Health, Medicine And Fitness
Triple “E” a great routine
I'm 67 years old, and Triple "E" is my fitness routine: eat simply, exercise, and ease the mind through meditation and humor. I avoid rich foods, dairy, and meat. I do Tai Chi regularly, walk four to six days a week, and dance a lot - all kinds of dance, but mainly I line dance, three tim…
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Children keep us active
Well, for starters, my 3-year-old son helps keep me active!
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Daily life offers plenty of exercise opportunities
We find that with the plethora of outdoor-related activities offered in this town and the bicycle-friendly infrastructure there is no need to join a gym in order to stay fit. Many of our local errands are easily accomplished by bicycle. For food shopping we have large panniers and a bike …
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Urgent care centers an option
While hoping for improvements in the economy, many people are tempted to put off health care n and health care expenses.
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Family, groups can offer weight-loss support
Beginning at the age of 25, I slowly gained weight. For about the next 20 years, I went through a cycle of gaining weight and then losing it. In October 2003, after weighing my highest ever at 197 pounds, I joined Taking Off Pounds Sensibly in Philomath. TOPS is an international weight lo…
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Daily workouts important
I have exercised daily since I was 16. Of course in college I let it go one year and gained the freshman 20 (haha). Then I realized the importance of working out daily. Thus I worked out at 6 a.m. every day even in college at Texas Tech University.
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Benton Center classes appeal to students of all ages
Spanning the generations is one of the things that Linn-Benton Community College's Benton Center does extremely well! During any given term, Benton Center Community Education offers between 30 and 40 varied physical fitness classes, with student ages ranging from teens to people over 90.
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Rowing a physical, mental sport
By many standards, I am truly a latent athlete. I grew up learning how to swim and play a little tennis.
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Nia brings energy, flexibility and joy
The last time I couldn't face another monotonous fitness routine hoping to regain sanity, increase stamina and look good, I took a Nia class from Monica Whipple. That was in 2004 and I haven't looked back.
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Forest is nature’s gym
I stay fit by running the 6.75-mile Nettleton Road loop with my dog Violet in MacDonald Forest.
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Exercise is a way of life
How do I stay fit? The answer is simple, but before I give the answer I want to comment on the question.
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A second chance
Albany man credits class for helping him live with chronic illness
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A second chance
Albany man credits class for helping him live with chronic illness
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To Your Health Quiz
Title: To Your Health Quiz Date: February 17th, 2009 Test your health knowledge with this quiz, based on stories appearing in the February 2009 edition of To Your Health.
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Add muscle to your exercise
Even the prospect of weight training can be intimidating. How much weight should you lift? How often? What muscle groups need to be worked?
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Add muscle to your exercise
Even the prospect of weight training can be intimidating. How much weight should you lift? How often? What muscle groups need to be worked?
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How does your monitor measure up?
Electronics has figured into physical activity since at least the 1780s, when Luigi Galvani used static electricity to make a dead frog twitch.
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You are my sunshine, Vitamin D
Vitamin D has long been recognized as a major bone-building nutrient, required for calcium absorption and bone health.
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