How Fitness Will Make You a Better Writer
Writers aren’t generally associated with physical prowess and health. In fact, we tend to be something of a willowy, weak-chested
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Health and Fitness
Floored by Travel Exhaustion? 4 Things that Will Get You Over the Travel Wall
Travel is thrilling, inspiring, and fun, but is also exhausting, both physically and mentally. You’re on your feet all day
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Health and Fitness Advice: What Works for Real People?
Achieving a greater level of health and fitness is a goal that is shared by most, but achieved by few.
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Interview with Courtney Klop, Owner and Coach at Health for Happiness
Illustrating yet again that the world is small, I recently made the acquaintance of one Courtney Klop, with whom I
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Making Your Workout More Effective and Efficient Part II: HIIT, Full Range of Motion, Yoga, and Practical Application
A couple of years back when I was just beginning to get deep into my fitness journey, I hit a
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Pushin’ Rope: Why a Jump Rope is a Life-Changing Piece of Exercise Equipment
When I first launched my exercise-ship several years ago (well, it might have started out as more of a dinghy),
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Interview with Bad Yogi Owner and Instructor Erin Motz
Recently I decided to start bolstering my fitness routine with yoga, but between my hectic work schedule and constant travel, the
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A Brief Eulogy for Boxer, Poet, and Genuine Goddamn Human Muhammad Ali
“He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.” “Wars of nations are fought to
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The Party Was Great But It’s Winding Down: Why Booze and Drugs Are Losing Their Appeal (For Me, at Least)
I vividly remember my first drink. It was 2000 and I was sixteen. My band had its first show coming
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Happiness is Here Now: 14 Steps You Can Take Down the Path Toward Happiness TODAY
Happiness can seem like an elusive thing. Try as we might, it often feels like it’s just beyond reach. And
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On the Go Fitness: Keeping Healthy with a Busy Lifestyle
“Time and focus – it never seems like we have enough. Between work, family, social life, and the endless number
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You’re Pushing Yourself Too Hard: Signs that You’re Overtraining or Over-working and What to Do About it
People tend to want too much of a good thing. I hate to open by stating something that everyone knows,
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Fed Up: A Movie that Exposes How the Food Industry Is Killing You With Sugar
Diet and exercise—it’s the end-all solution to obesity that is prescribed time and time again. But if that’s the truth,
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LiveStrong.com Post: 5 Things to Pack to Stay Fit While Traveling
“If you only travel occasionally, maintaining your health and fitness routine over the course of each jaunt probably isn’t such
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My First Post on LiveStrong.com! 5 Things You Need to Build an Affordable Home Gym
I’m excited to announce that I’ve joined the contributor team at LiveStrong.com. Sharing what I’ve learned over the course of
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A Few Ways to Burn Fat and Gain Muscle Faster by Making Your Workout More Effective and Efficient
So you finally realized the value in exercising, and you took the steps necessary to build a workout routine into
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For Your Health: Don’t Die of Confusion
The latest season of the sometimes-all-too-accurate spoof series Portlandia kicked off with a humorous (and, once again, all-too-accurate) portrayal of
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How Making Your Own Salad Dressing Will Improve Your Life (No Joke)
This might seem a little silly, but today I’m writing about the benefits of making your own salad dressing. There
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What Makes a Good New Year’s Resolution and How Do You Make it Stick?
Whenever the holiday season rolls around, people tend to start making claims about the upcoming year. As she loads up
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Reigning in Control Over Your Body Part III: Food is Fuel, Not Filler
Two posts ago I discussed the benefits of improving and maintaining one’s physical health. Last week I delved into the
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Reigning in Control Over Your Body Part II: Brick by Brick
In my last post I wrote a bit about the importance of improving and maintaining one’s health, so now let’s
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The Importance of Reigning In Control Over Your Body Through Diet and Exercise
When I was a teenager, I remember thinking and even remarking that people who workout and watch what they eat
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Developing Willpower: Denying Yourself Superfluities in Order to Allow Your True Self
There are a number of significant people from throughout history who argue that our sense of will is a rather
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