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Kristi Molinaro is one of the absolute best instructors, trainers, and people around.
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Laura Ward is not only a fitness instructor, but also a dancer, performer, and artist. As an instructor in New York...
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Have you heard of the Calorie Restriction Diet? It is a program where restricting caloric intake can extend your life. A side effect of this is weight loss. One of FitFiend.com's members, HungryLiz, is on a 2 year plan for this Diet. We had the opportu
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It's my job (and passion) to motivate you and keep you active during the doldrums of winter. This fat burning winter workout is designed to be both fast and effective.
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Meet Lacey Stone, one of FitFiend.com's favorite FitPros!
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You can argue all you want, but no single group of athletes is more impressive athletically than boxers.
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The boxer is that rare breed of athlete who combines speed, power and endurance with grace and toughness. What does it take to achieve this?
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Everyone knows dancers have the best legs. Now you can too! Follow these exercises to tone and strengthen your legs.
General Health and Fitness
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Part I - Men
Bodybuilding and Strength Training
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Olympic weight lifting technique is vital for proper form to achieve your full potential.
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Strength training is exercise that uses resistance--for example, weights--to strengthen and condition the musculoskeletal system, improving muscle tone and endurance.
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What if I were to tell you that throughout the years there has been a growth of strength training techniques that have no scientific proof to back them up. Well there are hundreds of them, do yourself a favour, have a look at the facts presented in this
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Why do some men and women, in the effort to improve their fitness, still resist weightlifting? Here are some motivating ideas for building weight-room confidence and helping you understand why this method of exercise is so very important to your success?&
Nutrition and Weight Loss
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Antioxidants are available in many healthful foods like fruits and vegetables. However, many of us do not eat the recommended use on days when you didn't get your 4 servings of fruit and 5 servings of vegetables recommended by USDA.
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There's no right or wrong way to eat. Healthy eating is all about motivation, balance, and flexibility. There will be times when you eat a high-fat meal or eat beyond fullness...
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The potentially dangerous side-effects of diet drugs and pills has, fortunately, gotten a great deal of publicity. In the opinion of many healthcare professionals, both prescription and herbal products can be extremely risky.
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Losing weight and keeping it off has nothing to do with what you're eating, how much of it you're eating, or how often you're eating it. The truth is that weight loss success is not about food at all. In fact, it's not about anything physical. That's why
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In the first part of this two-part article, we took a cold, hard look at the reality of drugs, pills, and weight loss. Now, in Part II we'll reveal the alarming truth about weight-reduction surgery.
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Some experts consider carbohydrate craving and addiction as something more of the body than of the mind, meaning biological factors are generally considered to be the main trigger for carb cravings.
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4 Quick Tips And 4 Empowering Beliefs About Food That Help Stop Emotional Eating Dead In Its Tracks
Entire books have been written about emotional eating and it can quickly become a deep subject if you let it. I believe however that most people overthink it and that the fundamental issue here is to simply realize that people often eat in order to obtain
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By now it is accepted among experts that the only safe and lasting solution to weight loss involves, not a focus on diet and exercise, but on identifying and eliminating / replacing our own self-sabotaging beliefs and attitudes.
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Boy, that's a lot to promise, isn't it? Yes, it sure is. But my clients wouldn't call it an exaggeration. When you stop spinning your wheels and wasting your time on "Diet Industry" weight loss approaches, and actually start doing what works, your entire
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"I'm pretty good about my diet and exercise program during the week. But when the weekend comes, all of that hard work goes out the window! I constantly find myself 'starting over' every Monday morning. How do I get out of this unproductive cycle?!"
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In this age of fast food, labor saving devices, and heavy stress, putting on unwanted pounds is the price many of us pay for living an unhealthy lifestyle. As we all know, in addition to being a health hazard, those added pounds are highly visible.
Cardio
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Group indoor cycling classes are one of the best exercise activities that you can participate in. People with all levels of fitness and endurance can benefit from these workouts.
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No Time to Exercise? Everyone has 10 minutes they can steel through the day. Studies prove several ten minute bouts of exercise...
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For maximum effectiveness and safety, cardiovascular exercise has specific instructions on the frequency, duration, and intensity. These are the three important components of cardiovascular exercise that you really need to understand and implement in your
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For maximum effectiveness and safety, cardiovascular exercise has specific instructions on the frequency, duration, and intensity. These are the three important components of cardiovascular exercise that you really need to understand and implement in your
Martial Arts
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If the reader has the patience and perseverance that he should bring to the work of Jui-Jitsu I will offer him a suggestion that is of great value. Do not attempt to learn more than one trick at a time; do not be in haste to go to another. In this way he
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If you have any desire at all to improve your body and mind at the same time with only one activity, then martial arts is something you ought to seriously consider. You don't just get in shape physically, but also mentally and spiritually. No gym workout
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Russian martial art training and kettlebell training involves elements of strength, flexibility and relaxation. Many would argue that speed and technique should also be included, but given that you have trained in all three of these disciplines, then spee
Sport Specific Training
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Learn helpful tips to increase your vertical jump with exercises,nutrition and recovery.
Mind/Body/Yoga
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There are many reasons why a person should use Bikram Yoga. The benefits to be gained from this practice can totally change your life...
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Negative stress has been clinically proven to caused increased production of the hormone cortisol. Elevated cortisol levels lead directly to increased body fat.
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Body-Mind-Spirit Connection and Weight Loss: Getting Your Whole Self Involved In Success
Diet Industry weight loss approaches fail, not for any single reason, but because they're so far "off target" in so many ways. An example is the way they restrict their entire approach to the body, to physiological / food-oriented methods. On the surface,
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What does stress have to do with fitness, fat loss, or health in general?
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Ever wonder why, in spite of your best efforts, the ice cream, pizza, and potato chips still seem to have you in their death grip?
Marathons/Triathlons
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"Whoever finishes first will be called the Iron Man", is the tag line that has revolved around the competition that produced the survivors of the game for the fittest.
