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How Exercise Makes Your Skin Look Healthier
Men, take note: The rosier your complexion, the healthier—and more attractive—women will perceive you to be, according to scientists at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland who studied how oxygen found in one’s blood can alter your skin’s shade.
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Can Running Help You Succeed in Crunch Time?
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The ability to slow down and speed up your ticker—at will—can help you better handle sticky situations, from the boardroom to the basketball court. And according to new research published in the American Journal of Public Health, running improves this nervous-system control.
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Q & A: Fatiguing Too Soon
Q: Sometimes the first 5 minutes of my workout feel the hardest. What’s happening?
A: This happens in any exercise, but a lot of people notice when they go for a run or hop on a bike. Your body is reaching what’s called "steady state" during exercise.
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Q & A: Running Stairs
Q - I've been running stairs for the last 5-10 years. I run two steps at a time and I'm careful not to land too hard on the way down. Friends look at me like I'm crazy and often tell me that I'm killing my knees. Are they right? I don’t want to be doing something that will creep up on me later. - Terry
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Hit the Gym Early
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Trying to tackle your workout goals after a nine-to-five job is a mistake, say UK scientists who found that mental fatigue causes you to tire more quickly during physical exercise.
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Sets and Reps, Simplified
image by Dave Cruz
Who decided it’s necessary to count every single repetition you do in the gym? There’s another way to improve your numbers across the board without all the counting, and it makes perfect sense for the time-crunched gym-goer.
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"Hitting either slice or topspin will take the pressure off and will force your opponent to have to make decisions about how to handle heavy, high bounces or low, short shots."
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— fat loss expert Alwyn Cosgrove in "5 Keys to Fat Loss".
Master the World's Greatest Stretch
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"While alcohol can make you sleepy initially, it should never be used as a sedative because it disrupts your sleep cycles, especially REM. This stage is particularly important to athletes because it’s when you consolidate and commit to long-term memory what you learned during the day."
— from "6 Ways Alcohol Disrupts Performance".
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Strong Thighs, Healthy Knees
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Core Performance founder Mark Verstegen and noted author Pete Williams have written a new book specifically for women.
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Tony Stewart on Taking Charge
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