You could think of your health and wellness like a bank account, your own personal bank account to be more exact. You can make deposits and you can make withdrawals. If you continue to make deposits over time you will end up with a healthy balance, have a body you are proud to live [...]
We are all so busy these days – rushing around often hardly having time to catch our breath. The last thing on our mind is making time to exercise and we seem to have no qualms about using our lack of time as an excuse not to do it. But what if we improved [...]
When temptation strikes and threatens to throw you off your healthy eating plan or exercise program, follow these new strategies to rev up your willpower and stay strong. "No cocktails for me. I have to go to the gym later." "Dessert? I'm too full from dinner." "Sorry, can't make happy hour; I'm off to the [...]
Most of us are always on the lookout for something that promises a good return on investment. When we hear that word investment we generally think of financial investments, after all we are taught from an early age that we must work hard to make money then put it away for a rainy day when [...]
We cannot deny the fact that our genetic blueprint was formed back when our ancient ancestors had to survive that harshest of conditions. Being highly active stimulated chemicals that told the body’s operating systems that strength, endurance and health was needed for example to feed a family. Once hard physical activity slowed or stopped it [...]
Proper exercise to the human body is absolutely critical. Most people do not really realize its importance as the time aspect between inactivity and functional decline is so long that the connection is often not linked. If we do nothing to prevent it we lose precious muscle tissue at the rate of around 5 pounds [...]
You have probably noticed that it's hard to be motivated all the time. No matter what you are working on in life, there are bound to be days when you don't feel like showing up. There will be workouts that you don't feel like starting. There will be reports that you don't feel like writing. [...]
We have been designed for a lifestyle we no longer maintain. Most of us are not required to anything of a physical nature anymore or exert ourselves in any way. Although we live in a fast paced world dominated by technology and we are all very busy we only get to move in a [...]
A new kid on the block called Metabolic Syndrome is on the rise, especially among adults that have gained fat around their midsections and are much less physically active compared to their teen years. About two thirds of us are overweight and exercise deficient, and up to 40 percent of adults have this condition and [...]
