Your Daily Apple: Pledging to Get Healthy

This Monday’s Metro had a great article about setting fitness goals for yourself.  Personally, I think now is a great time to start working out, because many people’s New Year’s resolutions are slowing down, which means that gyms should hopefully be relatively empty.  Also, seriously people, any time is a great time to start getting [...]

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For All You Job-Searching Seniors

We at Barbelle know that sometimes, before you can take care of your physical self, you need to take care of your emotional well-being. With that in mind, we offer you these words of comfort in our collective time of strife:

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Chaturanga Dandasana

When I was in fifth grade, I joined my town’s swim team and learned that I was a natural breast-stroker.  Unlike many of my teammates who had to run drills with kickboards to get it just right, the rhythm of the breaststroke was something that made sense to me innately.  Having never before excelled at [...]

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Breakfast Is Important

Our busy schedule sometimes prevents us from maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Lately, some of my friends have been complaining about all the work they have. They lament that sometimes they do not have time in their schedule to eat a meal in peace. Some of us walk around campus without our healthy eight hours of [...]

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Your Daily Apple: Attainable Goals

We all know the importance of attainable goals.  These goals motivate and challenge us without setting us up for failure due to our unrealistic expectations.  It is important to set training goals to keep ourselves focused.  Goals can be as simple as going from 7.5 lbs to 10 lbs when doing arm exercises.  Or working [...]

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Your Daily Apple: Jump Around!

Jump up, jump up and get down! If you’re like me and you attended 40 Bar/Bat Mitzvah parties in the late 90′s, you probably danced to this jam by House of Pain. Some songs just always seem to get you pumped, though I admit “Jump Around” no longer does the trick… Some days, though, when [...]

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Your Daily Apple: Winter? Spring? Take advantage!

The rumor on the street on Saturday was that a nice day was coming, but it certainly did not prepare me for the beautiful weather I encountered when I walked outside on Sunday. My immediate thoughts – what can I do outside today to take advantage of this warm day? Yesterday, my answer was tennis. [...]

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Your Daily Apple: Get that rear in gear!

Many people struggle to stay motivated during the dark, cold winter months.  We walk outside less, we sleep more, and we eat more carbs and fats to boost our seratonin levels.  The pounds seem to creep on. To stay motivated and moving, mix up your exercise routine.  Switch from yoga to Pilates or from the [...]

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Exercise Today, For Tomorrow

In case you got buried in school and missed the news, in October the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released its first comprehensive Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans. Without a clear policy for well over a decade, the government finally reviewed the scientific findings about the effect of physical activity on health and published recommendations [...]

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Your Daily Apple: Utilize NYC Parks and Recreation to Add Low Stress Exercise To Your Routine

As someone who exercises most every day, I often reach a burnout point with cardio equipment, weight training routines, and too-often jogged paths. This New Years, I made a fitness resolution not to increase my workouts, but instead to find ways to build exercise into my day in a way that engages not only my [...]

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