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The Right Foods for Exercise

The Right Foods for Exercise

Eating a well-balanced diet can help you get the calories and nutrients you need to fuel your daily activities, including regular exercise.When it comes to eating foods to fuel your exercise performance, it’s not as simple as choosing vegetables over doughnuts. You need to eat the right types of food at the right times of…

The Top 10 Benefits of Regular Exercise

The Top 10 Benefits of Regular Exercise

Exercise is defined as any movement that makes your muscles work and requires your body to burn calories.There are many types of physical activity, including swimming, running, jogging, walking and dancing, to name a few.Being active has been shown to have many health benefits, both physically and mentally. It may even help you live longer…

The 6 Elements of a Well-Rounded Fitness Routine

The 6 Elements of a Well-Rounded Fitness Routine

Fitness training: Elements of a well-rounded routineFitness training balances five elements of good health. Make sure your routine includes aerobic fitness, strength training, core exercises, balance training, and flexibility and stretching.By Mayo Clinic StaffRelated informationWhether you’re a novice taking the first steps toward fitness or an exercise fanatic hoping to optimize your results, a well-rounded…

5 Reasons to Prioritize Health and Fitness in Schools

5 Reasons to Prioritize Health and Fitness in Schools

Kate SundquistOctober 4, 20175 min readExtracurricular ActivitiesIt’s just past dawn on a cloudy, miserable morning, yet there she is again, jogging along the same street at the same time. We’ve all seen someone like her. She seems to hardly skip a single day. You may wonder where her passion and drive come from. You might…

5 Most Basic Rules of Health and Fitness to Maintain

5 Most Basic Rules of Health and Fitness to Maintain

Here at Outside, we write about the foundational principles of health and fitness all the time. In a world rife with nonsense hacks and cleanses, doing so is more important than ever. In an attempt to further cut through the noise, we spoke with Michael Joyner, a physician, researcher, and expert on health and human…