Fitness Isn’t a Race: Take Your Time and Enjoy the Journey
Attacking your health challenges as if they are a foreign invader to be vanquished in a day of battle is not a healthy thing…
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But I am too old to exercise!
During the last century, dramatic improvements in life expectancy have been achieved in many countries worldwide. In the United States, for example, life…
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Breaking Free of Back Pain
It just might be the most common form of physical ailment we know: the dull ache or sharp stabs of back pain. Four…
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Managing Arthritis Pain
More than 40 million people suffer from some form of arthritis, and experts say each person experiences pain differently. Arthritis literally means fire…
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On Cardiovascular Capacity, Health and Fitness
Fitness Assessment is the art of measuring your personal fitness status using tests of cardiovascular capacity, body fat, strength and flexibility. The Motivation…
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Expectations
If you follow health and wellness at all – or simply spend any time watching TV or browsing the Internet – you are surely…
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Too Much of a Good Thing?
The Alliance is all about staying active, eating well and finding ways to manage stress. But is it possible to get too much…
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On Weight Loss and Metabolism
You may have heard that one pound of fat holds about 3,500 calories and that, to lose that pound of fat, you need…
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Dr. Robert Lustig’s “Fat Chance”: A Milestone for the Public’s Understanding of Obesity
Here is a question to chew on the next time you sit down for a meal: how much control do you really have…
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Quick Thoughts on Calories, Weight Management and a New Alliance Page
We are adding a new feature to the Motivation Alliance for an upcoming release that permits you to estimate your daily caloric burn…
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