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Exercise Tips: Squats & Lunges

by Heather Long

Squats and lunges are two great exercises that build strength, tone and look. These exercises are great because you don't need any exercise equipment. We've talked about frugal workouts and saving money, so this is another great way to build muscle, tone up and save cash at the same time.

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Fitness on a Shoe-String Budget

by Heather Long

In a time where rising gas rates are making everyone rethink their plans (from vacation travel to how to get to work), finding a way to put fitness on a shoe-string budget is a good idea.

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What Not To Do

by Heather Long

It's important when you're making fitness choices that you make the ones that will benefit you the most and that you avoid the ones that will hurt you. By hurt, I don't mean physical soreness because let's face it -- exercise can make you sore and it should make you sore.

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Fitness & Your Hula Hoop

by Heather Long

Does your child hula hoop? Before the Nintendo age, the hula hoop was a hit on every child's block. I owned three of them and I could hoop with all three. My daughter has a pair of hoops and she loves to hoop herself, though she complains she's not that good at it yet.

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Y is for Yoga

by Heather Long

You had to know that I was going for the obvious when I got to Y - X was harder to deliver on, but in fitness, Y almost always stands for yoga. You don't have to be in perfect shape or uber flexible to do yoga.

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X is for eXtreme Fitness

by Heather Long

Everyone has to stretch for a good X word when you do a list of alphabet tips and in our case, we're doing exercise tips. I could have gone X is for eXercise, but eXtreme fitness is a topic we don't talk about here as often as we might.

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W is for Walking

by Heather Long

I've been looking forward to getting to W for a while now. Walking is one of my favorite activities. If I had an elliptical trainer that would likely be my favorite piece of equipment. Yet no matter what I do, I always come back to walking.

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V is for VO2 Max

by Heather Long

Anyone who has worked out in a gym, had a personal fitness assessment done or is an athlete, your VO2 Max is something you need to know. VO2 max is something we all have, it's a natural ability and it refers to the maximum oxygen consumption that you need to perform at maximum sustained output.

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U is for Uniforms

by Heather Long

Yes, I know, uniform is stretching it where fitness is concerned, but I have a fitness uniform that I wear and I think many people do. Your uniform doesn't have to have a name tag or a specific color scheme, but it does need to put you in the right mindset for your fitness routine.

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T is for Total Body Workout

by Heather Long

Your body is a fantastic machine. Seriously, have you ever paused to consider all the things that your body can do? It's self-repairing. It has its own personal army to protect you from infection. It metabolizes most forms of food and it can strip mine itself for nutrients when it is necessary.

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