Great Workouts While Traveling
If you’re someone who travels for work, it can be very difficult to get into a consistent fitness routine. Never let time or equipment limit you. For most people starting an exercise program, the perfect and safest place to begin is functional body weight exercises that wake up and develop proper range of motion. This…
Goal Setting: Use ‘ETA’ For Fast Results
During my years of working in the fitness industry, I don’t think there has been a goal that I haven’t come across. I’ve worked with teenagers training them for their high school sports, busy business executives looking to get healthy and lose weight, and seventy year olds who just want to get back their mobility…
Inspired, Intentional Wellbeing [Start Here]
Individuals with resilient mental health are inherently aware of their thoughts, feelings and behaviors. Many are conditioned to cope with stress or stressful situations as if it were second nature. As an emotionally balanced being, our resilience prides us with positive self-efficacy and increased self-esteem. Our buoyancy encourages healthful habitual practices and fruitful relationships. But…
Why Strength Training Speeds Weight Loss [3 Reasons]
If you’re looking to lose weight or fit into your clothes better, strength training is one of the best tools. Here’s why.
3 Mobility Techniques You Should Be Doing Every Day
The Couch Stretch If you haven’t heard of the couch stretch you’re missing out. This is the most readily available technique that you can do just about anywhere as long as you have a wall, chair or a couch. If you’re like most people, you’re are forced to sit at a desk all day long,…
The Importance of Vitamin D (The Sunshine Vitamin)
It seems that Vitamin D is receiving a lot of publicity these days. It is estimated that 1 billion people worldwide have insufficient vitamin D levels. So what is Vitamin D? Why is this conversation important? Vitamin D is one of the fat soluble vitamins (along with A, E, and K) which is stored in…
A Sugar, By Any Other Name…
Do you think you have a handle on your daily sugar intake? Check out these alternative names for sugar on food labels from the USDA and Harvard School of Public Health*. High amounts of sugar in the diet contribute to weight gain, but it can also cause brain fog, decrease immunity, increase fatigue, decrease energy,…
Wellness & New Beginnings
It does not matter whether it is January or March; there is no better time than now for a new beginning. Many times we make exclusive goals in January that commonly become distant, unattained, or neglected by March! At any time during the year, make a commitment to YOU. Invest in yourself by promising to…
5 Health & Fitness Habits You Need Now
In the high stress, fast paced world that we live in with busy families and obligations to our jobs and communities, we may neglect to meet the basics of self-care. How do you stay healthy, or even regain your health, and keep illness at bay? Making time to become a healthier and create wellness is…
Get Fit in Less Time: “HIIT” IT!
High-intensity interval training (HIIT) also known as HIIE (high-intensity intermittent exercise) is a form of physical activity alternating intense anaerobic periods with varying and slower paced recovery times. Recently HIIT training has become extremely popular, as many studies have deemed it the best way to get fit in minimal time. A study published in the Journal…
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