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Chafing From Working Out, What are the Causes and Solutions

Chafing From Working Out, What are the Causes and Solutions

You are having a great run, your stride is relaxed and smooth, you feel balanced and at ease until suddenly -- that sore spot where your seam hits your thigh starts to get irritated. It rubs and scratches until it’s...

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Working Out at the Gym vs. Outdoors

Working Out at the Gym vs. Outdoors

Is there a difference between indoor and outdoor exercise activities? Which environment gives you the most benefits? There is an ongoing debate in the fitness world about where is best for exercising. There are differences in how your environment affects...

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Can I Eat My Favorite Foods and Still be Healthy?

Can I Eat My Favorite Foods and Still be Healthy?

If you are trying to be healthy, is it possible to eat your favorite foods? That depends on what they are. For many of us, our favorite foods are not the healthiest options on our plate. The key to being...

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Breaking Into Trail Running? Here’s What You Should Know

Breaking Into Trail Running? Here’s What You Should Know

Trail running has skyrocketed in popularity in the past couple years, with more people ditching roads for rugged paths in the woods. Instead of a boring run around the neighborhood, runners can jump over fallen trees and dash up steep...

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7 Tips to Start Getting in Shape

7 Tips to Start Getting in Shape

Whether it’s a New Year’s resolution, because your cloths are a bit tighter than you’d like or simply because you want to feel better and be healthier, we’ve all declared that we’re going to get in shape at one point...

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Our Favorite Post-Workout Snacks

Our Favorite Post-Workout Snacks

There has always been furious debate over whether you should eat before or after a workout. Some people skip eating beforehand, thinking that it will force the body to burn fat. The truth, however, is that you should eat before...

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5 of the Most Extreme Sports in the World

5 of the Most Extreme Sports in the World

Our need for speed, adrenaline and new experiences is pushing the wide world of sports to increasingly extreme levels. Videos of extreme downhill skateboarding and street luge starting making a splash online a few years ago, but that’s just a small part of the...

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Staying Safe While Running at Night

Staying Safe While Running at Night

Whether you squeeze in your run in the morning or evening when the sun isn’t up or simply like running in the dark when it’s cooler, running at night (or before the sun rises) requires special equipment and heightened awareness...

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The World’s Most Insane Races (that you’ll want to try)

The World’s Most Insane Races (that you’ll want to try)

There was a time when running a marathon or competing in an Ironman Triathlon was extreme enough. Not anymore! In the never-ending quest to go farther and be better a new crop of extreme endurance races has hit the scene....

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