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How to make your office life a fit life

If you’ve ever worked in an office, you are well aware how fast pounds can pack on sitting at a desk 40 hours a week. One minute you’re strong and fit and the next you’re struggling to button that...
U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman Lyda Kuoch, with the U.S. Naval Hospital Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, works on upper body strength and mobility with a senior patient during a routine physical therapy session on Sept. 28. Small steps, such as changes in nutrition, avoiding risky behaviors, and exercising can prolong life and help you age healthily.
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Lifestyle changes could add 10-15 years to your life

You can age healthily even with the clock ticking away. It just takes a little work. Even small steps to improving your health can mean a longer and better quality of life.
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Enjoy family fitness with young children

As a parent of young children, your time may not always feel like your own. Despite best efforts to stay on top of your family’s schedule, it may seem like there’s always another mess to clean or mouth to feed. Finding time to exercise... well, let’s just say it rarely makes it to the top of your to-do list.
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Beyond fitness standards: A Navy retiree’s nutrition wheel

This month, the Army is implementing new Combat Readiness Testing (ACRT) that eases fitness standards for soldiers struggling to pass the former gender- and age-neutral test.
Army Sgt. First Class Brent Leverette, executive assistant to the Command Sergeant Major, U.S. Army Communications Electronics Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, selects a healthy vegetable at the commissary June 29, 2021. (Photo by: Graham Snodgrass, Army Publich Health Center)
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You’d be surprised how eating habits affect you, and your readiness

Think you might need to lose a little weight? You're not alone.
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5 tips to help you prioritize living an active lifestyle

Life doesn’t get any less busy so you find time for the things you deem important. Despite knowing how vital it is to stay in shape, many people tend to put working out on the back burner.
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Camp Foster Marine turning dreams into reality

Inside a small apartment in the country of Colombia, a young boy eagerly grabs a photograph of his favorite bodybuilder off the printer.
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Get your gains at home with these 10 easy weight exercises

It’s easy to get side-tracked in your fitness goals with everything going on lately. With fitness centers and gyms shuttered, the yearning for your weight training sessions can be strong.
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Running - an inexpensive hobby for a healthy lifestyle

Exercise has many health benefits. In particular, running for me has been a great stress relief and a way to cope with life’s challenges.
Physical fitness testing will resume July 1, 2021. Several changes have been made to the test to include increasing scoring for push-ups and sit-ups from 10 to 20 points each, five-year age groups and the waist measurement no longer being required. The Air Force has also worked on alternative strength and cardiovascular testing exercise options with plans to announce them in the coming weeks. (U.S. Air Force graphic)
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Air Force releases updated fitness test score breakdown

The Air Force will resume physical fitness testing July 1 with only three components: push-ups, sit-ups and the 1.5-mile run.
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Taste of Okinawa: Start the year off with a Japanese tradition

Although there are many “good luck foods” for the new year in this world, the majority of locals in Okinawa have only one thing in their mind New Year’s Eve: Okinawa soba.
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Taste 2023 the right way: Okinawa delicacies

New Year’s is Japan’s biggest and longest holiday. People take Dec. 29 through Jan. 3 off from work to celebrate the first three days of the year praying at temples and shrines for the coming year.
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Taste 2023 the right way: Japan delicacies

New Year’s is Japan’s biggest and longest holiday. People take Dec. 29 to Jan. 3 off from work to celebrate the first three days of the year praying at temples and shrines for the coming year.
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Taste of Okinawa: Have a happy (and sticky) new year with Muchi

Given that it’s made from sticky rice, just like the Japanese rice cake, and how similar the names are, it’s understandable to assume mochi and Okinawan muchi are the same.
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When, where, how to slurp noodles in Japan

Japan is a country which has many unique cultures within it, and slurping is one of the most unusual characteristics! This can be a huge surprise when you come across it for the first time as it often is considered as a bad behavior at meal in many other countries
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Taste of Japan: 8 Japanese foods even picky eaters love

Japanese food is absolutely amazing, but it’s also completely different in taste, presentation, and texture from dishes in many Western countries.