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Time to HIIT Up Your Training

High intensity interval training, or HIIT, is gaining in popularity due to its efficiency and effectiveness. HIIT is an ideal workout for all types of athletes and their schedules.

What is HIIT training?

HIIT alternates bouts of brief, high-intensity activity with lower intensity recovery periods until you’re too exhausted to continue. …

Mindfully Meditate Stress and Pain Away

Forget prescription drugs. Mindful meditation has been shown to reduce and negate the effects of stress and pain. Researchers continue to unearth scientific breakthroughs related to meditation and its effects on our health.

Mindfulness Meditation for Stress

A 2011 Harvard study found that people who meditated for eight weeks increased the …