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Get your mind right!
Get Fit Quick Tip: Set your mind to reach your fitness goals! Get your mind right in your fitness, and you're half way there! A supportive mindset can be accomplished in spending a few minutes every day. Sit quietly and visualize accomplishing your goal- How will you feel? What will you see? What will you say? It's important to include all … Read More
Need a little inspiration? By Jennifer Austin
If the hustle and bustle of the season has taken your energy, time to reset with a motivation boost. Let others inspire you with their words. “Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than in trying to solve them.” -Henry Ford. Do you really want to get fit? Getting healthy and fit is not easy. It takes effort, … Read More
Going Nuts for Nuts? By Dr. Bushman
Going nuts for nuts? In a recent publication in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition, researchers highlight the health benefits of nut and tree nut consumption. For purposes of the study, “nuts” referred to peanuts, peanut butter, tree nuts, or tree nut butter. Specifically “tree nuts” included almonds, Brazil nuts, … Read More
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Get your mind right!
Get Fit Quick Tip: Set your mind to reach your fitness goals! Get your mind right in your fitness, and you're half way there! A supportive mindset can be accomplished in spending a few minutes every day. Sit quietly and visualize accomplishing … [Read More...]
Walk your Cardio!
Get Fit Quick Tip: Walk your Cardio! Walking is a great go-to exercise choice! Simply grab your keys and go! Walking doesn't require specific attire, or specific shoes even depending on your walking style, a specific location or a specific … [Read More...]
Challenge your Coordination
Get Fit Quick Tip: Challenge your Coordination! Fitness means many things! Endurance, strength, power, flexibility, and balance and coordination are all aspects of fitness! Set a goal to try a new exercise each month that challenges your … [Read More...]
Undo sitting with this hamstring stretch
Get Fit Quick Tip: Lying Hamstring Stretch Sitting most of the day? Do this hamstring stretch to ease lower body and lower back tension. Lie down on the floor on your back. Extend your right leg straight up with your heel toward the ceiling. … [Read More...]
Listen to Your Body!
Get Fit Quick Tip: Listen to your body! How do you know when nagging soreness from exercise warrants a trip to the doctor? Soreness is part of working out sometimes. Discomfort is also part of working out sometimes. Pain is NOT part of working … [Read More...]
Take a Break…
Get Fit Quick Tip: Take a Break... ... and practice deep breathing! Simply close your eyes and take three to five deep breaths. Don't worry about breathing technique such as breathing in through your nose or out your mouth, etc, do what feels … [Read More...]
Control your weight training!
Get Fit Quick Tip: Slow down your weight training. Add pauses to reduce momentum! When lifting weights, pause at the top of the range of motion and pause at the bottom of the range of motion. Adding in one to two second pauses reduces momentum … [Read More...]
Superman Your Core
Get Fit Quick Tip: Superman to strengthen your core Strengthen your core with this superman exercise. Begin lying face down on a firm surface. Tuck your chin into your chest. Next, in one motion extend both arms straight out in front of you and … [Read More...]