Learn about yoga Come check out JKFITNESS yoga classes! Yoga is a physical, mental, and spiritual training. Using poses, breathing exercises, and mental awareness in the present moment. Yoga originated in India thousands of years ago. Over time has adapted in other countries in a variety of ways. Yoga is about finding the higher state …
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Mental Health Awareness
Mental Health Awareness May is mental Health Awareness month, are you aware of your own mental health? Everyone should be taking the time to focus on the mental health just as much as their physical health. Don’t let yourself get to the breaking point before you start taking control. Mental Health should be something you …
Exercising With A Face Mask
Contributed by Bethany ReynoldsHealth & Fitness Professional Summer is here and stay at home orders are easing up. We are so excited that people are eager to get back into the community and see their JKFITNESS family. The big question on everyone’s mind is: Must I exercise with a face mask on?At JKFITNESS we work …
Getting Back on the Right Track
Getting Back on the Right Track Provided by: Catherine Pitman, M.S., ACE-PT We are definitely in some crazy times right now. Many of us are having to find new ways to deal with different stressors. Old tactics we used to employ to deal with stress just aren’t working or we are unable to do them …
Healthy Valentine’s Day Treats
Contributed by Kimberly Black Health & Fitness Professional Healthy Valentine’s Day Treats When Valentine’s comes around there is always a plethora of chocolates and pink colored treats. Most of these treats are loaded with extra sugar and they usually don’t have any nutritional value. If you’re looking for a few treats that won’t break your …
upLIFTing: Can Strength Training Help Decrease Anxiety and Depression?
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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Engaging your core
Engaging your core Improving core strength is a common goal for anybody looking to move and feel better, but how can we get stronger if we don’t know exactly what we are trying to strengthen? Let me break something down for you, endless crunches and side bends WILL NOT build a strong functional core OR …
Is Building muscle your goal? Then don’t…
Is Building muscle your goal? Then don’t… When you bend your arm for a bicep curl you are contracting your biceps. The goal is to build muscle so when exerting a force, like lifting a dumbbell up against gravity, the primary goal is the lift. In Eccentric training you focus more on controlling the speed …
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5 Yoga Techniques to Get You Through the Holidays
5 Yoga Techniques to Get You Through the Holidays Contributed by Kimberly Black E-RYT200/RYT500, YACEP It’s that time of the year again! You’ve got Holiday parties every other day. You’re still trying to find the perfect gifts. Maybe you have to travel and deal with busy airports. Baking cookies, family pictures, decorating, wrapping gifts, …
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The Authorship of Bariatric Fitness For Your New Life
Written by: Julia Karlstad, M.Ed., CSCS, SFN-ISSA In the spring of 2017 I received a call from Ulysses Press asking if I’d be interested in writing a book about fitness specific to the bariatric population. Considering that I told myself and many others after the authorship of my first book in 2009, Rx Fitness for …
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