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Go Get Fit!

May is National Physical Fitness and Sports Month, so here’s your excuse to get out and enjoy the great weather!

If you need ideas or tips to get you started in the right direction, just search Discover GALILEO for physical fitness, sports, exercise, or your favorite activity, such as walking, running, hiking, skating, biking, swimming, or whatever you enjoy, to find articles, fact sheets, and more. If you have a particular topic that you like, you can click Alert/Save/Share at the top of your search results to set up an email alert, which will send you emails when an article about your topic is added.

GALILEO offers access to the full text of several popular sports and fitness magazines, such as American Fitness, Bicycling, DIRTSports, Men’s Health, Shape, Sports Illustrated, Swimming World, and Runner’s World. If you want to know when a new issue is added, you can you can click the Alert/Save/Share in the publication information to set up a journal alert that sends emails as new issues appear.

Finally, check out the Exercise subject area of GALILEO for more resources.

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