Category: fitness
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Keep going
Earline Loremo is an excellent role model for all of us. As Loremo, who is 90, explained in the September 30, 2014, issue of The Dallas Morning News, she always has been active, but she had a bad fall two years ago and spent several weeks in bed. But Loremo was determined to get out…
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Jog just five minutes a day
I love to walk, and I thoroughly enjoy my three-mile walk with my dog, Ginger, almost every morning. Some days, however, I’m extra busy, and I don’t have time for a long walk. How long do I need to walk to keep healthy and in shape? A recent study, reported in The New York Times,…
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Why we gain weight
Herman Pontzer, an assistant professor of anthropology at Hunter College in New York, has studied the Hadza people of Tanzania. These people are one of the few remaining hunter-gathers. The women walk miles each day searching for berries and other wild plants, firewood and water. And, the men often cover 15 to 20 miles a…
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Just walk 20 minutes a day
Gretchen Reynolds has some advice for the two-thirds of Americans who get no exercise at all. You don’t have to run marathons, sit on an exercise bike while you watch TV or measure your peak oxygen uptake, says Reynolds, the author of The First 20 Minutes: Surprising Science Reveals How We Can Exercise Better, Train…
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“Just get off your rear”
At age 81, Dr. Kenneth Cooper has switched from running to brisk walking. Do whatever you can, and do it with gusto, he advises. “Just avoid inactivity. You don’t have to run a marathon. Just get off your rear.” Cooper, the founder and chairman of the Cooper Aerobics Center in Dallas, talked recently to Steve…