Spine & Chronic Back Pain: Signs to Get Serious on Your Back Workout
Your back is one of the most difficult areas to train, especially for people who stand or sit for long hours during the day. Back pain is one of the most common issues among desk-bound workers. In fact, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that more than 40% of Americans between the ages of 25 and 54 experience back pain each year. Chronic spine and back pain can be an incredibly debilitating condition. It can have an impact on...
How To Track Food for Success, NOT Punishment
When people bring up or mention food tracking, some start to roll their eyes and say it’s another job that will take time away from their already busy schedule. They think they’re good enough at tracking their food without any help– not exactly! You may be able to track your diet on a good day, but that doesn’t mean you are consistent in doing so every day, which is what matters most when trying to lose weight or...
The Amazing Benefits of Oats
Oats are a nutritional powerhouse. They’re high in fiber and protein and low in fat. This means they’re great for your heart, weight, digestive health, and even skin. Oats also offer a host of other benefits including lowering cholesterol, fighting cancer and diabetes, reducing the risk of depression, and more! Read below to discover how oats can benefit you from the inside out. A Peek Into Oats Oats, formally known as...
Could Collagen Be The Fountain Of Youth We’ve Been Searching For?
In the never-ending search for all things that will promote health, beauty and youthfulness, collagen is not to be dismissed as far as being very much present in the pool of public and scientific opinion. It has been hailed as the magic ingredient to cure aches and pains, as well as something of an ingestible fountain of youth. Interesting and being something of a science geek I went digging to see just what was fact and what was...
Joint Conditioning: Exercise Beyond The Muscles
Exercise is often painted as being solely to do with one of two goals: getting buff or getting shredded. This simple, reductive approach is one of the reasons that the current exercise culture doesn’t address the major benefits of exercise and is underrated in a large portion of the population. The reality is that exercise goes beyond muscles and fat. Perhaps the best example is the proper strengthening and protection of the joints,...
Why Having An Attitude of Gratitude Matters
Do you have a gratitude attitude? If you answered yes, how do you know this? What is it that you measure this by? How do you show and/ or practice gratitude? Is gratitude something that is experiential based only or is gratitude something for you that simply just is … always, or at least a majority of the time? Gratitude is one of those things that is often talked about & discussed as far as being a necessary element to...
