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All About Cooling Down

What is Cooling Down and Why It Is Important Cooling down after a workout is as important as warming up. After physical activity, your heart is still beating faster than normal and body temperature is higher. Cooling down after exercising gives your body the chance to safely return back to…
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All About Fat Loss

What is Fat Loss? We store most of our fat under the skin, around the organs, and in the muscles. We need fat to give our bodies energy and to help us absorb important nutrients. However, too much of it is harmful to the body. Losing fat helps our bodies…
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All About High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT)

What is HIIT? HIIT is when you alternate between high and low intensity exercises. You could also have a short rest period between high intensity exercises. For example, you could sprint for 10-20 seconds, rest for 1 minute, and repeat 5 times. Know that when doing HIIT, it is more…
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All About Muscle Growth

What is Muscle Growth? Muscle growth (hypertrophy) is where muscles become larger and stronger. By eating a lot, training hard, and getting lots of recovery, you will put on muscle. By not eating well, being lazy, and being stressed out, you won’t put on muscle. Why Muscle Growth is Important…
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All About Recovery

What is Recovery and Why it is Important Recovery is just as important as the workout itself. If you try to do the same workout without enough recovery, you will fatigue quicker, and your health may suffer. Give your body enough time to recover, hydrate well, eat healthy foods, and…
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All About Strength Training

What is Strength Training? Life is easier when you are strong and feel healthy. Carrying groceries? Lifting heavy boxes? Playing sports? No problem. To get the benefits, you need to do some strength training, sometimes called resistance training. It is a way to train your body to use your muscles…
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All About Warming Up

What is Warming Up? Warming up prepares the body for more intense movement and activity. It literally “warms up” the body by raising the core body temperature. Warm-up movements can consist of walking, light jogging, stretch and hold, or stretching while moving (e.g. lunges for hip flexibility). Why Warming Up…
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Indigenized Fitness Spaces

Working out does not require having an expensive gym membership or equipment. All you need is a pair of good athletic shoes and a can-do attitude. The best places to workout are the areas that are easily accessible: Outdoors and Mother Earth Gyms: Exercising outside in the natural world is…
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The Dirty Secret About Fitness Models and Bodybuilders

Often when you are trying to find exercising tips on the internet, you see many pictures of fitness models and bodybuilders. In the world of over-idealized bodies portrayed in the media, many people want to look like them. In reality, all of the photos and videos of these models have…
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Traditional Games and Sports

Traditional sports and games can form the backbone of a community, and further community spirit, bring peoples together and instill a sense of pride. And they’re also fun. Check out one of the oldest surviving sports – a 3,000 year old game that introduced rubber to the sports world, and…
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Indigenized Fitness and Nutrition

Our ancestors had to stay physically fit to survive. Whether it was hunting, gathering, fishing, farming, or cooking, every task required physical fitness. Indigenized fitness involves a return to daily physical activities and the ancestral diet – a respectful relationship with food. Our ancestors’ day-to-day lives were more physically strenuous…
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