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October 18, 2009 - October 24, 2009 Archives

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Don't be fooled: Cold-weather workouts require water

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By Tom Meade    Email

The onset of winter weather can trick runners into dehydration, writes Kim Mueller, a registered sports dietitian and competitive endurance athlete who provides nutritional counseling and meal planning to athletes all around the world. Even in the coldest weather, runners......

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 Tags  hydration   performance   running   water   winter  

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Chin-up bar: Versatile, cheap at-home gym equipment

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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

Want an easy, cheap and versatile way to work out at home? Install a chin-up bar. For around $20, a doorway pull-up bar gives you a about five different ways to exercise. 1. Chin-ups are resistance training because they......

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Ancient martial art is medication in motion

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By Tom Meade    Email

Tai Chi on the beach in Middletown. Frieda Squires photo. Tai Chi is often described as meditation in motion, but it might also be called medication in motion, according to the Harvard Women's Health Watch, a newsletter published by......

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 Tags  arthritis   bone density   martial art   medication   tai chi   women's health  

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Share yoga's beauty, conference keynote speaker urges

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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

In a keynote speech this this weekend's New England Iyengar Yoga Conference in Providence, John Schumacher, a yogi from Washington D.C., extolled his fellow practitioners to "show something beautiful" to the world and reach out to give the measure of......

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 Tags  John Schumacher   keynote   New England Iyengar Yoga conference   Providence   yoga  

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Discover the new Flintlock Loop Trail in West Greenwich

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By Tom Meade    Email

Conservationists are blazing new trails in one of the wildest places in southern New England, the Pawcatuck Borderlands, where Rhode Island and Connecticut meet. More than 70 hikers registered to walk the Flintlock Loop Trail which opened officially Oct.......

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 Tags  hike   hiking   RI   Tillinghast Pond   West Greenwich  

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