I Live Younger - May 2017

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INCREASE YOUR SPEED
Are you looking to speed up your
run? To increase the speed of your
running time, make your actual running
strides quicker instead of making your
strides bigger. This will shave time
off of your run. Push off with the toes
of your trailing leg to get you going.
If running is part of your fitness program
and you are looking to increase your
speed, take faster steps, not longer ones.
The same stride length that feels natural
and comfortable to you is also your most
healthy. Your feet naturally fall into the
best-balanced and safest stride. Pushing
yourself to take longer steps, reduces
your balance and increases your risk
of injury.
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DO NOT OVERWORK YOUR ABS
When you are concentrating your
fitness goals onto your abs, remember
they need to rest. You will not do them
any favors with daily workouts. You should
limit your ab training to three days a week.
You should never do more than four days
of ab training in a week.
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PLAY A GAME OF HIDE AND SEEK
Join the kids at night for a quick game of tag, hide and seek, or some other
physically active game. The time will fly away as you forget the troubles of the day and
marvel in the energy that kids seem to just radiate. That energy is catching! Use their
playfulness to your advantage in your quest to get fit.
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DO AEROBIC EXERCISES
If reaching your fitness goal is hindered by your excess weight or joint problems,
try water aerobics exercises. In this case you use the swimming pool as your gym. As
a result you reduce your body fat, burn extra calories and build lean muscles without
putting extra pressure on your joints.
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