The blog below is from one of HitFit509’s members, Brenda. She has been a staple in the gym and wanted to share her trials and tribulations with you. “As I look back and reflect on my journey to get healthy ...
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About: Charles Gallagher
Recent Posts by Charles Gallagher
Vitamin D
If you take 1200 IU vitamin D3 every day, you can halve your chance of getting influenza. Japanese epidemiologists at Jikei University School of Medicine reported this in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Vitamin D and flu During the ...
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Intensive Exercise is Healthier
Exercise is always healthy, even if you get an awful lot of it. We wrote about that recently. But does it matter whether you do high intensity exercise or take things more gently? It does, according to an article published ...
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Excess Post Exercise Oxygen Consumption
Also known as oxygen debt, EPOC is the amount of oxygen required to restore your body to its normal, resting level of metabolic function (called homeostasis). It also explains how your body can continue to burn calories long after you’ve finished your workout. Exercise ...
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Brenda’s Fitness Journal
Hit Fit 509 member Brenda takes us on her fitness journal by detailing her experiences below. March 6 – 12 Was so glad for Monday to come around and being able to get back into the gym. Was a little ...
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