Maintaining your target heart over a set amount of time gives your heart a good workout, which keeps your cardiovascular system healthy. The following article from the AZ Daily Star here in Tucson 1/23/26 gives the details.
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One of the barriers to running, especially for beginners, is the belief that it is boring. As a teacher when my students would say this activity is boring, I would challenge them to be creative enough to make it interesting. So one way to make running more interesting is trail running. The article below from
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Here are two excellent articles about fitting in exercise to a busy schedule and the importance of a fit lifestyle. Business and making money should never take priority over a healthy life. A major cautionary life cut short because of an unhealthy life style that was devoted mainly to business achievement, is that of Larry
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If you Google exercise motivation there is a brief summary from Artifical Intelligence (AI) that gives a good overview of the key aspects needed in order to start and stick with a fitness program.AI Overview Learn more To stay motivated for exercise, focus on finding activities you enjoy, setting realistic goals, rewarding yourself for progress, and
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Body image is our perception as to whether or not we are satisfied with our physical appearance. It can have positive or negative psychological consequenses. Being physically fit can lead to a positive body image. Wikipedia has a very good discussion about the many aspects of body image- click on their site for that info
ACSM is an authority on fitness and health. Thus, it is interesting and informative to view their recommendation on exercise motivation. See the following link – ACSM CPT Chapter 8: Adherence to Exercise: Helping Your Client Stay Active.
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In the below article from AZ Daily Star 3/3/25 the pros and cons of weight loss drugs are discussed. After reading these it would seem more prudent to lose weight with monitoring calories in and calories burned using myfitnesspal.com, rather than deal with the side effects and expense of weight loss drugs.
In The Leading Brain, by Fabrituis & Hagemann (2017) they discuss research that shows the steps in habit change. In reference to making exercise a habit the steps are 1) goal setting and motivation 2) getting started 3) staying on track. Goals should make your eyes light up, such as visualizing a fit body, that
In a blog from the the New York Times (Reynolds, 2011) research reviewed suggested one of the possible benefits from aerobic exercise was improved brain strength. The blog noted a study by Dr. J. Mark Davis at the University of South Carolina that found mice that exercised aerobically for 30 minutes a day for eight
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George Sheehan was a popular running writer and speaker for many years (1970’s thru 90’s). I read a number of his books, and have a copy of a Runner’s World article he wrote titled “If Thou Wouldst Discover Thyself, Tread the Road Alone”. Unfortunately, I did not write on the copy the date of publication
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