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Staying active will help you look and feel better. Here you’ll find the latest news on fitness trends, exercise and sports along with professional advice and tips from Activebeat’s own set of fitness experts.

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PUSH: The First Cutting Edge Fitness & Strength Tracking Device
By Emily Lockhart Fitness News & Advice

PUSH: The First Cutting Edge Fitness & Strength Tracking Device

Crowd-funding campaigns run the gamut when it comes to soliciting money for absolutely ridonkulus projects. However, this morning I was treated to a video for a very worthy and incredibly ground-breaking Indiegogo campaign for PUSH. PUSH is an arm band equipped with an app that’s designed to optimize your strength training regime by analyzing, managing, […]

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Factors That Affect Your Pulse and Heart Rate
By Emily Lockhart Fitness News & Advice

Factors That Affect Your Pulse and Heart Rate

There are many interior and exterior factors that can cause your heart rate to fluctuate. While emotional or physical exertion will speed up the pulse; certain types of illness or disease can cause it to slow down dramatically. Most of the time, you probably don’t even realize that the following ten factors influence your heart […]

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Ways You’re Aggravating Those Allergies
By Emily Lockhart Diet and Nutrition News & Advice

Ways You’re Aggravating Those Allergies

Allergies can ruin an otherwise warm and blooming spring season with a stuffy nose, itchy/watery eyes, a lingering cough, and congestion. However, you may be making your allergies worse—without even realizing it. Here are ten ways you might be inadvertently aggravating your allergy symptoms… 1. Ignoring Pollen Count Nowadays there’s an app for everything—including automatic, […]

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Hydration Guidelines For Runners
By Emily Lockhart Diet and Nutrition News & Advice

Hydration Guidelines For Runners

As a runner, you can understand why it is important to stay properly hydrated before you put on those running shoes, during, and after your run.  Not only can dehydration cause muscle cramps, fatigue, and nausea—since our bodies are made up of almost 70-percent water, dehydration for lengthy periods of time can be extremely dangerous.

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