My conscience won’t go on vacation. I can slather it with sunscreen and lay it in the sun, I can buy it maps and take it sightseeing, I can dress it up and take it out for a romantic dinner - but it refuses to go on vacation.

While I’m trying to have fun, my conscience continually lectures me. Although I try to explain that a vacation is time to do and eat things you don’t at home, it won’t listen. My conscience nags me most about exercise. It insists I make time to exercise on vacation.

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Are you an avid gym goer? Then you are certainly familiar with the feeling of exercising on a cold, hardwood gym floor. It’s not very comfortable, isn’t it? But things could be worse. Without an exercise mat, you might even slip on someone’s else sweat (yikes!). To avoid this painful and humiliating experience, get yourself an exercise mat.

The 101 on exercise mats

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When your diagnosed with Stage IV Breast Cancer and the Oncologist doctor makes the statement “unfortunately she is not curable at this time,” thoughts run rampart about what did you do to cause this? In most cases, it’s what you don’t do.

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Chances are that if you haven’t already, at some time in your life you will have a run-in with some lower back pain. Researchers estimate that 60-80% of Americans will suffer from low back pain over the course of their lives. Lower back pain can range from a simple annoyance to a debilitating catastrophe. Fortunately, there are some reliable methods for reducing the likelihood that you will experience lower back pain. This article is about one of the most effective, but least talked about ways that you can either limit you chances of experiencing lower back pain or relieve the back pain you may already be in.

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Why is knowing Pilates positions so important? Have you ever been in a foreign country and not spoken the language? Have you ever been in an exercise class where you seemed to be moving in a different direction than everyone else? Knowing the speak, so to speak, is as important as walking the walk. So it is with Pilates. This exercise has a language all it’s own and if you don’t learn the basics, you might find yourself hurting more than helping.

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