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San Jose New Year New You
How to keep your New Year’s Resolutions in 10 easy steps
New Year's Resolutions
December 27, 2011
In the early 1900’s, resolutions were perfected by practicing honorable resolves.An example, one might resolve to practice every morning, in...
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How to lose weight: Use a food journal
Health & Fitness
January 5, 2010
Weight loss is one of the top 3 New Year Resolutions. In order to be effective in losing weight, consider starting a food journal. Studies have...
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Lose weight with a caloric deficit
Health & Fitness
February 26, 2009
USA Today reported the results of an NIH study that people lost weight by restricting calories, regardless of type of diet. This really isn't new...
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Indoor cardio workout: treadmill interval
Health & Fitness
February 19, 2009
This seems to be the hardest time of year for people to stick with their exercise routine: we itch to get outside, we get the teaser days of warm...
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Exercise of the week: low back stretch
Health & Fitness
February 16, 2009
If your back is feeling tight, use a stability ball as showed below to stretch all the back muscles, and in particular the low back. Roll forward...
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Couples' exercise ideas
Health & Fitness
February 13, 2009
Ah...Valentine's Day: love is in the air and you want to celebrate most likely with flowers, chocolates, or dinner (and...). But what about...
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Klean Kanteen: Product Review
Health & Fitness
February 11, 2009
The popularity of plastic-alternative water bottles has increased greatly in recent years. The 2 main suppliers are Sigg (aluminum) and Klean...
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Are you making New Year's excuses?
Health & Fitness
February 9, 2009
"Excuses are lies we tell ourselves to avoid dealing with unpleasant truths. But as long as we buy into those excuses, we can never move past...
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Exercise of the week: Ball crunch with rotation
Health & Fitness
February 9, 2009
I often see people doing ball crunches incorrectly at the gym, so below is a video on how to do it correctly; with an added "twist" (pun...
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Tips for a happy back
Health & Fitness
February 6, 2009
Approximately 8 out of 10 Americans have some form of back pain, be it mild or severe. Aside from a back (i.e. spine/disc) injury, several reasons...
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