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25 Ways to Burn 250 Calories in 25 Minutes

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Try these simple ways to burn calories fast and get the body you’ve always wanted. You want to lose a pound? For a 130 to 150 pound person, you have to burn about 3,500 extra calories a week. You could eat o...

Scope for Hope 5k

Anne Reed

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March is Colorectal Awareness Month. Meet two local champions for the colorectal cause. In May 2009, Vera Owens, an avid runner, went for a routine colonoscopy. “I was doing it every two years because my moth...

On a Low-Sodium Diet? Skip These 10 Shockingly Salt-Filled Condiments

Elizabeth Seward

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Don’t let your favorite condiments derail your low-sodium diet. Stay on track by trading them in for the homemade variety. Dressing up a meal with your favorite condiment may seem innocent enough. But your go-...

3 Healthy Lifestyle Tricks to Try Today

Nadia Murdock

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You don't have to deprive yourself or go to extremes to be your healthiest self! Instead, try these super-simple tips from three Florida fitness experts. It’s the middle of February: remember all those resolut...

6 Heart-Healthy Recipes for American Heart Month

Leslie

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These yummy, easy-to-make recipes are good for your heart! When most people think about February, pictures of candy hearts and boxes of chocolate dance through their heads. But February isn’t just for romance,...

Beat Post Race Burnout With a Few Easy Tips

Jill Wheeler

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Jill Wheeler of the Wellfit Institute Gives Easy Solutions for Keeping your Head In The Game All Year Round. Q: "I just finished my goal race and now I don't really feel like doing anything. How can I start fe...

HPV, Your Cervix, And You: What you Need to Know About Your Cervical Cancer Risk

Nadia Murdock

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In honor of Cervical Cancer Awareness Month FitNation dispels the myths and misconceptions about this dreaded disease. It's 9 a.m.; do you know what your cervix is doing? According to one study, chances are yo...

This Year, Screw Setting Resolutions. Instead, Dedicate Your Body to Science.

Anne Reed

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There are scientific reasons for working out. Know them, practice them and get leaner and stronger than ever. It’s a new year, with means new resolutions, new shoes and plenty of shiny new gym memberships. Bu...

5 Yoga Poses That Fight Stress

Leslie

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Stay calm amid the daily craziness with these 5 simple (but totally effective) yoga poses. Yoga can help you find calm amidst the daily frenzy--and (better yet) can keep you from saying what you really want ...

What’s The Deal With Those Vibration Machines at Gyms?

Dana Leigh Smith

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Can you really shake yourself fit? FN Investigates From the Shake Weight to the Free-Flexor, Americans seem to have a bad case of shake-it-until-you-shape-it syndrome. Which, of course, only has one symptom: b...