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Office workout – don’t wait for the evening, start at work

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To stay healthy, you need to stay active, day in and day out. The more sedentary your job, the more you need a fitness program that can help counteract the harmful effects of sitting for hours on your but. Lack of time is the most common explanation that people offer for giving up an exercise […]

You, 20 years from now

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20 years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.  – Mark Twain

Decide fast

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Be decisive even if it means you’ll  sometimes be wrong. More time does not create better decision. In fact it usually decreases the quality of the decision.  Decide fast, and trust yourself that you made a right decision. The only exception – you need more information. More time without more information just creates anxiety, not […]

Age is just a number – amazing swimmer at 60

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Former Northwestern University swimmer Richard T. Abrahams became the first 50-year-old to break 50 seconds in the 100-yard free-style. His time at age 50 was faster than when he competed at the 1964 Olympic Trials. A decade later, in 2005, Abrahams became the first 60-year-old to break 50 seconds in 100-yard free-style. His best time […]

Dark chocolate for better health

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Eating dark chocolate boosts the blood’s antioxidant power by 20%, according to research published in Nature magazine. The antioxidant in chocolate is called epicatechin. Milk chocolate is much less effective. A study of older men in the Netherlands found eating the equivalent of a third of a dark chocolate bar (about 40g) a day may […]

Age is just a number

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 I’ve been reading about some amazing athletic performances of people in older age recently. Here is one: The Ukrainian Tatyana Pozdnyakova won the 2003 City of Los Angeles Marathon in 2:29:40 at age 48 . The Los Angeles Marathon is not some small-time affair. It attracts elite runners from around the world. Pozdniakova finished more […]

Office workout guidelines

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You can develop strength, flexibility and, to some extend, aerobic capacity by exercising at your desk following the routines of these office workout. Office workout is most useful for those times when your usual exercise schedule is disrupted, when putting in extra hours at work. But even if you have time after work to exercise, […]