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Ease Your Arthritis With Exercise

When it comes to easing arthritis, the relief is what most people want. There are a lot of studies out there targeting how to help your arthritis and target it for relief through exercise. We’ve talked about arthritis and exercise here in the fitness blog before and today we’re going to talk about the different types of exercises and methods for easing your arthritis. Six tips you need to keep in mind for arthritis exercise, include: Applying heat or ice before a workout in order to relax your joints Dress in comfortable clothing Warm up with gentle exercise Wear shock-absorbing … Continue reading →

Top Ten Ways to Sabotage Your Workout (Part II)

Yesterday, we talked about the first five of the top ten ways we sabotage ourselves and our workout. Today, we are going to talk about the last five. 6. Avoid full range of motion exercises – If you don’t use the correct form including full range of motion, you will likely hurt yourself. Different motions work out different parts of the muscle. If you limit a curl to only one half of the biceps motion, you will weaken the overall muscle when you need to build the whole muscle. 7. Minimize Repetitions to Avoid Fatigue – The point of a … Continue reading →

Spring Forward to Action 30-Day Challenge – Day 17: Cardio & Flexibility

Good morning! Happy Tuesday! How are you feeling today? We’re counting down with just 13 days left to go to complete the Spring Forward to Action 30-Day Challenge. I enjoy the flexibility days as much as I do strength training. When I studied yoga for two months, I discovered that I really loved flexibility workouts. As mentioned at the bottom of today’s workout, if you’d like to substitute Yoga for your flexibility and cardio components today, that’s fine. Yoga can get your heart rate up, build strength, increase flexibility and provide a very thorough overall body workout. Cardio Okay, so … Continue reading →