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The Best Pregnancy Fitness

Your body goes through numerous changes and adjustments during the course of your pregnancy. As long as your health is good and your pregnancy normal, your doctor may recommend you stay physically fit. Although you may find you enjoy relaxing while waiting for the stork, or prefer doing nothing more strenuous than reclining in your easy chair, exercising during your pregnancy can improve your health. In fact, according to the Mayo Clinic, exercising during pregnancy may help prevent discomfort, shorten your labor and increase your strength and stamina. Talk to your doctor about this important aspect of your pregnancy.

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Top Ten Kid Fitness Tips

Tips for kids and exercising:If they know they’re exercising how do we teach them to make it a habit? Your kids will know how good it feels to play a running game outside with friends, to be able to carry a big blox of blocks or to be flexible enough to reach for a favorite T-shirt on a high shelf. Just because you’re not letting them in on the secret doesn’t mean you’re letting them off the hook. Reinforce how good activity feels “Isn’t that energy great?”

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10 Ways to Create a Personal Fitness Plan

Knowing you should exercise is a no-brainer; knowing how to make exercise part of your life is more challenging. “If the whole exercise thing is new for you, then you can easily become your own worst enemy,” says Fred Devito, vice president of movement classes and training at Exhale Enterprises, Inc. To stay focused, make a plan, like one of these 10 ways to create a personal fitness plan. Just remember, Devito says: “Sometimes it’s two steps forward one step back. Stay the course, keep it light. Exercise is only movement; if it’s not making you feel good, change the movements!”

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Ditch the Grinch and Deck the Halls

‘Tis the season! That’s what all the billboards, advertisements, and email subject lines are saying right about now, anyway.  But ‘tis the season for what, exactly? The obvious answers are “giving” and “gathering” and “getting out the sparkly decorations.” There are presents that need purchasing and cards that need crafting; there are parties that require…