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How Muscles Work
The other fibers that help keep you well.

How Muscles Increase In Strength And Size
How to get stronger faster.

Men: Stay Fit As You Age
As you grow older and adapt to life changes, your physical fitness routine should change.

Injuries, Accidents And Annoyances
Don't let the fear of injury keep you from an active, healthy life. Warm up and be careful. And for the times when luck isn't on your side, here's what you need to know.


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Why Physical Activity And Exercise Are Important

Components Of A Basic Exercise Program

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Starting A Fitness Program

Movement

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Getting Fitter: Quality Not Quantity

Keeping It Going

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Focus on Fitness

The Metabolic Syndrome: A Menace
to Men's Health
Metabolic syndrome isn't as well known as heart disease, diabetes, or cancer when it comes to health threats to American men. But if present trends continue, that's likely to change. Metabolic syndrome doubles a man's risk of having a stroke or dying from heart disease. And new research suggests the syndrome also contributes to cognitive decline, kidney disease, and liver disease. Daily exercise not only helps prevent this menace, but it can reverse the metabolic syndrome should it develop.

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