Electrolytes are minerals found in the body that help regulate fluids and muscle contractions. If you lose too many electrolytes through illness or sweat, you might need to look into a beneficial electrolyte replacement drink.
5 Ways to Encourage Overweight Children to Make Healthy Changes
Childhood obesity can set a child up for a lifetime of weight and health challenges. But you can help by being a good role model and taking these other simple but important steps.
Better Cardio Fitness Predicts a Longer Life, Study Finds
There’s no such thing as too much cardio exercise, according to a large new study, which found no upper limit to the benefits of aerobic fitness in terms of reducing risk of death.
Yoga Poses That Can Strengthen Your Core Muscles
The gluteal muscles, diaphragm, hip flexors, and hip adductor muscles also comprise your core. These large muscle groups help control the movements you make throughout the day.
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Looking to Spice Up Your Workout? 4 Fitness Trends to Try
Sticking with a fitness program can be challenging. Find out whether these four trends are fun and varied enough to motivate you to meet your fitness goals.
Get Fit After 50: 5 Tips for Men
If you’re a man over 50, it’s probably more difficult for you to rebound from a bucket of wings, a doughnut binge or a six-pack of beer than in your younger days. Bad habits take more of a toll as you age. Find five tips to help you look and feel younger as you age.
How To Avoid Getting Frail As You Get Older
Developing frailty does not happen overnight – it takes years for frailty syndrome to develop as a consequence of low physical activity and weight loss. When it does develop, reversal is extremely difficult.
5 Tips to Kick-Start and Maintain Your Workouts
To increase your fitness level and keep it there, remember that progress is perfection. Start with ten extra minutes of exercise, and before you know it, you’ll be working out for 30 minutes a day, as the American College of Sports Medicine recommends.
Your Fitness Tracker Isn’t the Best Way to Measure Heart Rate
Results of a new study by a team of Cleveland Clinic physicians show that wrist-worn heart monitors are not as accurate as chest-worn heart monitors.
How You Can Avoid Heat-Related Illness and Keep Exercising
If you’re a dedicated athlete, weather doesn’t stop you from your training and workout routine. But when temperatures turn hot, it’s time to take some extra precautions. Physical activity increases your core temperature. So does hot weather. When you combine the two, you risk serious illness.
