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Urban Walking
Last weekend I met some friends for lunch. We’d talked earlier, and they’d mentioned they’d found a new hobby: walking the city. Everywhere. They live west of downtown, and if they wanted ice cream at Water Tower Place, they walked. … Continue reading
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No Skinny People Allowed
Is this a good or bad idea? A Canadian gym called Body Exchange thinks it is. Personally I like to see a variety of people working out, those who are in shape and want to stay that way and those … Continue reading
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Gardening Without Back Pain Video
My last blog was about gardening and not hurting your back, check it out here if you missed it. Then I thought that it would be even more helpful if I showed how to do things right. So with the … Continue reading
EXERCISE AND A SMARTER, YOUNGER BRAIN
Exercise can make you smarter and your brain younger, at least that’s what some research is showing. A recent article in the NY Times Magazine by Gretchen Reynolds discusses this idea. It used to be thought that you only have … Continue reading
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Tagged Exercise and Aging, Healthy Brain, Increaseing Brain Function
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Saving Your Back Gardening
It’s spring, and Mike Nowak has a new gardening show on channel 102 Comcast, Dig In Chicago. In honor of the new beginnings, we’ll talk about putting in a garden without hurting yourself. Let’s say you’re ready to dig up … Continue reading
WORST ALLERY SPRING: NOT!
You’ve read about this being the worst spring for allergies ever. But better news: the worst is over. Spring pollens were terrible, peaked, and now they’re back to normal. Of course, that may mean that some of you are still … Continue reading
Posted in Allergy treatments, Health, Natural healing, NMT, Uncategorized
Tagged Allergy, Health, Pollen
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Strengthening the Core Video – Preventing Injuries
What if this New Year resolve was different? What if you made a resolve to get into shape and you got results? Too often people start a new exercise regime and it fizzles out. One reason for this is choosing … Continue reading
Posted in Fitness, Fitness Goal, Health, Injury prevention
Tagged Abdominal exercises, butt exercises, core exercises, Health, injury prevention, Physical exercise, strengthening the core
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LIVE LONGER : 15 Minutes = 3 Years
No it’s not bad math, it’s the results of a study recently reported in Lancet’s. 416,175 people in Taiwan were studied from 1996 through 2008. They found that the low level activity group, people who did moderate exercise like brisk … Continue reading
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ACTIVE AGING
61 year old female swimmer attempts to swim from Cuba to Florida, read story. It seems that she originally tried to do this when she was 28 and couldn’t complete the trip. Unfortunately she experienced problems this time and had … Continue reading
Exercise and Heat
It’s summer, the sun is shining and it’s great to get outside and get some exercise. Except that its way too hot and humid to be comfortable and it might not even be safe. This is the time of year … Continue reading
Posted in Fitness, Health, Injury prevention, Sneaky fitness tricks
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