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Lead Stories: December 2, 2008

Tip for Today: Focus on Your Success

Posted June 10, 2008 at 10:00 AM by Lindsay Hutton

Section: Her Fitness, Training Programs, Her Health, Her Motivation, tip for today

Anyone who works out can tell you- it isn’t easy! Keeping up the motivation to exercise sometimes feels like a workout on its own, and it can be frustrating is you feel…

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The Hidden Costs of an All Inclusive Vacation

Posted May 28, 2008 at 01:30 PM by Martinique Haller

Section: Her Nutrition, Healthy Eating, Weight Control

Sometimes it can be difficult to stick to the habits that helped you lose weight once you’ve been at your ideal weight for awhile.  What got me off track was a destination wedding in Cancun. My cousin was getting married. As of…

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Friday’s Poll: Motivational Movies

Posted May 23, 2008 at 10:00 AM by Martinique Haller

Section: Her Fitness, Her Health, Her Motivation

Sometimes I can be motivated to exercise by seeing an unhealthy person on tv or seeing someone I work with always taking the elevator instead of the stairs. Other times, I am driven to exercise because I’ll see a movie about someone doing…

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Her Active Life iMix: Vol. 6 (A Meditative Mood)

Posted May 12, 2008 at 10:00 AM by Martha Jones

Section: Special Features, , The Yoga Life

This iMix comes to us today from an avid and passionate Her Active Life reader, Rick Jacobs. This is what he had to say about his playlist.

What is the right music for Yoga? Not all types of music…

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Friday’s Poll: How important are fitness-inclined friends?

Posted May 9, 2008 at 12:00 PM by Martinique Haller

Section: Her Fitness, Her Motivation

I love the New Balance Love/Hate commercial campaign. (No they are not paying me to say this, but it would be nice if they did.) Their ad is on one of the very first pages of the June Runner’s World.

Your…

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Her Active Life iMix: Vol. 5 (grrl music)

Posted May 7, 2008 at 03:00 PM by Martinique Haller

Section: Her Fitness, Athletics, Her Motivation, Music, Special Features,

Her Active Life is back with another creative and juicy mix. This is Volume 5 and it gets pretty racy. But is that what energizes you? Leave us a comment and let us know!

I love running to the fierce…

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Friday’s Poll: What motivates you to workout?

Posted May 2, 2008 at 04:00 PM by Alexandra M. Haller

Section: Her Health, Her Motivation

It can be hard to capture the reason for why sometimes we can put the peanuts away, throw on our shorts and actually dust our bike off. We all have days where we plop on the couch after work, exhausted at how long…

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Quote of the day 4/17/08

Posted April 17, 2008 at 08:00 AM by Alexandra Haller

Section: Her Motivation, Quotes of the Day

“Our body is a machine for living. It is organized for that, it is its nature.” ~Leo Tolstoy

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Quote of the day 4/13/08

Posted April 13, 2008 at 08:00 AM by Alexandra Haller

Section: Her Motivation, Quotes of the Day

“Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit.  When one is free from physical disabilities and mental distractions, the gates of the soul open.” ~B.K.S. Iyengar

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Quote of the day 4/11/08

Posted April 11, 2008 at 08:00 AM by Alexandra Haller

Section: Her Motivation, Quotes of the Day

“When it comes to eating right and exercising, there is no I’ll start tomorrow.  Tomorrow is disease.” ~V.L. Allineare

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Quote of the day 4/08/08

Posted April 8, 2008 at 08:00 AM by Alexandra Haller

Section: Her Motivation, Quotes of the Day

“The patient should be made to understand that he or she must take charge of his own life.  Don’t take your body to the doctor as if he were a repair shop.” ~Quentin Regestein

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Quote of the day 4/07/08

Posted April 7, 2008 at 09:00 AM by Alexandra Haller

Section: Her Motivation, Quotes of the Day

“Be careful about reading health books.  You may die of a misprint.” ~Mark Twain

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Quote of the day 4/06/08

Posted April 6, 2008 at 08:00 AM by Alexandra Haller

Section: Her Motivation, Quotes of the Day

“The best six doctors anywhere

And no one can deny it

Are sunshine, water, rest, and air

Exercise and diet.

These six will gladly you attend

If only you are willing

Your mind they’ll ease

Your…

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Quote of the day 4/05/08

Posted April 5, 2008 at 08:00 AM by Alexandra Haller

Section: Her Motivation, Quotes of the Day

“Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity” ~World Health Organization, 1948

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Quote of the day 4/03/08

Posted April 3, 2008 at 08:00 AM by Alexandra Haller

Section: Her Motivation, Quotes of the Day

“If you have health, you probably will be happy, and if you have health and happiness, you have all the wealth you need, even if it is not all you want.” ~Elbert Hubbard

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