Tag: fitness
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It’s a Marathon, Not a Sprint: Consistent Hydration
A critical component often gets overlooked when discussing improving stamina and enhancing physical endurance. It’s not a flashy new workout routine or ultra-high-tech exercise equipment. Instead, it’s something much simpler: water. Staying well-hydrated is fundamental to our health and is indispensable in muscle function and nutrient delivery, both vital for sustaining physical exertion.
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It’s a Marathon, Not a Sprint: HIIT Workouts
There’s an innovative, efficient way to boost your stamina, and it’s been making waves in the fitness world. High-Intensity Interval Training, or HIIT, is a workout regimen alternating between intense, short bursts of exercise and recovery periods. HIIT workouts offer a dynamic, fast-paced path to improved endurance by engaging your aerobic and anaerobic systems.
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It’s a Marathon, Not a Sprint: Strength Training
The journey to improving stamina and enhancing cardiovascular health involves various aspects of exercise and lifestyle changes. While aerobic activities undoubtedly play a crucial role, strength training is another essential puzzle. Building strength through weight training or bodyweight exercises can significantly improve stamina by enabling your muscles to endure activity for more extended periods.
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It’s a Marathon, Not a Sprint: Aerobic Exercises
A healthy body demands care, attention, and a thoughtful approach to exercise. We often hear about the importance of increasing stamina and enhancing cardiovascular health, but one of the most effective strategies lies in aerobic exercises, like running, cycling, or swimming.
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Dear Future Self
[Dutch Lock Down Day Five Hundred Fifty Eight] #DontPanic You just signed up for a ONE YEAR gym membership in America that costs SIX TIMES MORE each month than your gym membership in the Netherlands. SIX! TIMES! MORE! This will either mean incredible motivation to get your happy butt to the gym each day –…
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Sure, This Is The Bike Capital Of The World, But
[Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Ninety Three] What if I just don’t wanna? Also, my titles have gotten rather sloppy lately, hrm? I personally own two or three bikes – a ‘grandma’ bike, a foldable bike for work train trips, and a ‘bakfiets’ for hauling two or more minions around town. I say two…
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Get Thee To Bed, Leander
[Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Seventy] One of the habits that I well and truly miss that has gone the way of all flesh is getting up around five in the morning. It fell away at some point when one of the kids was sick or I was stressed or some other perfectly valid…
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On The First Day of Vacation, My True Love Gave to Me
[Dutch Lock Down Day Two Hundred Seventy Four] A super decadent chocolate brownie with cream cheese icing. #HeKnowsMe I’m on vacation until 04 January, so this whole Twelve Days of Christmas theme won’t last, but it’s on my mind Right Now as Boy Twin fusses from his room, resisting this whole sleep thing because he…
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Can’t Sleep The Clowns Will Eat Me
[Dutch Lock Down Day One Hundred Eighty Three] Visit for the rambling. Stay for the teasers.
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Obviously Still Figuring Out Five A.M.
[Dutch Lock Down Day One Hundred Seventy Eight] Totally slept in this morning. Totally know why. Totally doing something about it.
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So We Bought A Pool
[Dutch Lock Down Day One Hundred Forty Six] There are a million things that I wanted to tackle this week while on vacation but as of Friday I just… stopped… doing things.