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Fitness

How To Carry On With Your Regimen When You Hit The Exercise Plateau

23 September 2009

Hi. On this Wednesday’s fitness notes, we shall try to address the most common that confronts the mind of gym goers and exercisers months after beginning a fitness regime – how do I overcome the plateau? The plateau may in terms of routine itself, the level of fitness, weight or simple boredom. Let’s take a [...]

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7 Top Metabolism Boosting Tips

16 September 2009

Exercise: Any exercise including walking) done regularly for a duration of 30 minutes at least thrice a week preferably in the morning, boosts metabolism. Cross training and interval training spike metabolism more than 1 type [...]

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6 Things You Can Do To Make Your Weight Loss Goal More Realistic

9 September 2009

Hi! We have all tried to fight our weights and bulges and at some point most of reach a plateau having tried all the fad diets etc. What could be some of the things we think we are doing right, that could actually not be good for us and work on the contrary to weight [...]

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Sprained Ankle and Running

2 September 2009

Hi. This Wednesday, let us take a look at one of the most common conditions that most runners, joggers suffer from at one point or another, whether exercising on a treadmill or outside – the Sprained Ankle. Overweight walkers may also experience this condition at times.
The most common form of ankle sprain occurs from [...]

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Repetitive Strain Injuries (RSIs)

26 August 2009

Hi, Repetitive Strain Injuries are often caused to endurance athletes and those who train for long hours, everyday, using the same muscle, ligaments, bones etc causing to strain them. These injuries are pesky as they take time to heal and in some cases return on resumption of the sessions. They can also be very painful [...]

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How to beat the Piriformis Syndrome

19 August 2009

Hi! In today’s fitness notes, we will take a look at the Piriformis Syndrome – which is condition that sometime afflicts exercisers when they walk or squat excessively as a part of their fitness regime. The syndrome is a neuromuscular condition that may arise from excessive usage or strain of the Piriformis and its muscle.
The [...]

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Iliotibial Band Syndrome (ITBS)

12 August 2009

Hi. Today, we shall cover the infamous Iliotibial Band Syndrome or the ITBS that sabotages the fitness routines of many fitness enthusiasts.
The iliotibial band is a thick tissue that extends from out of the pelvis, running over the hip down through the lateral outer thigh and inserts just below our knee. One of the [...]

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6 Reasons Why Women Should Strength Train

29 July 2009

Hi and this Wednesday, we will see why it is important that women do their weight training. Till about half a decade ago, women shied away from picking weights at the gym and those who did them were seen through a mist of ill-founded myths. However, today we see a good number of women at [...]

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6 Ways You Can Tell You Are Moving Towards Your Fitness Goal

22 July 2009

Hi. It’s a Wednesday and day for fitness notes again. Quite so often, I notice gym-goers and outdoor exercisers doing their thing and not gauging their times or monitoring their vitals. I often wonder if it is just laziness or ignorance. Newbies especially, take a couple of weeks before tuning in to their body signals [...]

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Hamstring Injuries – Part 2 (Treatment)

15 July 2009

Hi. Continuing from last week’s health post, let us take a look at what we can do if and when we experience a hamstring injury. As always, consult your doctor. There is never a replacement for medical consultation and a doctor’s advice. Hamstring injuries generally take anywhere between 3 to 6 weeks to heal completely, [...]

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