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SO YOU DON’T LIKE THE GREAT OUTDOORS...
Here’s how you can still get sporty virtually. Wii Sports & Wii Fit Nintendo’s Wii Sports was the first in the market with motionsensing technology, and got many people swinging the Wii remote like a tennis, baseball or golf pro. Now Wii Fit (right) allows you to get virtual yoga and aerobics coaching too.
Kinect Sports Kinect ’s motionsensing capability lets you get active without having to wield a controller – a real plus point. Get your heart pumping as you smash a volleyball, swing a tennis racket, roll a bowling ball or perform some high ski jumps without having to brave the sun or snow.
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THE EArLY BIRD IS HEALTHIER A British online survey of adults on happiness and anxiety, physical health, and eating and sleeping habits found that early risers tend to be happier, and have lower body mass indices (BMI). Those who love to lie in have a higher chance of depression and becoming overweight. So stop pressing that snooze button and get an early start instead.
If there’s one thing you need to take away f rom this incredible pullout, it is to Stop Sitting Down So Much. It can kill. Seriously. So read on, we’re sure you’ll find something that’ll get you shakin’ and movin’!
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Movement is a medicine for creating change in a person’s physical, emotional and mental states.
Trivia Youngest Champion Ever At his 15th appearance as a pro in 1997, Tiger Woods became the youngest Masters Champion in history at 22.
– Carol Welch
Sitting Kills The age of technology and desk jobs has banished most of us to long hours of sitting. A deadly habit according to this infographic at bit.ly/sittingkillsyou:
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Sitting for six hours per day
Calorie burning drops to one per minute & enzymes that break down fats
People with sitting jobs have
increases death risk up to
40%
drop
90%
2X
the rate of cardiovascular disease as people with standing jobs