Today, giving a healthy gift means more than sticking a bow on a fruit basket or exercise video. Here are a few gift ideas to help keep your friends and family healthy: Read the rest of this entry »
Safety is boring. Members don’t come up to you and say, “Thank you for running a safe program!” There are no safety trophies or bonuses. In fact, safety is seldom talked or thought about — until something bad happens. Read the rest of this entry »
Meditation Is What You Make It
Monaghan sees three types of people seeking the benefits of meditation:
those who want to improve their health;
Do you often have what I call gypsy brain — a mind that flips from a work assignment to your mom’s surprise birthday party to an overcharge on your phone bill to a dozen e-mails that just arrived, and back to work again, only this time a different project, all in a matter of 60 seconds or less?
The Benefits of Water Exercise
Lose 90% of your weight in the water!
I’m so glad that you’re making this commitment to your health. You’re certainly not alone. Every year 4 million people turn to water exercise. What makes water exercise so popular? It’s wonderful and it works, it feels good to exercise in the water, and it’s not a drudgery! Read the rest of this entry »
Sould I be sore after working out?
I just started working out three weeks ago. I started with 10 repetitions each of sit-ups, leg lifts, dumbells, bench pressing, etc. I’m not sore at all, so now I’m doing 25 repetitions and am still not sore. Read the rest of this entry »
A terrific and easy way to strengthen and tone the pectoral (chest) muscles, as well as the triceps (back of arms) and deltoids (shoulders), is to perform old-fashioned (but effective) pushups. This exercise doesn’t require equipment. Instead, you use your body weight for resistance. Below is a description of the traditional push-up and several variations: Read the rest of this entry »
II. The 60-Day Escrow Blues
This one’s happened to me in the last year. Whatever the dilemma (escrow on a new house, a new job, your honeymoon, etc.), you may have found that you’ve been out of the gym for a couple of months. Not too big of a deal. You just need a little kick-start so that those “couple of months” doesn’t become a couple of years!
Ah, another year is upon us. Have you started making your New Year’s Resolution a reality yet? Or, has January already passed you by with nothing to show but good intentions?
Regardless of which situation you are in, you have probably had some type of training layoff. Read the rest of this entry »
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