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In this day and age, it can be difficult to find time to get to the gym and maintain a healthy exercise regimen. And it can be challenging trying to fit exercise equipment in the limited space in your apartment. However, there are many ways you can get a workout in your apartment. Here are a few tips from Apartment- Guide.com to keep your heart rate up and your weight down.

Exercise videos
Made big during the 80s, exercise videos are a great way to get a structured
exercise routine going. Today, workout options available have gone far beyond the Jane Fonda workout. You can find exercise videos that include aspects of dance, yoga or martial arts. Get a few different ones and you can vary your workouts to keep from getting bored.

Exercise bands and balls
While you may not have room for big, bulky exercise equipment in your place, you can still get a great workout using exercise bands and an exercise ball, also known as a Swiss ball. Exercise bands use the principle of resistance to help build and tone muscle. In as little as 10 minutes you can undergo a moderately intense workout.
The abdominal muscles and back muscles are the focus of exercise ball fitness programs. You can even get a workout by sitting on an exercise ball instead of a chair while working at a computer or watching TV, since this position requires you to engage the abdominal and back muscles and maintain proper posture to remain balanced on the ball.

Video games that get you moving
Video game consoles have moved from providing sedentary entertainment
that wasted hours to immersive systems that encourage you to get up and off your couch and moving around.
The latest illustration of this is the revolutionary Nintendo Wii. It uses a
unique control system that requires you to swing your arms around, mimicking the motion in real life that’s required in the game. With a game that’s active enough, such as Wii Sports, you can get a respectable aerobic workout. The Wii Fit balance board takes exercising while gaming a step further with games designed to increase your strength, fitness and flexibility. Another good option for video game based activity is Dance Dance Revolution. In Dance Dance
Revolution, a player must move his or her feet to a set pattern, stepping in time to the general rhythm or beat of a song. The more steps you hit, the
higher your score, and generally the more intense your workout. Playing
this game can result in some serious exercise if done for extended periods.

Move it and lose it
When you’re home, just remember to keep moving. Stand in the doorway
and do leg kicks while dinner’s cooking, or stretch and do crunches/leg lifts/hand weights in reps during commercials on TV. Buy some dance music and dance around your apartment. Anything that gets the heart rate up will burn calories.

Around our apartment community If working out inside your apartment
just isn’t doing it for you, there are other options for activity around our apartment community. Check out the fitness center, take a swim in the pool
or just simply take a walk around the community.

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Join us on Friday, August 20 for our community luau! Bring a dish to share with your neighbors.

We hope to see you there!

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Ingredients
• 2 (9 inch) prepared graham cracker crusts
• 6 tablespoons butter
• 1 (7 ounce) package shredded coconut
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1 (16 ounce) container frozen whipped topping, thawed
• 1 (12 ounce) jar caramel ice cream topping

Directions
1. Place butter in a medium skillet and melt over medium heat. Add coconut and pecans, stirring to coat. Saute until coconut and pecans are lightly toasted, about 5 minutes. Set aside.
2. In a large mixing bowl, whip together condensed milk and cream cheese until fluffy. Fold in whipped topping. Spoon 1/4 of cream cheese mixture into each graham cracker crust. Drizzle each with 1/4 of caramel topping. Repeat layers with remaining cream cheese mixture and caramel. Top each pie with coconut and pecan mixture. Freeze overnight.