, not a punishment
Motivation to exercise: where does it come from?

Sticking to your New Year's exercise resolution

Fitness Fuel

Athletes need to eat fat!
Calcium
Can athletes drink too much water?

Eating a diet low in saturated fat,transfat, and cholesterol
Holiday food: drafting a winning lineup

Zinc

Personal Stories

Fighting colon cancer: one man's story

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