Fitness (General)

YOUTH FITNESS

Is your child getting enough daily exercise?  If you're not sure, here are a few shocking facts that should make you consider tracking your child's daily activities. Fact #1 - 64% of children have at least one risk factor for heart disease!! 

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Do You Know How To Use An AED?

Dale Wakasugi could have been a dead man nearly two years ago when he went into cardiac arrest while he was refereeing a basketball game and collapsed on the floor at Fridley High School.  Spectators, including a 16-year-old student, used the school’s automatic external defibrillator to revive Wakasugi by shocking his heart back into a normal rhythm.

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Training the Mind Body

There is a large list of reasons why people categorize getting healthy as one of the most challenging and difficult goals to achieve. Time management is at the top of the list. So many people find it impossible to squeeze any kind of workout into their already hectic schedules. Since we are not living in the nineteenth century, and exercise is no longer a part of daily survival, we must deliberately move our bodies. For those who work at home, it is a common parental habit to tend to family matters before tending to self. Then there are also those who are simply overwhelmed by just trying to figure out what kind of program to choose. Even in a technological society, with resources at our fingers tips, many people just don’t know how to stay healthy. They are confused by an overload of information.

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FIT VS. FAT STUDY SHEDS LIGHT ON DEBATE

In the battle to stay healthy it's becoming clearer that being active is more important than just maintaining a good diet.  A study published in the January issue of the journal of the American College of Sports Medicine shows that exercise is a more important component of overall fitness than diet alone.

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3 Marketing Mistakes That Can Cost You Clients

Personal trainers often follow the crowd when it comes to marketing techniques. What works for others must work for me too, right? WRONG!

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