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Tip #20: Stay fit while on vacation using these 5 tricks

You’re doing it.  You’re eating well, watching your portions, working out on a regular schedule, and you feel great.  Then you go on your long-awaited summer beach vacation and…well…you know the rest. While we should all let loose a little on our time off, there’s no need to fall completely off the wagon, reversing our hard-earned progress.  The key to staying on-track while on vacation?  A little advance planning, and a whole lot of balance.  Here are some tips that work for me: 1.  Stay in a fitness-friendly location.   We usually try to find a resort or rental house with runner-friendly roads …

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Tip #19: Try plogging. It burns more calories.

What is plogging, you ask?  It does involve jogging, but also bending, lunging, squatting and reaching.  And it burns 50 more calories per half-hour than jogging alone, according to the Lifesum fitness app. Plogging is simply picking up trash as you jog outside.  You can also “plog” while walking or hiking.  This relatively new trend began in Sweden in 2016 as an organized form of exercise and spread to other countries in 2018.  Organizations all across the US are using plogging both for exercise and to raise awareness about plastic and other types of pollution. If you run outside, you probably …