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Criminal attorney William Kroger noticed something interesting when he visited some of his clients in California’s Pleasant Valley State Penitentiary.

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In the quest for a healthy heart, can foods fortified with calcium, omega-3s, plant sterols, and other nutrients help?

Despite public health messages telling Americans to lower the amount of salt in their diets, 90 percent of people in the U.S. older than age 2 consume more than the recommended amount of sodium each day, a new report says.

You may be craving a cigarette break or after work drink, but the allure of Facebook and Twitter is even harder to ignore.

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I love to be creative with exercise (or, overcomplicated, as some of my clients and readers suggest) and adding a balance challenge is one of my favorite ways to spice up workouts and add intensity. This reverse fly on one leg is a good example of this and an exercise I’m absurdly fond of.

The reverse fly is perfect for working the upper back and rear delts, and propping one foot on a step behind you forces your core and stability muscles to work even harder, getting the entire body involved in the exercise. You can add even more of a challenge by lifting that back leg up instead of resting it on a step.

Do it right: Stand 2 or so feet in front of a step or platform and prop one foot on it, bending forward (back straight, abs in) with weights hanging down. Squeeze the shoulder blades to lift the arms up to the shoulder level, elbows slightly bent. Lower and repeat for 1-3 sets of 8-16 reps, switching legs for each set.

Exercise of the Week: Reverse Fly on One Leg originally appeared on About.com Exercise on Tuesday, February 7th, 2012 at 05:00:11.

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Regardless of whether you were rooting for the G-MEN or the Pats, last night’s game was a good one. Chances are the party spread or local bar’s buffet was good one too.

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As a writer with Men’s Fitness, I was looking for an angle on the fabled Empire State Run-Up; a grueling race staged

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Junk food remains plentiful at the nation’s elementary schools despite widespread efforts to curb childhood obesity, a new study suggests.

No matter which team you were rooting for on Sunday, Super Bowl weekend highlights the best aspects of sports—skill, determination and teamwork.

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You may have heard about brown fat — a unique type of fat that acts like a furnace in the body to burn calories instead of storing them as excess weight.

In a world filled with instant access to information, coworkers and friends, finishing a solid eight hours of work seems nearly impossible. Avoiding distractions, however, is not a Herculean task.

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For all of our fans who shoot us questions on our Facebook Page, this one is for you.

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For all of our fans who shoot us questions on our Facebook Page, this one is for you.

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Beer-fetching pups, high-tech beer labs, Ferris Bueller taking another day off—in between watching a heart-stopping game<

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Dark chocolate, blue potatoes and lemon macaroons! Find out what other surprising foods can help feed your brain and improve mood.

Keeping a food diary and tracking how many calories you eat is one of the most effective ways manage your weight. Not only that, but food diaries reveal things about how, why and what we eat that we either aren’t aware of or have ignored for so long, they are no longer in our consciousness.

That said, it’s entirely possible find success without ever counting a single calorie, but nothing can slap you in the face (in a good way) like a dose of reality. Without it, many of us make up our own, conveniently forgetting about that handful of chocolates we had after lunch or that little, calorie-laden bag of chips from the vending machine or that extra bowl of cereal we had before bed.

There are approximately 489 ways to track every calorie you ingest. There are online sites like Calorie Count and FitWatch, or smartphone apps like Lose It! or MyNetDiary or even old fashion pen and paper, for those of us old enough to remember when writing was a daily occurrence.

Thinking about this, what’s your take on tracking your food and calories? Is this something you do on a regular basis? Or perhaps you know you should, but you don’t? Vote in this week’s poll and then leave a comment, telling us about your experiences with tracking calories. Do you or don’t you?

Vote in This Week's Poll: Do You Keep Track of Your Calories? originally appeared on About.com Exercise on Monday, February 6th, 2012 at 05:00:27.

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If you’re comfortable with your usual leg routine, you could be missing out on some big-time gains, whether it be in strength or endurance.

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A Giants fan and a Patriots fan, their cubicles separated by a mere 10 feet, have talked trash for two weeks leading up to Super Bowl XLVI.

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People pleasers may want to steer clear of this weekend’s Super Bowl parties in order to avoid a dietary fumble.

I don’t feel great.

The first three days of the All-Bar Diet haven’t been easy.

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Next time you finish one of those “I’m going to be sore for days” endurance workouts, try a quick massage.

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Punters aren’t supposed to look like the New York Giants’ Steve Weatherford.

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How you eat may depend on who you’re eating with, according to a study published in the online journal PLoS ONE.