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As a trainer, you wear many different hats during a typical work week. In turn, you are pulled in many different directions among family, friends and clients. If you are focusing on too many topics at once you cannot
During a long bike ride, I snack on chocolate to boost my energy.
After a hard workout, chocolate milk is my go-to recovery food!
How bad—or good—is chocolate for me?
Most athletes love chocolate in any form: candy bars, chocolate chip cookies, squares
Many people have scars as a result of accidents, injuries and surgeries. While scar tissue is extremely helpful at repairing cells quickly to prevent further damage and/or injury, the characteristics of scars and their presence in the body can restrict
Many studies have shown exercise to help depression and anxiety, improve sleep, reduce stress, and even improve the symptoms of ADHD. It's important that you pay attention to any changes that you notice in these areas, in addition to changes
We can all agree that stress levels have skyrocketed to an all-time high following the “year of fear.” Older adults with chronic conditions have been the hardest hit since they are most vulnerable to Sars-CoV-2 and severe outcomes. Millions have
When you eat and drink can affect sleep and how you sleep can impact how much and what you eat and drink. Meeting health-related goals like weight loss...
Many athletes feel pressure to have a perfect body, perfect diet, and ideally, perfect performances. The stress-inducing trait of perfectionism often pushes athletes to not only become stronger and faster, but also leaner and food-phobic. We have seen perfection play
I am a 15 year breast cancer survivor, and experienced what cancer patients go through, not just from theory, but from living it. I'm going to talk about the role that Pilates had in my rehab and why I consider
The numbers are in and the facts are clear: gratitude helps you live longer. That’s because the more grateful you are for what you have, the happier you are. And the happier you are, the healthier you’ll be. Gratitude
When we are young we take our balance and coordination for granted. Yet as we progress through the years sometimes our muscles get weaker and joints get tighter and our posture changes all contributing to decreases in balance skills.