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health articles 8 [176]29 Healthy Fit Tips 1. BETTER POSTURE - If you have rounded or hunched shoulders and want to improve your posture, here are two things you can do. Backward shoulder rolls and shoulder squeezes with short sustained holds can help strengthen you upper middle back and stretch your chest. Think of your chest as if it were the headlights of a car and always keep your head lights up. Avoid arching your back. Youll soon walk straighter, stronger and be on your way to better posture for life. 2. METABOLISM - Exercise not only increases the metabolic rate for the duration of the activity, but also for many hours after completion. Studies have indicated that the resting metabolism is still elevated some 18 hours after the exercise period. That means youre still burning calories long after youre finished working out. 3. WEIGHT LOSS - Its hard to lose weight and keep it off. How many times have you heard that? The recent release of information saying that we have a fat gene is very depressing. It would be so easy to believe the doomed to be fat editorials or the notion that theres little that we can do about how much we weigh. But dont you dare for a minute, buy into that kind of thinking. If you watch what you eat and stay active, how much you weigh will be OK. Think about it, there are people you know who have been successful at losing weight and keeping it off. Think positively. 4. FLAT ABS - Dont get too hung up on having the perfect flat stomach. For some people, this goal may be impossible. Even if you are very thin, your internal organs may give a slight roundness in your abdominal region. The flatness of your stomach depends, in large part on your genetics. That is, whether or not your body tends to store fat around your midsection or elsewhere. 5. HEART - Exercise has been proven to protect the heart. A moderate amount of exercise increase HDL cholesterol. It also lowers blood pressure, makes you less l