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13 Simple Aerobic Tips
Aerobic exercise is vital for optimum health, but too many people approach it in a haphazard way. Here is Dr. Weil's advice for gaining maximum benefits.
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Aerobic Exercise for Well-Being
Aerobic exercise is any activity that increases your heart rate and respiratory rate, the kind that feels like work and makes you huff, puff, and sweat.
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Bridge Pose
The Bridge Pose calms the brain and rejuvenates tired legs.
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Cobra Pose
This posture promotes flexibility in the spine and encourages the chest to open.
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Cycling is Easy on the Joints
Cycling is the preferred activity for those with bad knees. It strengthens knee muscles without trauma, leading to less chance of future injury.
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Downward-Facing Dog
One of the most widely recognized yoga poses, Downward-Facing Dog is an all-over, rejuvenating stretch.
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Exercise Pitfalls
I must point out a few pitfalls of exercise that are seldom discussed, especially in our fitness-obsessed age. Exercise is not the sole determinant of health any more than diet is.
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Extended Side Angle Pose
This pose creates a stretch along the top side of the body, from the back heel through the raised arm.
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Full Boat Pose
An abdominal and deep hip flexor strengthener, Boat Pose requires you to balance on the tripod of your sitting bones and tailbone.
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Hate to Exercise?
"I hate to exercise." How many times have I heard these words I from patients and others? How many times have I said them myself?
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How Much Exercise Do We Need?
Just as a varied diet promotes optimal nutrition, a varied regimen of aerobic activity leads to overall muscular and cardiovascular fitness.
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How to Make Exercise a Habit
No matter how much you try to make it fun, when you first start regular aerobic exercise, you will probably dislike it. Here's how to keep going.
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Making Aerobic Exercise Simple & Fun
A key to making aerobic exercise fun is to let it take you to beautiful places - this is just as true in winter as it is in summer.
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Mixing Yoga Styles
There are pros and cons to taking a variety of classes in different yoga styles each week.
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Muscle Trimming
Muscle trimming, the floor work of aerobics classes, is intended to increase muscle tone and improve body contours.
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Seated Forward Bend
Literally translated as "intense stretch of the west," Paschimottanasana can help a distracted mind unwind.
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Six Alternative Aerobic Activities
Running, walking and bicycling are common aerobic exercises, but they are far from the only ones. Try these to add interest to your workouts.
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Strength Training with Weights
The chief aim of training with weights should not be creating disproportionately large muscles, but rather a stronger, healthier and more resilient body.
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Stretching 101
Stretching is a totally natural conditioning exercise that improves the tone and health of muscles; limbers up tendons, ligaments, and joints; changes the dynamics of the nervous system; and just feels good.
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Swimming is the Lifetime Exercise
Swimming is the exercise of choice for anyone with musculoskeletal problems such as arthritis or traumatic injury, and provides a whole-body workout.
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Tai Chi
Tai chi, also known as Chinese shadow boxing, is a formal series of flowing, graceful, slow-motion movements designed to harmonize the circulation of energy (chi) around the body.
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The Pros and Cons of Running
Pleasant summer weather brings out runners in droves. Running promotes fitness quickly, but has some disadvantages as well.
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Tree Pose
Vrksasana clarifies just how challenging it can be to stand on one leg.
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Walking: The Best Exercise
Walking offers the great advantage of requiring no skill or practice. Everyone knows how to do it, and the only equipment you need is a good pair of shoes.
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Warrior II Pose
Named for a fierce warrior, an incarnation of Shiva, this version of Warrior Pose increases stamina.
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Why Exercise Programs Don't Work
The vast majority of people who start exercise programs do not stick with them. Health clubs make a lot of money selling yearlong memberships to men and women who make resolutions to get into shape.
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Why Must We Exercise?
Intentionally exercising would have seemed ridiculous to our distant ancestors. But given the sedentary nature of modern life, it is now essential.
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Wide-Legged Forward Bend
The pose as described here is technically known as Prasarita Padottanasana I.
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Yoga: FAQs
Learn more about commonly asked questions regarding yoga.
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Yoga For All Seasons
Are there any particular asanas that I should practice during any particular season or at a certain time of day?
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Yoga Journal Experts: Comparing the Approach to Exercise Training Vs. Yoga Practice
There are several distinctions between weight training, walking, and yoga.
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Yoga Journal Experts: Emotional Reactions During Yoga?
Emotional reactions during yoga sessions are very common.
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Yoga: More Than a Workout
Yoga can do much more than just stretch muscles. In India, this ancient science is a philosophical-religious system for attaining unity of consciousness.
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Yoga: Moving Toward Mastery
Practicing new postures doesn't have to be overwhelming. Try these tips for approaching a new asana step by step.
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Yoga: Relaxation 101
There are several distinctions between weight training, walking, and yoga.
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Yoga: Restorative Yoga
Savor the deep relaxation of restorative postures by preparing for them carefully.
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Yoga: To Prop or Not to Prop
Are props a helpful supplement to your practice, or do they just get in the way? Here's how to decide when to use - and not use - these tools.
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