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A 15 Step Guide to Better Mobility for Cubicle Dwellers
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Personally I think one of the most extreme jobs on the face of the planet is that of an office worker. Extreme because it requires the human body to do the exact opposite of what it was intended to do. The human body was intended to move. For our hunter-gatherer ancestors, movement was life. They were a nomadic people who were pretty much constantly in motion. In his TED Talk...
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5 Foot Strengthening Exercises to Improve Speed, Power, and Balance
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Your feet are extremely important. They're the suspension for the rest of the body. But unfortunately for most people they're just an afterthought. That is until they start to experience foot problems from a lack of attention. Things like bunions, hammer toes and flat feet can all lead to aches in pains in more places than just the feet. If your suspension isn't working properly then it's only a matter...
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3 Exercises to Do Instead of Burpees
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Oh the burpee! What an amazing exercise that hits all the muscles of the body, gets the heart rate way up, and hurts like a mother! It's a great exercise for those looking to get a lot of work done in a relatively short period of time. The burpee is everywhere these days. It's being incorporated into high intensity exercise circuits such as CrossFit or boot camps. But how many...
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De-Klutz-ify Yourself: 10 Simple Drills and Games for Coordination
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Are you a klutz? If you said yes I'm here to tell you that you don't have to be. If you took the time to really work on your coordination you would be amazed at how much you could improve it. Coordination is one of the many components of fitness: muscular strength, muscular endurance, cardiovascular endurance, flexibility, speed, power, reaction time, agility and balance. But it's also one of the...
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Why You Should Brachiate
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Are you aware that humans have the same shoulder anatomy as the great apes: gorillas, orangutans, chimpanzees and bonobos? This is because humans share a common ancestor with each of these apes. The ball-in-socket shoulder anatomy that apes have allows their arms to rotate freely around the shoulders making them very good at something called brachiation. Brachiation? What the heck is that? Brachiation is a form of locomotion using the...
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Why Employers Should Choose to Install Nap Rooms Over Coffee Makers
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The workplace is changing, and for the better. Employers are starting to realize that it is their responsibility to support a healthy lifestyle for their staff, especially seeing as how most of people's waking hours are often spent at the workplace. This includes providing things like adjustable desks so employees can spend some time standing up instead of endless hours of sitting which has all sorts of negative health consequences, or...
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