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How a Little Faith in Strength Training Improves Your Life

This is a guest post by Dave Kwiecinski. Your New Love — Strength Training?!? My job is to get every single one of you to fall in love. With strength training. Huh?? Why? Only because every single research study comes to the same conclusion: Strength training...

3 Ways We Can Set Ourselves Up for Success in Our Fitness Journey

by Brandon Weldy | Body

This is a guest post by Brandon Weldy. Running is my jam. I also listen to my jams while running. I guess that means I jam to my jams doing my jam. Ever since I ran track in the eighth grade I have been hooked on the sport. I took pride in my ability to perform well...

What I’ve Gained from a Twenty Year Yoga Practice

by Kris Loomis | Body

This is a guest post by K. Kris Loomis. Art by Mike Brennan I recently posted a picture of myself on Facebook, a picture of me in a yoga posture. I rarely post pictures of me doing yoga because I figure most people are about as interested in seeing pictures of my yoga...

What Makes a Person so Happy His Heart Sings?

by Nicole Akers | Surprises

What makes a person happy? 350 million people live with depression according to the World Health Organization. Sixteen million adults in the United States have an episode with depression each year. That’s 6.9% of the population living in an unhappy state of being....

How to Keep your Mind Sharp and Keep Alzheimer’s from Killing You

by Nicole Akers | Body

Forty-four million people worldwide have Alzheimer’s, 5.5 million of them live in the United States. Of these numbers, most are over age 65, according to the Alzheimer’s News Today. An Alzheimer’s diagnosis brings emotion and stress for the patient and the caregiver....