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Determining Your Fitness Level

Monday, January 18th, 2010

Author: Steven Stratton1492fitness

You made your resolution to get in shape, you have even found an exercise program that you like, but where exactly do you start? One of the first things that you should do is to find out what your current fitness level is. This is important, because you want to make sure that you increase at a healthy rate to prevent injury. There are several ways to test your fitness level.

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What exactly is ‘metabolism’?

Saturday, December 5th, 2009

Author: Liam Taylormiley-cyrus-justin-gaston-running

Most people think they have a slow one.  We all wish ours was a lot faster.  The slimming industry has made a fortune selling pills that supposedly boost it… Even my local curry house is claiming that eating spicy food will make it sky rocket!

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Posted in Fit and Trim, Fitness, Health Management, Healthy Living, Nutrition and Health, Weight Management | 17 Comments »