Fitness Tip of the Day: Sleep more
Today’s tip comes from the morning trio of The Ticket (1310 AM) radio. Who, I must add, didn’t realize they were offering aforementioned tip. If she'd slept 8 hours last night, would she still be...
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Fitness Tip of the Day: Heed the heat warnings
Today’s tip comes from me (who tries very hard to be sensible at all times, but especially during triple-digit days) If you must be outdoors, surround yourself with water (Ben Torres/Special...
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Fitness Tip of the Day: Share info (and lanes)
Today’s tip comes again from someone — two people, actually — who (like the Musers of The Ticket) didn’t know they were giving a tip. Offering to share a lane is always a welcome gesture (Staff...
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Fitness tip of the day: Get a Physical (Laura Bush says so)
Today’s tip comes from, yes, former First Lady Laura Bush. Even those who work out regularly (like President Bush here) need to have regular checkups (Brad Loper/Staff Photographer)visit site to read...
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Fitness Tip of the Day: Make the most of phone time
Today’s fitness tip comes from my best friend, who 18 months ago would have scoffed at the idea of being my expert. She could be making a phone call now. (Jason Janik/Special Contributor)visit site...
View ArticleFitness Tip of the Day: Stand Up (bears repeating now that The Ticket guys...
Today’s tip comes, as it did here, from The Musers on The Ticket radio (1310 AM). How nice to see an empty chair. No doubt the occupants are walking up stairs somewhere. (Evans Caglage/Staff...
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Fitness Tip of the Day: Let Go & Hang On
Today’s Fitness Tip comes from me, fresh from driving my son to college last weekend (and yes, I’m rather proud of myself for the calm way I said that). New pens, new school year, new workout (Ron...
View ArticleFitness Tip of the Day: Load Your Bones
This Fitness Tip comes from Dallas orthopedic surgeon Bruce Beavers, who, in fifth grade, diagnosed my winter nosebleeds (a diagnosis completely independent of having a Q-tip stuck up my nose by a...
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Fitness Tip of the Day: Never give up (ask Diana Nyad)
Diana Nyad emerges onto land for the first time in 52 hours, 54 minutes Today’s … [visit site to read more]
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Fitness Tip of the Day: Your workout can wait
Today’s tip comes from remember-what’s-important me. How could I not postpone my workout for lunch with my sweet mom? (Photo: Susan Barker Munguia)visit site to read more]
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Fitness Tip of the Day: Let the good trump the negative
Today’s tip of the day comes from me, culled from a Facebook post by runner and teacher Lee Ann Rayburn. Check out the sock; any workout has an embedded smile (Amy Conn-Gutierrez/Special...
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Fitness Tip of the Day: Adjust
Today’s tip of the day comes from me (with backup from a running coach and friend) Route, desire, friends, goals change? Adjust; it's healthier in the long run (Ian C. Bates/Staff Photographer)visit...
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Fitness Tip of the Day: Every hour, pop in a bit of fitness
Today’s tip comes from me (whose heart is now pumping harder than it did five minutes ago) One minute of this once an hour = 8 minutes or so of planks come days' end. (Jason Janik/ Special...
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Fitness Tip of the Day: With negative wind chills, put your stubborn streak...
Even if I had a parka like this, I think I'd still have stayed indoors this morning (Sarah Hoffman/Staff Photo)visit site to read more]
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Fitness tip of the day (and the next and the next): Eat an apple
Eat one of these yummies today for better health..and tomorrow...and yes, the day after that. (Evans Caglage/Staff Photo)visit site to read more]
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Fitness Tip of the Day: Revel. Here are 7 reasons why
I love the word "thistle" -- and seeing a blue sky on a morning run (Al Key/Staff Photographer) Amazing, … [visit site to read more]
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Fitness tip of the day: Make (and keep) an appointment with the cardiologist
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Fitness tip of the day: Untie your shoes
Simple & sweet: Untie your shoes before bed; it'll make morning that much smoother This is one of those ever so basic time-saving ideas that, for me at least, makes a huge … [visit site to read...
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Fitness Tip of the Day: Dash by a school zone during your workout
Elementary school kids remind us of the bliss of movement (Staff photo) Despite my plans … [visit site to read more]
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Fitness Tip of the Day: Wash your produce
Who knows who touched these beauties before you? Wash 'em. (Detroit Free Press: Kent Phillips) I am sure the man in front of me at the DMN … [visit site to read more]
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Fitness tip of the day: Walk. Even when it’s not National Walking Day
Walk today for National Walking Day, and tomorrow for yourself (Dallas Morning News/MCT) Today, as … [visit site to read more]
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Fitness Tip of the Day: Embrace the jumping jack
Voila: The lowly jumping jack...not. (Michael Ainsworth/Staff Photo) I will confess that when I wrote … [visit site to read more]
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Fitness tip of the day: Swallow the sky
Look between the buildings for just a taste of the morning sky (Staff photo) Yesterday, and today, too, were mornings that if I … [visit site to read more]
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Fitness Tip of the Day: Listen to the moon
OK, the moon that accompanied me was your basic brilliant white. But isn't this one beautiful?! (Matthew Busch/Staff Photo)visit site to read more]
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Fitness Tip of the Day: Wave back
How could you not wave back at this happy Boston Marathon runner? (Gregory J. Fisher/USA Today Sports) When my parents moved to East Texas years … [visit site to read more]
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Fitness Tip of the Day: Don’t dye your hair in the gym shower
Aw, what's the harm in a little hair dye in the locker room? (ha) (Staff Photo) OK, this is … [visit site to read more]
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Fitness Tip of the Day: Savor the plod
Would I have smelled the honeysuckle on a faster run? I kind of doubt it (Staff Photo: Natalie Caudill) If successful runs were … [visit site to read more]
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Fitness Tip of the Day: Enjoy sweating while it’s still a novelty
Enjoy the short-lived novelty of sweat while you can (Joel Prince/Staff Photo) For several runs over the … [visit site to read more]
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Fitness Tip of the Day: Go with the setbacks
If this race-walker slowed down a bit, he wouldn't win the medal, but he'd probably hear the birds (Photo: Getty Images)visit site to read more]
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Fitness Tip of the Day: Put down your phone
Enzo benefits from his owner paying more attention to him than to a pesky cell phone. (Ben Torres/Special Contributor)visit site to read more]
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Fitness Tip of the Day: It’s June. Leave the sweatshirt at home
Sweatshirts need to be in your closet now; not on your body when you run (Staff Photo) En … [visit site to read more]
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Fitness Tip of the Day: You don’t have to be good at it to do something
You think every one of these people is inherently good at yoga? Of course not, but they're trying it. (Brandon Wade/Special Contributor)visit site to read more]
View Article5 video tips for dealing with (nah, not beating) the heat
I have begun counting the number of emails I receive and the times I hear “Beat the Heat.” So far, admittedly, the number stands at two. But no doubt I’ve been hearing the phrase so often that I have...
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Fitness Tip of the Day: Don’t sweat your speed (or lack thereof)
Not sure about these speedsters, but most of us run more slowly in the heat (Steve Hamm/Special Contributor)visit site to read more]
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Fitness tip: Listen to your body
They seem to be having good workouts, but if your body says slow down, listen. (Staff photo) I had a really … [visit site to read more]
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Fitness tip: Pause and take a deep breath
Fitness tip of the day: Pause. (Louis DeLuca/Staff Photo) I started, most truly I did, to write what will no doubt end up being another tip. So not … [visit site to read more]
View ArticleFitness Tip of the Day: Put your microwave to use
This video was shot last week, but I just realized that while it’s out and about in cyberspace, I haven’t written a post to accompany it. And while I’m my usual goofy self in it (as you’ll soon see),...
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Fitness Tip of the Day: Love the stars
Loving the moon & stars on these pre-dawn runs (Irwin Thompson/Staff Photo) These mornings have been, in a word, glorious. OK, maybe … [visit site to read more]
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Fitness tip of the day: Race a stranger
Sometimes being passed can spur you on to a pretty nifty run (Photo: Alex di Suvero/The New York Times) I started out on a morning run last week with a goal … [visit site to read more]
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Fitness tip of the day: Underthink
Don't think twice, just one...two...three...GO! (Michael Mulvey/Staff Photo) I started to make the tip “Don’t overthink,” but decided that was too … [visit site to read more]
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Fitness tip of the day: Get a skin check
A dousing of frozen nitrogen tends to stop precancerous spots from becoming, well, cancerous. (Photo:Lisa LeVrier)visit site to read more]
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Fitness tip of the day: Put on your oxygen mask first
Put your oxygen mask on first, and you'll be better for everyone else (pooches included) When I finish my morning run, I do a few (emphasis on FEW) stretches … [visit site to read more]
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Fitness tip of the day: Time will pass whether you work out or not
(Staff Photo/Brittany Sowacke)What will you do with your next half hour? This tip occurs to me most often when I am dipping my big toe into thevisit site to read more]
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Fitness tip of the day: Do what you can
(Staff Photo: Xiaomei Chen)Do what you can, even if it means using a treadmill or going much more slowly than usual I was lucky enough to inherit the energy gene from each of my … [visit site to read...
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One enthusiastic jump forward, two plods back for restaurants
(photo: Corner Bakery)How many calories in this Corner Bakery combo? A sensible 590. As I wrote visit site to read more]
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Fitness tip (read: soapbox rant) of the day: Put down your cell phone
You think these guys would really notice the beauty of their surroundings if they were on cell … [visit site to read more]
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Fitness tip of the day: Safety trumps that extra mile
Would you run in this? Please say no.Denton Record Chronicle: Al Key Every morning when I wake up, I check my … [visit site to read more]
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Fitness tip of the day: Just go
No, those two aren’t Cindy and me…but I bet they’re glad they showed up to their class, too. Photo: Ben … [visit site to read more]
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Fitness tip of the day: Never discount the fun factor
Does this shout FUN or what?!Staff photo: Michael Ainsworth One reason I like swimming Friday mornings is to … [visit site to read more]
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