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February 15, 2009 - February 21, 2009 Archives

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What's on your workout playlist?

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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

New York Times photo Studies have shown that listening to music during exercise can improve results, both in terms of being a motivator (people exercise longer and more vigorously to music) and as a distraction from negatives like fatigue.......

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 Tags  Fitness Magazine   iTunes   survey   workout songs  

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Get ready for backpacking season

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By Tom Meade    Email

REI, the outdoor co-operative with a store in Cranston, has scheduled a free clinic about backpacking Mar. 12 at 6 p.m. It will be a collaborative clinic on great gear, great places and great backcountry trail recipes, according to the......

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 Tags  apparel   backpacking   gear  

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Should you work out when you're sick?

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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

I've had an ear infection for the past few days, and that's sidelined me at work and play. So I have to ask: should you work out when you're sick? At least one expert quoted by CNN says you should......

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 Tags  CNN   Mayo Clinic   rest   sick   workouts  

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Accountants Shape Up by the numbers

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By Tom Meade    Email

The first week of Shape Up RI was an unusual one for Shauna Duffy's team, Accounting for A Wealth of Health, at KLR, and accounting and business consulting firm. Shauna reports: This the second year our firm, KLR, has participated......

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 Tags  pedometer   Shape Up RI   steps. awareness  

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Going the distance to Shape Up

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By Tom Meade    Email

Julia McCann, Shape Up RI team captain at Residential Properties, took a week off from the office, but she didn't stop working. She squeezed two 5K runs a day into her vacation schedule. Her plan is to recruit members of......

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 Tags  5K   Residential Properties   running   Shape Up RI  

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Great Outdoor Pursuit has some secrets for kids

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By Tom Meade    Email

Steve Wright, sperintendent of Rhode Island' state parks, has announced some of the details about this year's Great Outdoor Pursuit, but he's keeping other information secret. The idea is for kids to decode clues to discover the locations of places......

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 Tags  kids   Outdoors   parks   play  

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Try a little ice skating for an active school-vacation week

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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

Providence Journal file photo / Bank of America Skating Center, 2007 It's school vacation week, are your children exercising? One activity we love during February vacation is ice skating. There are 14 public skating rinks in Rhode Island. The......

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 Tags  Bank of America skating center   chool vacation week   ice skating   projothebeat.com   Providence RI  

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