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Fitness Tip: Remember to BREATHE – Holding your breath while performing an exercise can cause a marked spike in blood pressure. Exhale on the contraction, inhale on the release. Keep breathing throughout the exercise. A good way to remember this is exhale on exertion. Exercise of the day: Band Inner Thigh – The Band Inner [...]

Fitness Tip: Negatives are a good thing – When a muscle shortens during an exercise, it is called the concentric, or positive phase of contraction; When it lengthens, it is called the eccentric or negative phase. Research shows that the muscle can be up to 40% stronger in this negative phase. Capitalize on this fact [...]

Fitness Tip: Use variety – The body is very adaptive. Performing the same routine over and over is not only boring, but your body will get used to the routine and quit responding. Change your exercises, the order in which you do them, the number or sets and reps, or change the weights. In one [...]

Fitness Tip: Stand and Sit up Straight – No slouching on the cardio equipment please! Stand up straight, hold your head up high and get more out of your cardio workouts! Standing upright and supporting your own bodyweight uses the stabilizing muscles of the torso. The more muscles you use during any exercise… the more [...]

Fitness Tip: Got Thirst? – You can lose up to 3 percent of your body weight before you feel thirsty says an Associated Press report. As a result, some people go through the summer in a continuous state of dehydration. They believe they’ve lost weight, when in reality, their fluid levels are low. Thirst is [...]