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The government released some new guidelines for physical activity this past week, telling us how much we need to exercise in order to maintain a healthy lifestyle and fend off problems like heart disease, stroke and diabetes. But what if you have other goals like buffing up, getting [...]

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I’ll sometimes talk with people I know about their weight loss plans, and how they expect to lose weight. When I ask them what they’re doing they’ll give me a report of drastically reduced calories, and a workout plan that involves a few situps and walking once or twice a week.  In most cases I [...]

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Just when I was looking for an excuse not to go running anymore I stumbled on an article in Time Magazine titled “Runner’s High: Joggers Live Longer“.  Ugh.. So - what’s this all about?
That runner’s high may translate into a lot of other long-lasting health benefits, a new report from an ongoing study suggests. Researchers [...]

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When I read the headline this morning, I did a double take:
Exercise in a pill? Drugs show promise in mice
Say what?
Exercise in a pill, could this be the next big thing that all of us lazy people have been waiting so long for? You just pop a pill and it’s instant exercise?  Here’s what the [...]

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