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Remember, though, that exercise has so many benefits that any amount is better than none. Start out slowly. If you've been inactive for years, you can't run the Boston Marathon after 2 weeks of training. |
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Good health helps us achieve a high quality of life. Fitness makes us want to live it every day. If you agree with these three premises, keep reading. Walk 10 Minutes a Day and Increase Your Fitness Level Old thinking was to work out in a sweat-filled gym for hours a day. |
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Preventing Sports Injuries |
Fitness makes us want to live it every day. If you agree with these three premises, keep reading. Walk 10 Minutes a Day and Increase Your Fitness Level Old thinking was to work out in a sweat-filled gym for hours a day. |
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Tennis Fitness |
get moving! The time is now to "Make fitness happen today". With changing times there has been a tremendous focus on fitness of body, mind and soul, especially for women. Fitness means the ability to get on with your life without becoming exhausted by normal daily activities. |
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 | Some tips for staying hydrated: Drink small amounts of water frequently, rather than large amounts less often. Drink cold beverages to cool your core body temperature and reduce sweating. |
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Ice for 20 minutes while sitting with your leg straight out on a sofa or the floor. Repeat four times over the next 36 hours. Wrapping your thigh with an Ace bandage can minimize swelling, but don't sleep with it on or you may cut off circulation.Warm up beforehand, and regularly stretch your hamstrings. |
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And it doesn't require any training or special equipment, except for good shoes.Walking is an aerobic and weight bearing exercise, so it is good for your heart and helps prevent osteoporosis. Like it or not, some sports injuries are out of your control. There is not much you can do to prevent some guy on the opposing soccer team from kicking you in the thigh and sending you home with a nasty swollen quad. |
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Cardiovascular fitness is an ongoing process and requires consistent reinforcement. To maintain your current level of fitness you should do aerobic exercise at least 3 times a week. |
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Avoid stairs. Place a heel lift (a quarter-inch-thick pad of felt) in your shoe to ease the tension on the tendon. (If you felt a pop, get to the emergency room ASAP; you may have a ruptured Achilles.) For three months after you return to action, massage your Achilles with ice for five minutes after each workout, rubbing the ice across your ankle rather than up and down. |
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Using the same large muscle group, rhythmically, for a period of 15 to 20 minutes or longer while maintaining 60-80% of your maximum heart rate. |
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Home Gym |
You can find a copy of the Food Guide Pyramid on most boxes of cereal. (When following the Food Guide Pyramid, remember that some teen athletes may need more than the suggested daily servings of certain foods.) Eating regular meals and healthy snacks will keep you in top form. |  |
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