If you’re hoping to stick with your workouts this year, music may help you achieve that goal. Benefits of listening to music while exercising: Motivation It’s true that sometimes you just don’t feel like working out, even though you know it’s good for you. When you’re lacking motivation, have a go-to song or playlist that…
Countdown To 2023
In a few weeks, we’ll all be celebrating and toasting into the New Year. If you’re serious about your health and fitness, I encourage you not to wait until January 1st to focus on your physical and mental health. Why not start right now, so you can launch into 2023 with a head start?! With…
Understanding Metabolism
Your metabolism refers to all the chemical reactions that occur within your body that keep you alive. It involves the breakdown of food into energy that the body needs to survive. It is the energy required to breathe, digest food, circulate blood, move, repair tissues and cells and for all organs to function. Our basal…
Progressing Your Pushup
Regardless of age or fitness level, we could all benefit from the ability to push against and support our own body weight. In fact, longevity has been linked to our ability to transition from the floor to a standing position which involves the ability to push. Pushups, a standard upper body exercise, work many muscles…
Move Everyday
There’s value to doing something active every single day. That doesn’t mean that you need to push yourself or head to the gym every day and that you shouldn’t have recovery days, but you should have intentional movement planned into every single day. Don’t forget to sign up under “Weekly Fitness Tips” to automatically receive…
Workout Less and Get Better Results!
When you are juggling work, kids, friends, family, social responsibilities, personal tasks and more, it’s easy to understand why a lack of time is the number one reason people don’t exercise. We are busier as a society than we ever have been and there just doesn’t seem to be enough time in a day to…
Move Fast So You Can Stay Fit
“If you don’t use it, you lose it.” When we were young, we ran, skipped, climbed, jumped and sprinted, but as we get older, we tend not to move as quickly. As a result, as we age, we lose about 7 pounds of muscle each decade and this loss is predominantly noted in the number…
Spring Makeover
It is common over the winter months to gain a little weight. The days are cold and dark, and we just don’t get as much activity. It’s one of the reasons that many local fitness clubs and training studios usually launch some type of Spring Weight loss, Cleanse or Makeover Challenge. At our studio, we…
10 Minutes to Health!
Most people report a lack of time as the number one deterrent to exercise. What if you could reap the benefits of exercise with only 10 minutes per day? A study published recently in the JAMA Internal Medicine estimated that more than 110,000 US deaths could be prevented each year if adults over the age…
Motion is Lotion
After a long car ride, plane trip or just sitting at your desk for an extended period, have you noticed how stiff you are initially when you get up to move? This is due to reduced circulation from sitting too much so your tissues get tight, and joints get stiff. As soon as you get…