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Stretching Before Bed
Stretching before bed is beneficial for everyone, but especially for those who have trouble falling asleep or have nights full of restless sleep. Stretching before bed relieves muscle tension, prevents nocturnal muscles(specifically in the legs), de-stresses the body and mind, provides more restful sleep, and helps your body recover and regenerate.
Variety is Key
People often come to the gym and participate in the same program, routine or class each visit. Sometimes our bodies get too comfortable with the same movements over and over again. It is important to add a variety of new elements to your regular exercise routine. Adding new movement patterns helps keep your body safe from injury, plateauing, and keeps you feeling challenged.
Weightlifting for Women
The myth “women shouldn’t lift weights because they’ll get bulky” has been around for ages. It’s something that I hear about almost every day. A lot of women are scared to lift weights because they don’t want to put on large amounts of muscle mass. When, in reality, weightlifting is incredibly beneficial for women.
The Workout of Loving Relationships
We’ve all heard the research that says healthy relationships help support quality of life. But what are some of the specifics? Here are my favorite bonuses that come from meaningful interaction with people:
Outdoor walking trail planned on Granger campus
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Exercising With Sickle Cell Trait
Sickle cell trait (SCT) is a blood disorder that can be harmful to physically active individuals. SCT occurs when an individual inherits one normal hemoglobin gene and one sickle hemoglobin gene. The sickle cell gene causes the body to produce abnormal hemoglobin, resulting in red blood cells changing from round to crescent shape, known as sickling.
Benefits of Yoga
Yoga is a phenomenal way to stay active or kickstart your fitness routine, but yoga is filled with many amazing benefits. When I began practicing, I joined a class to get back into shape. For me, this was a comfortable transition and not intimidating. As my fitness routine became more regimented over time, I continued with yoga, finding a great benefit in some of the deep stretching.
Don’t Have Time for a Full Workout? “Sneak” it in Instead!
Finding time is one of the biggest challenges of working out. Work and family commitments are consuming and derail our best efforts to exercise. Clients and family members have often told me, “If I can’t get at least an hour workout in, what’s the point? I might as well not workout at all.”
Discover the Joy of Cycling
If you haven’t ridden a bike in a while, stationary or not, you are missing something amazing! More and more people these days are finding – and RE-finding – the
Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness
Have you ever experienced a sensation of pain and/or stiffness following an unaccustomed exercise or new workout routine twenty four to forty eight hours later? If your answer to this
Caffeine: Do You Consume Safely?
As reported by a survey administered by the FDA, nearly 80% of American adults consume some form of caffeine on a daily basis, but do they consume safely? Caffeine is a common drug found in many products around the nation. And, while consumed regularly in controlled amounts can still be considered healthy, consumed in large quantities can cause devastating health complications or disease.
When Thunder Roars, Go Indoors: Lightning Safety Tips
Lightning is one of the most underrated severe weather hazards, yet ranks as one of the top weather killers in the United States. Lightning strikes in America kill about 50 people and injure hundreds of others each year.
