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By: Laura Peill – (Check out her blog Chronicles of Passion & Facebook)   

Being healthy isn't just luck, you have to work hard for it. If you want to get healthy, lose weight, or just feel better, you should consider adopting the habits of fit people. If it works for them, chances are it will work for you as well. 

Here are 10 Habits of Fit People:

By: Bethany Barich (Follow on Instagram & Twitter)  

Sitting in front of your laptop, or on the couch can have a lot of bad, long lasting consequences. Not only is there a chance of gaining weight, but also your posture could slowly deteriorate, and you could begin to suffer from back pain more frequently.

It’s no myth that sitting hunched over all day at a desk can cause such awful things, but other consequences could arise.

A study was done at San Francisco State University – students were asked to walk down a hallway, some were told to do it while slouching. Those, the “slouchers,” had reported to feel more depressed than those who had walked with good posture.

Having bad posture can affect your appearance too – by making you look heavier than what you actually are! Another study done at Harvard even showed that having a better posture could help relieve stress.

Not only can having a bad posture possibly lead to those awful consequences, but also it can begin to cause back pain – which, in time, could limit our mobility.

To avoid, or decrease, the chances of developing any of these issues, let’s take a look at three powerful yoga moves that help improve posture and relieve back pain. 

By: Laura Peill – (Check out her blog Chronicles of Passion & Facebook) 

It's hard to stay healthy while travelling. It’s one thing to go on vacation and take a break from your workout routine and indulge more often in your meals. That's a must every now and then. After all, you're only human. But it’s different if you travel for work and are always on the road, where it becomes a constant battle of figuring out how to stay healthy and stay on track in foreign languages, different time zones and unknown city streets.

Here’s 10 things you can do to stay healthy while you travel:

Walk everywhere – When time allows, put on your walking shoes and get going! Forget about taxis, buses and trains, just start walking. Not only will you see more of the city, but you will get some exercise at the same time. Invite your colleagues along and see if you can even take one of your meetings on the road and talk about business as you soak in the sights of the city.

By: Bethany Barich (Follow on Instagram & Twitter) 

Pilates – you either love it, or you hate it. Personally, I’m in the middle. I can sit here and brag all day about how much I think Blogilates is amazing, and Cassey Ho is a lifesaver in regards to helping me shed fat. However, I will never be caught in a Pilates class because I’m that person who struggles, and screams from frustration, during half of the poses.

Pilates has some fantastic benefits, though, that make it worth those struggles and screams.

One of the top reasons to get out there and try Pilates is because it’s a killer core worker – which is why this article is happening.

Pilates also is nice for easing back pain, loosening our joints, improving our performance in sports, and making us more flexible. Let’s get back to that first reason, though, the core strength. Having core strength is great for endurance, keeping balance, doing yoga, and we end up feeling great because we look good naked. To achieve all of those benefits of having a hardcore core (ha, see what I did there?), let’s take a look at five of the best Pilates moves for our abs.

The Hundred

There are a lot of variations to this pose, but no matter how you do it, you’ll have burning abs by the end. You can start with your legs on the ground and bring them up as you curl, or you can bend your knees at a tabletop position if the pose is too difficult at first.

By: Laura Peill – (Check out her blog Chronicles of Passion & Facebook)

I have a confession: I don’t have a gym membership.

In fact, I haven’t for over a year now. Initially it was because I was travelling and moving countries and wasn’t in a place long enough to get one, then it was because I didn’t have a lot of extra funds to spend on one.

But now it’s because I’ve figured out how to be fit without one. It helps that I’m a runner, and that covering 80-100 km per week keeps you pretty fit. But over the last little while I’ve focused on other fitness (i.e. more than just cardio), and figured out that I am doing just fine without the monthly $200 expense.

Here’s how you can do the same.