Getting Better One Step at a Time
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Starter Steps isn’t really an exercise how-to or training blog, but occasionally I mention equipment — especially if I think it’s compact and versatile enough to consider having at home or work. How to Use Your Baby as Exercise Equipment — check with the other parent first (you may want to train together!) Should I…
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5-Minute Meals Without Processed Food Well, OK, deli meats and peanut butter can be pretty processed, but mostly these are simple, whole foods. Women’s Health published this nice collection of simple meals, either just sliced together or cooked in one pan. The key to making this work is already having the ingredients on hand, so…
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When We Make Excuses Changing the way we eat or move can be difficult for many reasons. Our environment is filled with obstacles to healthy habits, from time constraints to financial considerations to social pressures. This art, from a Nike campaign, shows excuses where they live: in your head. Nike’s answer is to “Just do…
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Finding the Exercise That’s Right for You If you haven’t exercised regularly since physical-education class in high school, the idea of getting started can sound frankly awful. Fortunately, being active is a lot more fun — and can easily be far better personalized — than those grim tests and dodgeball sessions in the school gym.…
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Exercise and food have both spawned dizzying gadget and gear industries, with product reviews in their millions all over the Web. Fortunately, you don’t require much gear to improve your eating and exercise habits, but a few things can help nudge you in the right direction and keep you accountable to your goals. How Does…
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Exercise Keeps Us Young The New York Times has a nice discussion of an article just published in the Journal of Physiology, “An investigation into the relationship between age and physiological function in highly active older adults” (full article available at the journal’s page). This study looked at a mix of laboratory and other “internal”…
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Getting Comfortable with Gym Going You don’t have to join a gym to get more exercise in your life, but you may find it helps you by providing a “third place” with fewer distractions from the work at hand, access to classes or trainers, or just the external nudge of knowing you paid money so…
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“Our tallest president was also our most shredded by far.”