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Build strength using your backpack and this resistance-training plan

Use your backpack as resistance to help build strength for summer adventures ahead.

Check your posture

Simple exercises to help avoid debilitating back and neck pain

Back and neck pain: Avoid aches by strengthening your back and neck with these workouts.

Cardio Crunch - Lower Your Blood Pressure

Seven natural ways to deflate high blood pressure

Use these strategies to help you naturally lower your blood pressure.

Ten healing foods to add to your daily diet

Can food cure all? Experts reveal healing attributes to ten foods you will most likely have in your kitchen.

Chair Health

Eight tips for fighting back against ‘sitting disease’

Is your chair killing you? Take these steps to fight back against a sedentary lifestyle.

Weighted Zercher Squats

Get fit quick with high-intensity interval training

HIIT the fat-burn button with high-intensity interval training (HIIT).

Kids Fitness Games

Encourage kids to shape up while emphasizing fun

Find out what can parents do to encourage fitness outside of Scout meetings and weekend outings.

Healthy Holiday Tips

Calorie-cutting tips to help you eat healthier during the holidays

Smart strategies for avoiding overeating and overindulging during the holiday season.

Keep your cool using these stress-busting techniques

Don’t let stress get you down. Take these proactive steps to help reduce and manage the stressors in your life.

A last-minute fitness routine to help you get in shape for summer

We Scouters are a realistic bunch, so we know that often life intervenes to throw a monkey wrench into the best-laid plans. If you have been less-than conscientious about your fitness, use this series of exercises to prepare your body for any Scouting adventure.

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