fitness
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How Often Should You Change Up Your Exercise Routine?
People asking for exercise advice are usually looking for a simple answer. Do this over that. Do this many of that thing, for this long. Get these gains. In reality, things are never that simple. That’s certainly true for the age old question of how often one should change up one’s exercise routine. Unfortunately, there’s…
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There Is No Shame in Only Getting a Few Minutes of Exercise a Day
One of the most popular new year’s resolutions is to exercise more. Many of us set ambitious goals requiring a big, regular commitment, but then abandon them because they’re too much to fit in. Plans to exercise more in the new year are often broken within a month. So how can we exercise more regularly…
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9 of the Best Fitness Books I Read in 2022
Learning about fitness from digital sources is great, and learning from real live people can’t be beat. But sometimes you want to curl up with a good book on your rest day, and so I have some suggestions. These aren’t all new books, but they’re all books that I read or re-read this year. If…
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The 13 Worst Health and Fitness Trends of 2022
When it comes to health and fitness trends, we’ve seen some doozies this year. Some are silly and ineffective; others are potentially lethal. Let’s reminisce about the worst of them, and promise ourselves we won’t fall for any of their ilk in the new year.