The state of being well, without disease or dysfunction.
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What are the pros and cons of training running just one day per week (18k-22k)? [duplicate]
I usually do a long run every sunday, something beetween 18 and 22k, I am just starting training for runnning, so I woluld like to know the pros and cons of just training one day per week.
I mean ...
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Is there any way I can convince companies I'm in great shape, despite my BMI results?
I'm currently 5'9", 262.8 at last weight in (about 10 days ago). I'm still cutting, by no means am I 'obese', although that's what my BMI says. I have plenty muscle mass, but to be honest I could ...
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What are good exercises to balance Muaythai?
While Muaythai is basically a full-body sport, my feeling is that it's no sport that developes the whole body equally without imbalances. I notice this most strongly about my legs and maybe the lower ...
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What I should watch out for when training with an anomaly of closure the spinal arch? [closed]
I recently suffered a lumbago while doing muaythai and found out that I was born with an anomaly of closure of the spinal arch - I had always just assumed a hollow back (see this earlier questions ...
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What sport (or sport discipline) when, practiced consistently over many years, is most associated with increased longevity? [closed]
What exercises, activities, associated diets, training psychology, etc. best makes you live longer?
I'm asking this question because I think that its formulation purposely rules out caloric ...
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What are the effects of improving physical health on mental health?
It has been three weeks since I started doing cardio exercises and I feel calm and relaxed. Is it because of the exercises? How does exercise improve mental health?
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Improve diet to improve bone/joint structure?
Weight: 80kg / 176 pounds
Height: ~192cm / 6 foot 4
Age: 19
I am trying to improve my bone/joint structure and am worried that due to an insufficient diet, it's an uphill jog. I am asking for advice ...
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Can I gain weight in a healthy way without any strength training?
I have a slim body (5'9", 64kg) and I would like to gain some weight (~72kg) in a healthy way (not by adding fat) I don't want to do any kind of weight lifting, push-ups or pull-up.
Is this ...
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Which one is best to maintain healthy body either yoga or Gym? [closed]
Nowadays we don't considering our body with day to day life, all are working day night shifts in our office environments with in front of machines and computers etc.,definitely they will affect our ...
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If a heart starter is used on a person with a pulse, will it negatively affect them, and possibly kill them? [closed]
I've heart that using a heart starter when someone has a pulse can/will kill them. Is there veracity to this claim?
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Maintaining a healthy body for a teenager [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
I am underweight. How do I gain weight and muscle?
I am a 18 yr old guy with height of 6 ft. I have had a thin body from my childhood. My weight is around 66 kg. ...
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Does it matter which type of exercise for health/weight loss?
So I picked up Harvard Medical School Guides' "No Sweat Exercise Plan: Lose Weight, Get Healthy, and Live Longer" book and it seemed to suggest that any exercise was about as good as another for ...
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When/How to do a comeback to the training regime after a couple weeks break?
This might have been asked before, phrased in a different way but how do you go back to your training regime after a couple of weeks break, due for instance to a cold infection?
I normally try to ...
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Left side weaker than the right side
I'm having this strange problem. My left side is much weaker than my right side. While my right leg is perfect, my left leg feels comparatively weaker, meaning that I don't feel like putting my left ...
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An issue with muscle fatigue without exertion
Condition: After a twenty minute workout consisting of walking only (Week 1, Day 3 listed here) my arm muscles felt unusually fatigued but not sore.
Question: What may be the specific problem?
(I ...
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Blurry vision after exercise?
I've noticed that after I do some heavy cardio my vision will sometimes get blurry. The blurriness usually occurs about 15-30 minutes after I exercise and then lasts for 15-30 minutes and is usually ...
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Is there a connection between display font smoothing and eye focusing ability (and overall health)? [closed]
I think people who use non-smoothed fonts keep their eyes healthy longer than those who use smoothed fonts. I've been setting my display fonts on different devices to non-smoothed and while I searched ...
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high protein for post gastric bypass [closed]
I had the gastric bypass surgery about 2 1/2 months ago. The doctor told me to eat 3 times a day. I am looking for good foods in small amounts and ideas for supplemental protein as well.
The ...
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Why can extreme athletes eat so many calories without health risk?
Michael Phelps (the famed Olympic swimmer and many-time gold medalist) is one of the most fit people in the world, and most people would look at him and say that he is extremely healthy. However, he ...
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How many calories should I intake and how much should I “spend” daily?
I am a Computer professional. My job involves sitting on a pc for the whole day without much physical work.
I am 32, male.
I would like to know what is the amount of calories I should consume daily ...
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How harmful is the sun in a late afternoon to a run?
I live in a hot and humid climate (Tel Aviv), and usually I run at night. But some days I have plans in the evening, and my only chance to get a run in is by starting at around six, six-thirty (which ...
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What is an optimal amount for protein intake?
What exactly is a safe limit for taking whey protein? Different websites recommend different amounts of protein intake. The most common one that I see is around 0.8g of protein for every kilograms of ...
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Is my current lifestyle of biking, eating well, and spend lots of time at a computer.a healthy one?
I think I'm an healthy person. I eat vegetables and fruits everyday (or I try my best to). I also avoid eating meat whenever possible. I ride my bike more than 5 hours a week and I walk 15 minutes ...
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What is the best way of resting for the noon in office? [closed]
I work in an office that has no room for a bed to take a nap. But I feel real sleepy after lunch and feel tired in the afternoon, is there any good way of resting for the noon in an typical office ...
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eat raw egg yolk without boiling or cooking [closed]
I have read that raw egg is very good source of protein but the yolk is rich in fat and cholesterol, is it good to drink the whole of it if I am looking for protein rich food?
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I am 22 years old & 5feet 2inches tall. I wanna become taller. what do I do? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to Increase height naturally? Are those ads gimmicks?
I am 22 years old. And I am just 5feet 2inches tall. I wanna become taller. I have heard that there is an ...
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How to gain weight for a naturally thin person?
I am a guy who haven't been working out(exercising) throughout my life. I live a very sedentary live, mostly at my desk reading books or using my computer. The nature of my field of work requires me ...
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How to gain weight without supplements and non veg
I am a 22-year-old eggetarian guy. I hate all non-vegetarian food, so changing my diet is not an option for me. I eat milk shakes, milk products, and eggs every day.
I have tried all protein milk, ...
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What are the most up to date consolidated daily health maintenance measures? [closed]
Title could be enough. But since this question is so simple that it looks a bit absurd or obvious...
Unlike many questions out there in this site, I'm looking for fitness (rest included) in the ...
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Is juice as healthy as the veggies it comes from? [closed]
My little girl hates eating veggies, but loves the juice (like 100% carrot juice, “Superfood”, or V8). She is only 9, and I was the same way until I was around 20. So is there anything wrong with ...
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What should I be concerened about healthwise with a fast metabolism?
I seem to have a very fast metabolism, ever since I was a teenager.
For instance I easily consume 500 calories from non-diet sugar based soda a day and then may typically consumer anywhere from 1500 ...
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Fiber Menace - How scientific is this book? [closed]
After drastically increasing my fiber intake for nearly a month at the suggestion of family members via breads, fruits, vegetables, and juices, I ran into constipation so severe that I was unable to ...
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1answer
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Going Outside In the Daytime? [closed]
What are some valid reasons for going outside during the daylight hours? Are there any real downsides to totally withdrawing from humanity and living a hermit-like lifestyle in a cave / bunker?
It ...
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Foods I can eat a lot of and still be healthy
Plainly put: I like eating. However, my eating habits lead to me being overweight and adds possibility of health complications later on.
I was wondering if there are any healthy foods (low cal, low ...
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Wanting to lose weight cycling is this enough?
I had the opportunity to live in Antigua for 2.5 months and I got here about 2.5 weeks ago. I decided to ride my bike back and forth to work everyday to shed some pounds while I am here. I am a 5'3", ...
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2 weekly 1 hour cardio sessions vs 4 weekly sessions of 30 min
What is better for health, 2 weekly sessions of 1 hour of cardio or 4 weekly sessions of 30 minutes of cardio? Both at 65-85% of my max heartrate.
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Adverse effects of NSAIDs during training?
I know that NSAIDs can worsen the healing process of certain tissues in body such as bones. It is the irony of the history that they are now so popular (they do have side-effects). I think this is ...
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Patello-femoral Pain Syndrome in methods such as X-ray, MRI or CT?
Medical term: Patello-femoral Pain Syndrome (aka runner knee).
I am trying to find more scientific description about the syndrome, not just pain but what is it actually? How can a doctor see it from ...
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Losing weight without losing body size?
I recently lost a lot of weight (from 107kg to 90kg) using a combination of a lot of bike riding and some nutrition changes, but I don't see any difference in my body size - my gut seems the same size ...
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How to keep energy up while on diet
I have started to change my diet and attempt to become more healthy with the goals of being in much better shape, becoming healthier, and feeling better overall. With this in mind, I have done my ...
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Is water retention a good thing?
According to this article on DivineCaronline.com (emphasis mine):
Even more encouraging for habitual coffee consumers is the finding
that those with caffeine tolerance have reduced likelihood ...
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Can I hurt myself or my heart by running too hard or in bad weather conditions?
I've been running for about 10 months now, started in January, when it was about -15 °C outside. Over the time, I managed to lose about 15kg and improved my running a lot, but I always come across the ...
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How do I know whether or not a stretching exercise could actually hurt my body?
It's not as if you should stretch your muscles at every possible location. There are definitely some stretching exercises that can exacerbate the situation. Even excessive slouching, after all, is a ...
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Weight gained using GOMAD strategy
@DaveLiepmann recommended drinking one gallon of milk a day for gaining quick mass. It does look like a good idea as it is discussed on stronglifts as well.
But another article suggested it is not ...
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Is there a medical condition that prevents running laps but allows all other exercise?
There is an 11 year old kid on the football team that I coach that has a slip from his doctor that states that he is unable to run laps. He is permitted to do everything else, and can even run as ...
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Thyroid test needs stomach to be empty or full? [closed]
Went to two different doctors. One asked me to take the thyroid test empty stomach and another one with full stomach. I am confused. What's the right take?
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Why do we ice after strenuous exercise?
Inflammation is an essential part of healing. From Wikipedia:
It has been further theorized that the acute localized inflammatory responses to muscular contraction during exercise [...] are a ...
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What are the Basic Steps to Improve Health and Fitness ?
Hello I m 26 years Old Software Engineer.
I want to know the Some Basic steps to Improve my fitness and health because after doing my 9 hrs job i am getting very tired. So i want to improve my health ...
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Reusing my poland spring bottle
Despite the whole BPA plastic carcinogens debacle that I read about a few years back, I've been getting lazy lately and just reusing my Poland Spring bottle. I don't see the difference between ...
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Recommended amount of cardio exercise
For cardiovascular health (not training, or endurance, or other reasons for exercising), how frequently is it recommended to do cardio? What is the minimum to have any effect, what is the maximum ...
