I'm a dad and my oldest - now a pre-teen, who this year started at high school - is always tired and hates exercise. She was very active when she was younger but pressures of long school hours and homework have squeezed all that out of the calendar. Plus of course she's the age when children's bodies dramatically change size and shape and that's perfectly normal.
Given all that, what's the best way I can help her to stay as fit and healthy as possible? What has helped for your kids?
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posted by monster max
on May 15, 2013 -
64 answers
Recommend the apps, websites, technological gadgets for exercise that you can't live without.
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posted by annabellee
on May 3, 2013 -
22 answers
I want to be a healthy, fit person, and I want my partner to want that, too. What's the selling point? How can I convince my SO to make this change with me and notice how our generally very sedentary life is sucking the life out of our relationship? Help!
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posted by anonymous
on Apr 16, 2013 -
31 answers
I'm having more trouble than I thought I would in getting rid of these love handles and my usual methodology is proving ineffective.
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posted by wolfdreams01
on Apr 4, 2013 -
25 answers
There is a steam room at my gym and I am considering putting it to use. Please tell me as much as you can because I have no fregging clue what I am supposed to be using it for or what I am supposed to do while I steam.
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posted by PuppetMcSockerson
on Mar 14, 2013 -
27 answers
Need a website or book that has daily workout routines. What I'd like is one that has a time for cardio and then a daily focus on arms, legs, or core, etc. Sort of like you'd get from a trainer but something you can do at home. We have an elliptical, awesome weight bench, and other assorted exercise equipment. Suggestions? (Woman, btw). I'd love it if it somehow tied into the BodyMedia Fit or Spark People, but it doesn't have to.
posted by Raichle
on Feb 25, 2013 -
4 answers
Now that
WeEndure is going away, I need somewhere to track my exercise. There are a number of places that have biking and running, but not swimming. I'd prefer simpler to the more complex sites like MapMyRun (which, again, doesn't do swimming, from what I can see). I have seen
this and wondered what things are out there, four years later. Bonus: a place that I can dump all my WeEndure data into so I hit the ground running.
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posted by notsnot
on Jan 29, 2013 -
9 answers
I'm a girl looking to build strength, burn fat, and tone up. I prefer to work out at home, where I have a yoga mat, a stability ball, 6lb dumbbells, a doorframe pull-up bar, and full 5 gal / 19 Liter water-cooler bottles. I also have a road bicycle and know how to swim. Using the above, what are some of your favorite exercises that I can do for balanced fitness on the whole body?
posted by grifninetoo
on Dec 29, 2012 -
19 answers
Is it worth my time/energy to complain to my hospital about negative interactions with a Dr. 18 months ago? I had complained several times previously to the Dr's office with no response, but new information has come to light that makes me even more irritated, since I found a document they gave me that misstates my height by 10 inches (4'11" instead of 5'9"), putting my BMI at 32, which explains why she lectured me on being fat.
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posted by MonsieurBon
on Dec 13, 2012 -
20 answers
When we first met, my boyfriend was overweight and drank too much (by his own account). Four months into our relationship, he's changed quite a bit: he goes running, eats healthier, and drinks way less. He says I make him want to be healthier -- which is great. But I'm worried that this is just new-relationship energy, and that he'll slide back into old patterns once we're more used to each other.
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posted by anonymous
on Dec 9, 2012 -
30 answers
Advice on preventing weight gain and fitting in exercise when your life is spinning out of control.
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posted by Fairchild
on Sep 12, 2012 -
30 answers
Putting on the math signal: calling the statistics-literate. Trying to change my weight/body composition and track progress in a useful way, but I'm having trouble separating normal daily variation from actual real change.
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posted by ctmf
on Sep 1, 2012 -
15 answers
I'm looking for novels where the protagonist loses weight / gets fit. This doesn't need to be the central thing in the book, but while the protagonist saves the world from the zombie apocalypse, finds true love or destroys the ring in the fires of Mordor, can s/he also get in shape?
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posted by uncreative
on Aug 27, 2012 -
44 answers
I'm looking for a simple iPhone app: I want to start exercising for 30 mins./day most days of the week, but I may not always get in the 30 mins. at once. (Apparently, it
doesn't matter.) I want an app that tracks my daily minutes of exercise (e.g., 10 mins. here, 10 mins. there) and tells me how much more I have at that moment till I get to my 30-minute daily target. It'd also be nice if it told me my weekly minutes up to that point. I track my food in another app, so I don't need it to track calories.
posted by trillian
on Jul 21, 2012 -
4 answers
I have a Concept2, a ton of motivation, and some clear cut goals. But lots of questions as well...
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posted by drpynchon
on Jun 11, 2012 -
5 answers
Is there an iPhone App that tracks ALL of the following aspects of health: Blood pressure, weight, Type II diabetes, exercise routines and calories (aka food consumption)? There's plenty of apps that track 2 or 3 of these things, but is there one that tracks ALL of them?
posted by Brandon Blatcher
on Apr 23, 2012 -
3 answers
I think I'm finally done with dieting and obsessing about the scale. But I do want to develop healthier habits, and I am very goal-oriented. What are good ways to do that without obsessing over the scale?
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posted by the essence of class and fanciness
on Apr 12, 2012 -
46 answers
What can I be doing for 10-15 minutes a day to increase (or even simply maintain) my long-term health and well-being?
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posted by sciencemandan
on Mar 7, 2012 -
30 answers
I have two 25-lb. dumbbells and typical living room furniture. I need to workout - strength building, not cardio, for this question. Difficulty level: I can't make much noise, because my two-year-old will be asleep in the next room.
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posted by po822000
on Dec 29, 2011 -
11 answers
I just signed up for a 5K on Dec. 3. I'm certainly not ready to RUN 3.1 miles, so I'm going to walk it (and the event is called a run/walk, so it is a walker-friendly race, at least). What kind of training can I do before then to do my best that day, since there's barely any time left? I'm at a healthy weight and in OK shape but usually only exercise one or two times a week. I'd like my time to be under one hour, if possible. Tips? (Bonus question: are most 5Ks walker-friendly?)
posted by trillian
on Nov 9, 2011 -
17 answers
I would like suggestions for a long term plan of diet and exercise to help me lose a significant amount of weight while keeping my spirits up for the long haul.
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posted by anonymous
on Oct 25, 2011 -
17 answers
I would like for you to plan my day tomorrow. I need direction on how to be a bit (a lot) more healthy. I've noticed that I can be successful in goalkeeping by accomplishing things in manageable chunks.
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posted by Sassyfras
on Oct 23, 2011 -
13 answers
I'm 31, and not overweight, but I don't trust my knees anymore. Is there anyway to restore that trust?
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posted by malhouse
on Oct 16, 2011 -
21 answers
My new retail job is killing me physically. I've been working here for about four weeks, and I thought my body would have begun to adjust to the routine by now, but instead it seems to get worse every shift I work. What are some tips for adjusting?
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posted by kittenmarlowe
on Sep 8, 2011 -
27 answers
Injured runner who needs/wants to swim for exercise, but also wants to lose weight - looking for anecdotes about what effect swimming had on your appetite/weight loss.
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posted by LizzyBee
on Jul 12, 2011 -
18 answers
Looking for an exercise program that can be done in the house, with minimal equipment, with the wife...
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posted by um_maverick
on Jul 7, 2011 -
22 answers
What are some good muscle-building, resistance-based exercises that don't place a lot of strain on the heart?
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posted by Bardolph
on Jul 5, 2011 -
4 answers
There are plenty of charts that show calories burned from running. But is figuring calories burned lifting weights this simple?
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posted by CollectiveMind
on May 10, 2011 -
12 answers
I'm looking for a electronically accessible copy of the following
"The Great Fitness Health Kick"
Reader's Digest, July 1984
The quoting source is URL http://eightiesclub.tripod.com/id314.htm
posted by shortbooks
on May 4, 2011 -
0 answers
I just finished a 10 mile race, now I want to train for a 10K race in 6 weeks. What kind of training program should I follow? How can I best make the transition to the shorter distance without losing any of the hard-won fitness I earned while training for the 10-miler?
posted by banananutrament
on Apr 3, 2011 -
7 answers
I'm attending a wedding in 3 months (late June) for which I have been asked by the bride to wear a specific short dress. It's actually very cute - black, sparkly - and is flattering on me in every way except that, well, it's short. And I have fat, pale legs. I'll be wearing nude high heels, but besides that, how can I make my lump gams appear nicer? Quick-fix exercises? Spray tans? Tights/stockings are not an option.
posted by anonymous
on Apr 3, 2011 -
33 answers
My boyfriend burst a blood vessel in his eye while doing an inverted weightlifting exercise today. Is this something to worry about?
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posted by you're a kitty!
on Feb 24, 2011 -
14 answers
How should an ex-junkie start exercising and being active again after pretty much ruining his body's constitution with drugs?
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posted by anonymous
on Jan 26, 2011 -
28 answers
I am starting a serious workout program and would love to read positive motivational quotes to keep me pumped for this new journey...any ideas where I could find online?
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posted by matthelm
on Jan 19, 2011 -
11 answers
Male, 24, ridiculously skinny/flabby. I have a set of dumbbells and a workout bench. Can I build some muscle with this alone? What exercises/regimen should I follow?
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posted by anonymous
on Dec 26, 2010 -
25 answers
I am looking for a time line which illustrates the positive health effects of beginning an aerobic exercise program (like the time lines of health improvement seen after quitting smoking - i.e., 20 min: heart rate drops, 5 years: cancer risk 50% of normal, etc). Any ideas?
posted by sickinthehead
on Dec 21, 2010 -
2 answers
Looking for books that will encourage me to go to the gym. I am making it once a week, sometimes twice. I am okay with memoirs or fitness books. Your own stories or tidbits of advice are helpful, too. Bill Phillips _Transformation_ has a useful chapter as does his older book _Body for Life_. Luckily I work in a library and am the location now. Sooooo, your thoughts, and I will look on the shelves. I have great books on home on what exercises to do, just not things on getting me up and running. (The 30 pounds of fat are getting to me.). BTW, Happy Holidays.
posted by snap_dragon
on Dec 19, 2010 -
21 answers
