https://youtu.be/xAATIX27I8g When you walk through life standing with good, effortless posture it positively affects your physical and mental health. To others, you appear taller, more confident, and younger. Mentally, you feel higher self-esteem, more assured and maybe even happier. Physically, your body loves it! You breathe fuller with less effort…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MN96jhPmnvI&feature=youtu.be What single exercise is simple, delivers great results, and is a baseline exercise for many other movements? Drum roll please…Planks! It’s the perfect “go to” exercise to do when you need something simple and effective, don’t know what to workout, and something you can train everyday. Holding a perfect…
You are planning your 100th birthday, aren’t you? After all, with about 20% of the population having the genetic wherewithal to live to 100, and with enough research in the new field of “epigenetics” showing us how our lifestyle choices can alter our health at the level of our genes,…
Type the title of this blog post into your search engine and you’re likely to come up with 245,000,000 hits in .65 seconds, just as I did. Yes, there are 245,000,000, that's MILLION, articles on this subject! Why would you be interested in yet another one? Learning how to make…
https://youtu.be/3UbjdUjwoy8 Baseball has come to its seasons end and the playoff teams are in ‘full swing’. Off-season is also a downtime for other teams to recoup, regroup, and recover from a grueling season. This not only holds true for professional athletes, but also for the weekend warriors and those who…
The Damaging Effects of Technology Addiction to a Sedentary Society We are a technological society. As the use of technology rises, we see an increase in time spent being sedentary, and an increase in health issues related to a sedentary lifestyle. Let’s face it, we are addicted to technology! We’re…
You find yourself looking down at your phone more often than you are looking up. We have become a multi-tasking world, looking at our phones while conversing, walking, exercising, etc. It is hard to resist this computer which sits in our hands and provides us immediate information. Unfortunately, studies have…
https://youtu.be/mFu9rsLXxqs Living an active lifestyle not only helps manage your weight, but it also strengthens your heart, lowers stress levels, and helps control high blood pressure. Get your health on track by taking control of your lifestyle habits to prevent and minimize serious heart problems from occurring. In the previous…
Heart disease is a serious condition that takes a toll on your vital organs. Heart disease is commonly associated with high blood pressure. If you have high blood pressure, there is a ‘higher pressure’ created inside your blood vessels that places extra strain on your heart. Over time, this extra…
When checking your blood pressure, a doctor or nurse is measuring the amount of pressure in your blood vessels and heart by when it rests between beats. This routine test can say a lot about your heart health and can help determine if there are any signs of a potential…