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7 Ways to Make Your Workouts More Effective and Less Painful

September 15, 2011 Exercise
Pain Free Exercise

By LeeAnn Langdon Lose the Pain, Keep the Gains “No Pain, No Gain.” Popularized by Jane Fonda in the 1980s, this saying became the mantra for exercisers for decades to come. It suggests that fitness takes effort and that you’ll get out of it only what you put in. But it also suggests that exercise [...]

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Guidelines for Exercising with Arthritis

September 9, 2011 Exercise
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By Jessica Siebert The Benefits of Exercising with Arthritis In the past, doctors have advised patients suffering from arthritis to stay away from exercising for fear it may exacerbate their condition. This mentality appears to exist today, as a recent poll found that the majority of people suffering from arthritis feel that exercise will make [...]

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Golf for Fun and Fitness

August 30, 2011 Sports & Activities
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By Denise Lodge Impowerage is starting a new series about activities that are fun and provide health benefits. The subject of the first article in the series is golf. Golf may bring to mind hushed, polite crowds, caddies who do the heavy lifting, and carts that cover the long distances. However, despite being leisurely, and [...]

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Exercises to Keep Your Hands Strong and Flexible

June 26, 2011 Exercise Routines
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By Susan Manning A Round of Applause for our Hands! Hands are not something that we really think about until we have a problem with them. We use them every day to pick up, open up, grab, push, type, write and so much more. Research has shown that aging has a degenerative effect on hand [...]

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What Type of Yoga is Best For You

June 8, 2011 Sports & Activities
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By Nancy Bennett Tied in Knots? Maybe Yoga Could Help Looking for a new exercise routine that makes you feel good and helps to work your whole body without feeling like its been put through a triathlon? Tied in knots from too many frustrating days of an overworked mind and unmoving body? Looking for a way [...]

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Lower Body Workout Routine

April 7, 2011 Exercise Routines
Lower Body Exercises For Older Adults

By Personal Trainer, Susan Manning A strong lower body = better everyday movement. Whether you’re walking, running, kicking, jumping or just basically getting from point A to point B, our legs are important to us at any age and definitely as we enter our older years. Weak and tight leg muscles can affect how we [...]

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Dancing- Fitness Infused Fun

March 1, 2011 Sports & Activities
Health Benefits of Dancing

By Kelly Neufeld With the wave of dancing shows that have appeared in recent years more and more people are starting to dance as part of their exercise routine. It’s said that the best form of exercise is the one that you will stick to. Dancing is a fun, social activity that feels like less [...]

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Rotator Cuff Exercises

February 18, 2011 Exercise Routines
Rotator Cuff Exercises for Baby Boomers

By Susan Manning Small Muscles Doing Big Things Everything we do with our upper body, lifting, pushing, pulling requires us to use a group of four small muscles that surround our shoulder joint often referred to as your Rotator Cuff muscles. Specifically they are the Supraspinatus, Infraspinatus, Teres minor and Subscapularis or also known as [...]

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New Fitness Start or Refresher

January 21, 2011 Exercise Routines
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By Susan Manning A New Year always brings on New Year resolutions and new beginnings and for some of you that might just be the beginning of an exercise program. In general, men over 40 and women over 50 new to exercise should check with their doctor before becoming more physically active…safety always comes first. [...]

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The Importance of Strength Training

December 3, 2010 Ask an Expert
Strength Training For Older Adults

Reader Question: I’m in my 50s and I walk everyday and eat well. Do I need to strength train? Susan’s Answer: Yes, strength training should be a part of everyone’s active lifestyle. As you age, your muscles begin to shrink and lose mass. The number and the size of your muscle fibers also decrease. Fortunately, [...]

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