People who want to look amazing, overflow with vitality, and age gracefully over the decades, know it’s vital to keep moving. An important element to include in your overall health goals is stretching. The great thing about stretching is that you can do it just about anywhere and at just about any time. A great…
Category: How to Stay In Shape
9 Balance Exercises to Incorporate into Your Workout Routine
Working out isn’t only about extreme cardiovascular exercise and strength training with weights. A well-balanced workout includes exercises designed to strengthen the core, including movements that challenge and improve your balance. Although some degree of balance is included in most exercises, deliberately challenging yourself with balance exercises in both your warm-up and your workout routine…
4 Great Exercises You Can Do with Just a Kettlebell
When looking for a total body strengthening and conditioning workout with the extra bonus of extreme fat burning, look no further than the kettlebell. The extreme value of one good piece of gym equipment is seen in the amazing kettlebell and the versatile training you can do with it. The kettlebell’s ability to strengthen major…
5 Ways to Stay Motivated for Working Out
Picture yourself in the best shape you’ve been in during your life. What would it feel like to get back there, and perhaps even exceed it? Getting and staying motivated for work outs is key. But amidst the multiple demands of each day, how exactly do we get motivated—and stay inspired in order to reach…
5 Ways to Stay Fit While Traveling
If you travel frequently, you know the challenge of sticking to your fitness plan when you’re on the go. Planning hotel-friendly workouts and diet-friendly meals takes a little bit of extra thought, but staying active and making healthy choices will leave you feeling revitalized when you return from your trip, instead of worn down or…
How Exercise Can Beat That “Too-Tired” Feeling
Wishing you could take a mid-afternoon snooze? Propping yourself up with a second coffee by 9am? When you feel completely sapped of all energy and want nothing more than to crawl under your desk and take a nap, the last thing you would think of to help you feel better would be to exert MORE…
Sports Performance Training— What is It?
Today, the world of youth sports is a world filled with tough competition and what feels like more rigorous demands on athletes from a very young age than ever. For a child who loves their sport, staying competitive as well as injury-free is paramount. How does a young athlete improve their performance and stay safe?…
How Do I Move More Every Day?
You’ve read or been told that you should be walking at least 10,000 steps a day (about five miles) as part of a fit, healthy lifestyle. You’d love to get that amount of exercise (if not more) every day, but you have an office job and spend most of your workday at your desk, so…
4 Ways to Stay in Shape This Off-Season
If you’re an athlete, your life is divided into two parts: sports season … and everything else. But just because you’re not competing doesn’t mean you forget about athletics altogether. The off-season is not just a time for trying not to lose your conditioning, it’s actually an opportunity to become a fitter, better competitor overall….