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Natural ways to increase testosterone levels with exercise and diet

The time for testosterone has arrived. More to the point, men are starting to see testosterone as their fountain of youth, the hormone that can increase muscle size, reduce body fat, increase bone density,...

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Stretching exercises to relieve lower back pain

If you’re like a majority of adult humans, you occasionally experience lower back pain. It may come from exercising, or just simply maneuvering something in a slightly unusual position – for example,...

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The Hotel Workout: Fitness for People Who Want to Exercise While Traveling

Perhaps you are a “road warrior,” that breed of human who spends days and even weeks each month away from home due to business travel. If you exercise when in your hometown, you might worry that...

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The Hotel Workout #2: Exercise for People Who Don't Want Travel to Interrupt Their Fitness Routine

“Road warriors” know the challenge. Killer flight schedules (and delays) and lame hotel fitness facilities – away from your home gym, exercise classes and trainers – conspire to leave a...

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Super-slow, high-intensity exercises to build strength, increase muscle size and raise testosterone levels

This Hub is simply ten exercises using the “super slow” method of high intensity training, a technique that also increases testosterone levels when done correctly. As discussed in my previous Hub,...

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Getting fit when you're over 40

The science on fitness and health is clear: exercise and diet contribute to a much healthier aging process. But overcoming the barriers to good health habits and lifestyle are the challenge, best approached systematically and with a clear head as to why it’s important to you.

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The Hotel Room Workout #3: “Push” and core exercises you can use to stay fit while traveling, even without a gym

It’s possible to exercise while traveling, even if your hotel has an inadequate fitness facility – or no gym at all. Your workout can take place in your room with no special equipment necessary, just using the floor, bed and a bath towel. This workout focuses on core (abdominal) and upper body “push” exercises and is written to complement other hotel room workout articles by this writer.

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The Alli fast food guide: Menu selections in fast food chains that stay under 15 grams of fat

Alli may not be the magic bullet weight loss drug long anticipated by dieters of the Western World. But if it teaches consumers how to avoid high-fat meals it may well serve a useful purpose. Since visits to fast food restaurants constitute a vast segment of where people eat every day, this review of low-fat menu items is an important part of the equation.

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An exercise plan for busy people: A time-efficient, high-results workout

Schedule – work, family and other demands – is the most common reason for failing to begin or falling out of a healthy fitness routine. Who has time for the gym when everything else in life...

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How to reduce sodium in your diet without sacrificing taste

Maybe your doctor told you to cut back on your salt intake. Or, perhaps you’ve heard about the ill effects of excessive sodium intake – which includes hypertension and sensitivity to stress – and you...

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