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Healthy Choices Add Up
Get Fit Quick Tip: Healthy Choices Add Up Not tomorrow, today! What can you do RIGHT NOW to CHOOSE healthy? Drink a glass of water. Take 5 deep breaths. Stand up. Walk down the hallway. Reset your posture: Pull your shoulders up to your ears, and then pull your shoulders down and back. Eat veggies. Say no to sugary snacks … 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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Healthy Choices Add Up
Get Fit Quick Tip: Healthy Choices Add Up Not tomorrow, today! What can you do RIGHT NOW to CHOOSE healthy? Drink a glass of water. Take 5 deep breaths. Stand up. Walk down the hallway. Reset your posture: Pull your shoulders up … [Read More...]
Get Strong!
Get Fit Quick Tip: Get Strong! Lifting weights yields benefits far beyond strong muscles. Pushing your body hard during a workout will inspire and motivate all areas of your life. GO WORKOUT! Reaching goals in the gym, motivates you to reach … [Read More...]
Take Responsibility for Your Fitness!
Get Fit Quick Tip: Take responsibility for your health and fitness! YOU are in charge of your workout! If you want to feel better, look better and function better, log consistent workouts. You can have more energy. You don't have to live in … [Read More...]
Should You Revisit Exercise Machines?
Get Fit Quick Tip: Don't underestimate exercise machines in the gym! With the wave of functional fitness so popular, exercise machines can get lost, but they still hold value. What and how you work out should be determined by goals and ability. … [Read More...]
Post-Workout Stretch
Get Fit Quick Tip: Seated Straddle Stretch Add this post-workout stretch into your routine and feel the full body benefits. Begin seated with your legs wide. Sit up tall, inhale and reach up with your right hand. Exhale and gently reach your … [Read More...]
Little Bits of Fitness
Get Fit Quick Tip: Lots of little bits of fitness add up to big health benefits. You may not have a full 30 minute or an hour to devote to fitness, that's understandable sometimes. So, do you have 5 minutes? 10 minutes here are there? Did an … [Read More...]
Power Up your Pushups
Get Fit Quick Tip: Power Up your Pushups! Think of pushups as a moving Plank exercise. This exercise is as much about your core, as it is your upper body muscles. Keep your abs tight and body straight. Pull your shoulders down into your body … [Read More...]
Posture Reset!
Get Fit Quick Tip: Posture Reset! Reset your posture after sitting at your desk with this exercise. Lie face down on your stability ball. Pull your torso up slightly to be in line with your legs. Tuck your chin into your chest. Raise both arms … [Read More...]