Contributed by Kimberly Black Health & Fitness Professional upLIFTing: Can Strength Training Help Decrease Anxiety and Depression? It’s time to start thinking about your strength training as more than just physical. It’s also a huge component in our mental health and wellbeing. Think about it, what are some things you might do when you’re stressed …
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In Pilates the quality of movement is more important than the exact amount of repetitions. Proper breathing is essential, and helps you execute movements while working towards proper muscle memory starting at the core. With each muscle contraction you exhale and target the deep inner core muscles. The foundation of exercise is to develop a …
Contributed by Dani Barbosa Health & Fitness Professional Tabata Training Traveling? Short on time? No equipment? NO PROBLEM. Tabata is the workout style you never knew you needed. Tabata is a variation of HIIT training designed in the late 1990s by a Japanese research team seeking to find a more efficient training method for Olympic …
Contributed by: Danielle Barbosa, ACSM-CPT Practicing Positivity Too often, when negative events or mistakes occur in life we fall victim to negative self-talk. That voice in your head that tells you, “you are wasting your time” or “you are never going to reach your goal.” These negative thoughts can become overwhelming and counterproductive to reaching …
Contributed by: Kimberly Black, 200YT Get in the Mood….to Exercise! We all know that great feeling you get after getting a good sweat. It may not surprise you to find out that there is science behind those mood boosting activities. It has been shown that exercise can do all of the following: • Alleviates depression/increases …
Contributed by: Michelle Baglio, RD, LD When You Fall Off The Wagon; Get Back On! Many of us start off the new year with wonderful intentions to achieve health, fitness, and weight-related goals. We often think of January 1 as the first blank page in the book that will chronicle our success once and for …
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Contributed by: Dustin Gonzalez, M.S., NASM-CPT Scale Stuck? How To Get Over That Weight-Loss Plateau You’ve been doing all the right things to get fit: eating clean and mindfully, counting calories and steps, busting your hump at the gym. And it worked for a while, as pounds steadily melted away. But now the number on …
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Contributed by: Amanda Albiar, B.A., NCSF-CPT Strong All Year Long “New Year, New You!” You see this every year, you read the same resolutions, and even have the same of your own. As I too have done the same, I definitely wanted this next year to be a positive challenge for me. I’ve stumbled upon …
Contributed by: Bethany Reynolds, AFAA-CPT, CI-GEL Are You Talking to Yourself or Listening to Yourself? One marker of your personal longevity, that you can’t measure with a blood test or a lab scan, is your self talk. The “negative” words you say to yourself can place you at a greater risk of early mortality. However, …
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Contributed by: Dustin Gonzalez, M.S., NASM-CPT Weather Got You Feeling SAD? Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a combination of biological and mood disturbances typically occurring in the autumn and winter months. SAD is characterized by recurrent episodes of depression, hypersomnia, carbohydrate cravings and weight gain. About 5 percent of the U.S. population experiences SAD, with …
