Category: cardio
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3 Ways To Improve Your Heart Health
Boosting your heart health is important, particularly when you are over the age of 40. I recently lost my first and best friend to heart disease, and advocating for improved heart health is now my life’s mission. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, according to the U.S. Centers for…
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Study: Colon Cancer Survivors Who Regularly Exercise Live Longer
According to the American Cancer Society, there will be an estimated 154,270 new cases of colon cancer diagnosed in the United States in 2025. Unfortunately, an estimated 52,900 deaths this year will be due to colon cancer. A team of cancer researchers affiliated with various health and academic institutions in the United States recently conducted…
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Develop Your Inner Personal Trainer
Succeeding in your fitness journey involves many things, but in my opinion and experience, the most important ingredient to success is motivation. It is why ‘motivation‘ is the first category listed on our homepage. Everything else flows from it. As I often say, and have mentioned several times on this website in my articles, someone…
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Walking Around At Neptune Beach On The Oregon Coast
As I have written about before, walking is a very underrated form of exercise. If you are walking around the right place, it can be very peaceful, which was the case when I recently explored Neptune Beach on the Oregon Coast. In addition to it having soothing ocean noises, it is also a great place…
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Hiking Ya’Xaik Trail In Yachats, Oregon
Hiking is one of my favorite ways to burn calories. Over the weekend, I hiked Ya’Xaik Trail in Yachats, Oregon on the mid-Oregon Coast. The trailhead is kind of in an odd place, in the back parking lot of an apartment complex. It took me about 21 minutes to complete the trail, which is not…
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The 5 Best Ways To Reduce Heart Disease And Cancer Risk
Heart disease and cancer are two of the most serious health conditions that a person can develop. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In 2022 alone, 702,880 people died from heart disease in the U.S. (1 in every…
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5 Tips For Newbie Gym Members
For some people, joining a gym is not a big deal. However, for many people, it can be an overwhelming thing. I regularly went to gyms as a kid, with my dad having competed as an amateur bodybuilder in my youth. Even without going to the gym with my dad, I was always comfortable at…
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Study Finds Exercise Boosts Cognition For People With ADHD
According to the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an estimated 15.5 million adults in the U.S. have been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). That works out to roughly 6% of all adults in the country. Many clinical studies reported deficits in basic and complex cognitive functions in adults diagnosed with…
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Is It Easier To Build Muscle Or Lose Fat?
As I have written about quite a bit lately on this website, I am currently on a calorie-deficit diet. This diet is tricky because I want to lose most of my body’s stored fat but not my muscle mass. In an interview that I watched with legendary bodybuilder Mike Mentzer, he mentioned that he would never…
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What Is The Difference Between ‘Body Recomposition’ And A Calorie Deficit?
If you are trying to lose weight, chances are during your research you will come across the terms ‘body recomposition’ and ‘calorie deficit.’ While both of them are common weight loss strategies, there are some differences between the two. When I first started my modern fitness journey, what I was ultimately doing was a body…