Rules of Choosing the Right Running Shoes
Start Your Running Journey Off on the Right Foot Shopping for running shoes can be daunting. We asked Chad Varga from Front Runner Athletics to give us some tips on how to choose the right pair. As it turns out, it’s more about knowing your feet than knowing the shoes. Rule 1: Find a good shoe salesperson. […]
Focused on Flexibility
Improving Overall Fitness and Well-Being As our bodies get older, our flexibility decreases due to joint stiffness and pain caused by arthritis and inflammation. Many accept this as a natural process of aging and adjust their lifestyles to their physical limitations. But if you get up, move, and stretch on a regular basis, you can […]
Weight Lifting 101
Lifting weights tones and builds muscle and strengthens bones. But if you don’t follow proper techniques it can be both ineffective and dangerous, causing injuries and preventing you from getting the greatest gains in muscle building, stamina, and strength. Follow these tips to get the most out of your workout while staying safe. Full PDF here. […]
Cross Training Benefits
Benefits of Mixing-Up Your Exercise Routine Keep exercise boredom at bay. And if you’re not bored, you’ll be far more likely to keep up the work outs. Cross training can also give you more flexibility (if the pool is closed, you can go for a run). Significantly reduce your risk of injury. With cross training, […]
Creating a Fitness Plan
10 Tips for Creating a Fitness Plan Since there’s more to getting in shape than lifting heavy things and running in circles, we asked trainer Justin Tate from Fitness Together for some tips. Listen up beginners! His advice can jumpstart you on a path to total fitness—and help you steer clear of some classic rookie […]
The Benefits of Yoga
How this 5,000-year-old practice is still relevant. Full PDF here. Mind Increases concentration. Yoga focuses your attention on only one object such as your breath or a certain image. It’s a great way to shut off “mind chatter” and can provide much-needed relief for our 21st century brains overstimulated by technology. Manages stress. Yoga can help moderate the […]
Yoga: A Guide
Find the Right Style of Yoga for You Hatha Described as “the yoga from which all others descend,” Hatha is a slow-paced, basic form of the ancient practice. The goal is to increase flexibility through poses (asanas) synchronized with breathing techniques (pranayamas). Hatha is great for relaxation. A study in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine shows that […]
Introduction to Yoga
All About Yoga For many, the visual that springs to mind when they think of yoga is a long, lean woman in tight-fitting clothing sitting in a meditative position, hands together, muttering “ohm” over and over. When she stops her meditation, she effortlessly contorts her body into the shape of a soft pretzel, all the […]
Weight Training for Women
Enhancing Health and Beauty The free-weights area of the local gym is often a complete mystery for women. They steal a glance at the rows of dumbbells and weight benches and other various forms of torture and wonder how anyone has any clue what to do with all of that stuff. Many women are intimidated […]
Staying Fit On the Road
For most of us, hopping on a plane means throwing caution to the wind and enjoying a destination we’ve been looking forward to for some time. Indulgence is par for the course on these trips. We buy things we wouldn’t normally buy, eat things we wouldn’t usually eat, and skip the 45-minute workout we are […]
