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Democratizing Fitness: How Social Media is Transforming Exercise
I’m not getting any younger. None of us are.
Up until a certain point, it’s actually pretty easy to ignore that fact. But once you’ve passed that point, well, suddenly you have to be a lot more aware of your body and how it’s doing. The classic Louis CK bit – “So, how long do I have to do these stretches till my arm is fixed?” “Oh, it’ll never be fixed. That’s just a thing that you do forever now” – comes immediately to mind; while still relatively healthy, I suffered a decade of lower back pain and then topped it off with shoulder surgery. I needed to change my habits to ensure I stayed relatively healthy and pain-free.
So, in the last year or so (actually 531 days…
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Fitness: How do friends' social media posts affect us?
Do you share all your fitness landmarks on social media? Do you often see friends' photos of toned abs and pumped-up muscles? I bet the answer to at least one of those questions is "yes," but how do such exercise-related posts influence others? A new study addresses that issue.
Help! Should You Eat Before You Work Out? A Fasting & Fitness Expert Explains
When you're trying to decide whether or not to eat before a workout, you'll encounter a host of conflicting information. Some people say yes, eating before a workout can give you more energy, and others say no, it'll slow you down. Here's why I tell my clients to practice fasted exercise for the sake of their metabolism and fat-burning potential.
How Social Media Is Feeding The Fitness Industry
The fitness industry is continuing to benefit from social media, a short look at the hashtag #FITFAM shows evidence of this, raking in over 77 million posts on Instagram alone and continuing to grow as we speak. We’ve taken a look at how people are using social media today to support their fitness goals.
Social Media and the Fitness Industry: Statistics You Need to Know
Social media and fitness industry statistics show that there’s plenty of people to reach on social media. If you want to be successful, and who doesn't, you’re going to want to include Instagram, live video, influencer marketing and authentic content in your social media strategy.
The Good And Bad Of Social Media And Your Exercise Habits
Social media is an important part of our lives in the 21st century. Nearly every activity we do has become tied to it in some way, including exercise. For example, many of us use socially-networked apps to log workouts at the fitness center, regularly post our fitness tracker stats to Facebook, or take pictures of ourselves after a sweaty workout for the benefit of Instagram. Socially media can be good for your exercise habits, but it also has some potential dangers, as well.
Democratizing Fitness: How Social Media is Transforming Exercise
In short, the same technological developments that once let crowds of twentysomething post-college grads stage on-the-spot absurdism is now empowering people to improve their lives, and – critically – rewarding them with a nice little dopamine boost for doing so (in addition to actual friendships and second families).
30 Inspiring Fitness Girls To Follow On Instagram
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Fit and Feminist
Welcome! My name is Caitlin Constantine, and I do most of the writing on this blog. I started this blog in 2011 because I was really getting into fitness and health, and yet I kept encountering all of these things that made the feminist in me go “Whaaaa?” What’s more – I didn’t feel like I saw too many people writing about fitness from a feminist perspective. And with that, this blog was born.
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The Fit Bottomed Girls don't take anything too seriously—including fitness. Here, regular girls share their trials, tribulations and adventures in staying fit to help you know what's good and what's whack when it comes to working out.
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Fitness Tips for Life
With the rise in awareness about the different diseases associated with obesity, more and more people are trying to lose weight. People can lose weight in several different ways. There are weight loss programs created by professionals which individuals can join for a fee; then there are diet pills and supplements that claim to help people lose weight.
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Welcome to Love Sweat Fitness! My name is Katie, I'm so excited for you to join Team LSF! We are a community of over 1 million women from around the world, supporting each other to reach our goals!
MyFitnessPal
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Breaking Muscle is the fitness world’s preeminent destination for timely, high-quality information on exercise, fitness, health, and nutrition. Our audience encompasses the entire spectrum of the fitness community: consumers, aficionados, fitness professionals, and business owners. We seek to inform, educate and advocate for this community.
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I help people discover simple food and fitness habits.
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Runtastic
Lose weight, run faster, shape up, improve your endurance or balance your nutrition: adidas Runtastic will help you make your personal goals a reality.
Sweat Science
Sweat Science is about the science of exercise, fitness and training. What do researchers know about the best way to warm up, lose weight, or train for a triathlon? What remains unknown? We break down the latest research, discuss it and argue about it. We debunk common workout myths, and attack the shoddy science used to sell many fitness products. We demand evidence.
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