Category: Exercise & Movement
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The Best Ways to Stay Healthy and Happy During the Holidays (Holiday Challenge!)
Is taking care of yourself a priority during the holidays? Do you put your health and wellbeing on the back burner knowing that the new year is right around the corner? “If you don’t have 10-minutes for yourself, you don’t have a life!” – Tony Robbins I recently attended Unleash the Power Within with Tony…
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Yoga for the Inflexible
“I’m not flexible enough to do yoga.” Have you ever said or thought these words? If so, you’re not alone. As a yoga teacher, I hear this all the time. Perceived lack of flexibility ranks as one of the top reasons that people cite for not doing yoga. From the perspective of a teacher this…
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Unexpected Benefits of Group Fitness
You may have noticed that group fitness classes have surged in popularity in recent years. People are flocking to specialty studios and gyms for methods such as Orangetheory, Crossfit, Soul Cycle, Pure Barre, and Core Power Yoga, to name just a few. Why are group fitness classes so popular? If you ask a devotee of…
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Stretch At Your Desk in Under 5 Minutes (Video)
Sometime in the past five years, you may have seen the catchphrase “sitting is the new smoking” floating around. The reason this phrase was coined is that there is now a catalog of scientific data linking sedentary lifestyles (a.k.a lots of sitting) with obesity, heart disease, circulatory and digestive disorders, and more. For some people,…
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Workout Motivation: 5 Smart Ways to Stick to Your Routine
If it were easy to maintain a flawless fitness routine, everyone would be doing it. Whether you’re just starting or have been going strong for awhile, lack of motivation strikes everyone at some point. Sometimes you’re tired, insanely busy, or just not in the mood. Even when we begin exercising with exciting goals in mind-…
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5 Simple Yoga Poses for Stress Relief
Stress can really drain you, but stress-relief is free and accessible to nearly anyone, anywhere with these 5 simple yoga poses . Doesn’t that take the edge off a little? Practicing yoga is a proven way to calm the nervous system: It can lower your blood pressure, provide relief for chronic back pain and even…
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Fuel Your Workout When You’re Busy!
Ever heard your stomach grumbling during a workout, or felt like you had no energy to continue moving? No matter what your fitness goals are, it’s essential that you fuel your activity with the right nutrients. When we work out for 45 minutes or longer with no fuel in our system (say, we haven’t…
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5 (Non-Embarassing) Ways to Stay Active at Work
We hear about the health benefits of regular exercise all the time, but let’s face it, our busy schedules can make it seem impossible to fit workouts in. You might think that the only option is packing a gym bag, driving to the gym, working out, showering, changing- and that can take up a ton of…
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5 Practices for a Longer and Healthier Life
Aging is a natural and inevitable phenomenon, starting at birth and continuing until the moment we die. Due to modern medicine and hygiene standards, lifespans across the globe are longer than ever, but what about our healthspan? Unfortunately, there is a widening discrepancy in this country between healthspan and lifespan; those that live both long…
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Alleviate Neck Stiffness in Under 4 Minutes! (Video)
Why stretch your neck? Your neck is a complex network of muscles that connect to many other muscles in your upper body. The neck is one of the most common places that people report feeling stiffness or pain. Tension in the neck can lead to headaches, loss of mobility, back or shoulder pain, and even…