Fitness and Exercise

Health & Weight Management Perspectives

Exercise Rx for Emergencies
When it comes to fitness, flexibility isn’t just about stretching your muscles. It’s also about stretching your mind. Try these creative ways to stay fit in the face of obstacles that frequently stop us.

Exercise is Not a Four-Letter Word
Everyone agrees regular physical activity is one of the most important lifestyle habits to help you achieve and maintain a healthy weight? Then there are all the other good things it does for us. With this much in its favor, why is it so hard to “do it?”

Fitness for Two...or More
Looking for a great gift for friends and loved ones? Give the gift of getting fit while enjoying each other's company!

Five Tips for a Fun, Feel-Good & Fit Winter!
No matter the time of year, we often find ourselves short on time and facing other demands that compete with our desire to be physically active.

For Healthy Weight Loss: Avoid the Top 10 Mistakes in the Gym
Whether you regularly go to the gym, or just when it's bad weather outside, this FitBriefing will help you make the most of your workouts!

Here Come the Holidays
Say the word " holidays" and women with food issues start to fidget.

Intrinsic Exercise: Learning to Love Physical Activity
When was the last time you donned your sneakers, strapped on your tune player and pranced out the front door, eager to get moving? If it's been a while, you might find this FitBriefing just the ticket to becoming physically active for life.

Jumpstart Your Winter Fitness
Cold weather and short days don't always inspire us to get outside and move. But when we do, we just might find it, well, inspiring! This FitBriefing gives bright ideas to keep you fit, feeling great and having fun during the winter!

Keeping up with Calcium
Are you keeping up on calcium? The nation's leading nutrition experts are worried you aren't. And that could mean problems you don't even want to think about. But we've got ways to make keeping up with calcium something you really want to do.

Moving for Life
Having trouble staying with your fitness routine? Adding up your steps can add motivation.

Overcoming Exercise Fears: Yes, You Can!
What's that you say? The last thing you want to do is go outside where folks will laugh at you, or you won't be able to keep up with your friends, or you'll even get hurt? Read this FitBriefing for help with conquering your exercise fears. Then get out there and enjoy.

Overcoming Exercise Obstacles
What happens to your fitness program when the lazy days of summer become lazy weeks, especially as the dog days of summer descend? Get inspired with tips from Green Mountain’s unparallelled fitness gurus. Sometimes we need all the help we can get.

Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCO or PCOS):
Definition, Diagnosis & Management

Do you have irregular menstrual periods, sometimes missing cycles and/or experiencing excessive bleeding, while also struggling with excess abdominal fat? If so, you might be one of the estimated 70% of women with irregular menstrual cycles who have polycystic ovarian syndrome. Learn healthy lifestyle tips on managing this problem.

Strength (Resistance) Training for Today's Healthy Woman
Set yourself up for the good life by starting, restarting, or continuing a fitness program that includes strength training to enliven, invigorate and rejuvenate you.

Stress, Cortisol and Weight Gain: Is Stress Sabotaging Your Weight & Health?
Do yourself a favor – break out of the mold! Even though surveys show going on a diet tops the list of New Year’s resolutions, before you once again join the ranks of dieters, think about this: Frequent dieting causes stress...and that may lead to even more pounds and create health risks all by itself.

Summertime Fun in the Sun!
Summer -- there's no better time to start a physical activity program! Try these tips for getting started, or to add interest to your usual routine.

When Non-Dieting Doesn't Seem to Work
Working hard to listen to your internal cues and eat only when you're hungry? So why are you still struggling to reach your healthy, natural weight? For clues, read this FitBriefing.

Which Exercise is Best?
So you want to take off a few pounds…or more. Which type of exercise would give you the fastest and best results? Whatever the answer, remember – make it fun so you'll want to do it!

 

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