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  Ask the Experts

  Ask the Experts: How Do I Stretch To Become More Flexible?

  Common question: “How do I stretch, and why?” Flexibility refers to a muscle’s ability to get longer when it needs to be able to change length. The purpose ...

  On July 2, 2012 / By Barbara Baez
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  Exercise

  How to Start Exercising for the First Time

  Common question: “I don’t do any exercise…so how do I start?” “Exercise” sounds like a generic term that could describe just about anything involving movement, and the truth ...

  On May 31, 2012 / By Barbara Baez
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  Meal Plans – One Size Does Not Fit All

    Everywhere I go, as soon as people learn I am in fitness, people ask me: “Can you just give me a diet?” Diets connote short-term periods of ...

  On May 23, 2012 / By Barbara Baez
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  Exercise

  What's the Best Exercise for Me to Lose Weight?

  Common question: What’s the best exercise for me to lose weight? The answer is cardiovascular fitness. Cardiovascular fitness is one of the three angles of our fitness trilogy triangle: ...

  On May 3, 2012 / By Barbara Baez
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  Exercise

  Breathing for Better Well-Being

  According to ancient texts, our breath is our source of life. An ancient Hindu saying states “He or she who half-breathes only half-lives.” (In Hindi: “Jho insaan thota ...

  On April 12, 2012 / By Barbara Baez
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  Exercise

  Secrets of Feeling Young: All About Your Spine!

  In India, yoga practitioners sometimes date themselves more on the age of their spine (and its healthy ability to move) than on chronological age, saying, “You are as ...

  On April 9, 2012 / By Barbara Baez
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  What Body Type Are You?

  What body type are you? Published information by the American Council on Exercise in their Personal Training and Group Fitness Instructor manuals tells us that the genes we inherit ...

  On February 23, 2012 / By Barbara Baez