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		<title>Addressing Hip Mobility Restrictions to Improve Movement Quality and Reduce Injury Risk</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:27:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Unlock Better Movement Through Improved Hip Mobility. Written by Lachlan Marr, Accredited Exercise Physiologist. Do your hips feel stiff when you squat, lunge, walk, or exercise? Do you experience tightness through your hips, lower back, or legs that seem to limit your movement? Restricted hip mobility is one of the most common movement limitations I [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Cholesterol and Heart Health After 40</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:20:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[How Much Exercise You Actually Need to Improve Your Lipid Profile. The conversation most people have after a routine blood test, it usually goes something like this. You go for your annual check-up, the results come back, and your GP mentions that your cholesterol is higher than they&#8217;d like. You&#8217;re handed some information about diet, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Recovery That Works: Sleep, Active Recovery and Rest Days for People Over 40</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 22:54:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The part of training most people over 40 get wrong. Ask most people what holds their fitness back and they&#8217;ll talk about not training hard enough, not being consistent enough, or not having the right program. Very few will say they&#8217;re not recovering well enough. Yet for people over 40, recovery is often the single [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Moving Beyond Kegels: A Functional Approach to Pelvic Floor Training</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 22:45:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The advice most people get — and why it&#8217;s incomplete If you&#8217;ve ever mentioned pelvic floor concerns to a health professional and walked away with the advice to &#8220;just do your Kegels,&#8221; you&#8217;ve been given a small piece of a much bigger picture. It&#8217;s well-meaning advice, and Kegels certainly have their place, but reducing pelvic [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>From PCOS to PMOS: Understanding the New Name — and What It Means for Your Health</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 00:53:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A name change that&#8217;s long overdue. By Madison Rohde &#8211; Accredited Exercise Physiologist If you or someone you know has been living with a diagnosis of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome — PCOS — you may have recently noticed a new term starting to appear in medical circles, health publications and conversations with healthcare providers. The condition [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Number One Thing We Lose With Age Isn’t Strength — It’s Power</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 22:26:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[By Michael Richmond AEP Why the ability to move quickly may matter just as much as how much force you can produce. When people think about ageing, they often think about losing strength. It’s a common assumption that getting older simply means becoming weaker, and that preserving muscle mass is the main physical challenge. While [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Pelvic Floor Function</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[A Foundational Component of Strength and Stability. Written By: Madison Rohde AEP The most overlooked muscle group in strength training When people think about strength training, they usually picture muscles like the glutes, quads, or biceps. Rarely does the pelvic floor enter the conversation, yet it plays a foundational role in movement, stability, and overall [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[A Smarter Couch-to-5K Plan with Strength, Cadence and Foot Care Built In. There&#8217;s a particular kind of person who walks into our gym and says some version of the same thing: &#8220;I used to run all the time in my twenties and thirties. I want to get back into it, but I don&#8217;t really know [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[Warm-Ups, Dose Control and Strength Staples for Busy Over-40 Bodies. Monday to Friday, life is a blur of early alarms, long commutes, desk hours, school pickups and everything in between. But come Saturday morning, you lace up the boots, hit the court, drag the bike out of the garage or head to the park for [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Steady on Your Feet After 40</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[An 8-Week Balance and Falls Prevention Plan That Builds Real Confidence. If you’ve noticed you feel a bit less steady than you used to, you’re not imagining it. After 40, balance can quietly drift if we don’t challenge it. It might show up as a wobble when you put on socks, a “catch” on uneven [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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