For too long, women have been conditioned to see fitness as a way to “get smaller.” We’re surrounded by messaging about shrinking, losing, lengthening, and “toning” — all coded language encouraging us to make ourselves less. But what if the real path to power, confidence, and longevity is the exact opposite: getting stronger, not skinnier? […]
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By Betty Murray HIIT, or high-intensity interval training, is a growing trend in fitness. HIIT is a circuit of short bursts of, as the name suggests, high-intensity workouts. Each exercise is followed by a short recovery period. If you are pressed for time, HIIT allows you to get in a good, hard workout in a short
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By Betty Murray No better way to start your Thanksgiving Day than with a little exercise! Join thousands of other Dallas residents in the 2012 Capital One Bank Dallas YMCA Turkey Trot in Downtown Dallas. This is the largest Thanksgiving Day event of its kind in the country. Last year, more than 38,000 men, women and
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By Betty Murray If you’re looking to lose weight by working out, you will likely be disappointed in the results. Are you in denial that you need to change your eating habits in and exercise regularly to lose weight? Over the years, multiple studies have confirmed that exercise yields little weight loss when not combined with
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