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Be Green, Be Fit

Submitted by Fit and Female Blog

Happy Earth Day!!

Here are some quick ideas on how to make your fit and healthy lifestyle more earth-friendly.

1) Recycle your sneakers.  Now your old kicks can help someone else get fit.  Nike has a Reuse-A-Shoe program that turns old sneaks (of all brands) into a product called Nike Grind.  Grind is use to make sports surfaces in communities all over the globe.  Click here for the address or drop off location near you. 

2) Stop buying bottled water (or at least cut down).  Bottled water burns fossils fuels in its transport and fills landfills with waste.  Check out ThinkOutsideTheBottle for more info.  Get a great looking reusable bottle you can customize at Sigg.com

3) Save energy, burn some of your own!   Many of the trips we use our cars for can be done on foot or by bike.   Some of the places in the world with the highest longevity have the fewest cars (Cuba, small villages in Italy and Japan).  People well into their 80s and beyond, end up doing their daily errands by walking to town or riding their bikes around.  Think of ways that you can do the same.  Upside for you — and the planet.

4) Beware of disposables.  Many gyms offer complementary, disposable grooming items like razors, or plastic shower caps.  All too often we grab one, use it and toss it.  Next time rather than just grabbing one make sure that you really need to take another.  Can you reuse the one you have a few times?. Recycline has even made a reusable razor from recycled plastic.  You can use disposable blades with it (again use it more than once, please unless you’re Grizzly Adams), but it saves lots of waste from plastic handles which pile up in landfills.

5) Not necessarily a “fitness topic”, but – know what your “carbon foot print” is.   The average American dumps almost 17 metric tons of carbon dioxide into the environment EVERY year!!!  Click here to calculate your impact and find out what you can do to reduce it.

Earth Day is the REAL Mother’s Day — What gift can YOU give her this year?

Geralyn Coopersmith, MA, CSCS is an exercise physiologist, certified personal trainer and the creator of The Best Me Ever, a comprehensive weight loss and wellness system just for women

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