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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 coordination. The mental focus required is a nice distraction from the physical effort. And because of the … 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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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...]
Stretch for Relaxation
Get Fit Quick Tip: Seated Hamstring and Low Back Stretch Ease muscle tension at the end of the day with this full body stretch. Begin seated on the floor with both legs out straight in front of you. Cross your right ankle over your left ankle … [Read More...]
Choose health and fitness…
Get Fit Quick Tip: Choose health and fitness TODAY! Getting healthy and fit takes commitment, dedication and effort. And it will be worth every minute of your time, effort and sweat. Here's how to stop procrastinating and choose health and fitness … [Read More...]