Posts in Category: Physical Activity
October 18, 2021
How Getting Outside May Improve Your Mood, Even in the Dead of Winter The changing of seasons brings many joyful things, such as apple picking, cozy clothes, and curling up by a fire. Unfortunately for many people, however, it also brings what some may call “the winter blues”. With temperatures dropping and it getting dark outside even earlier, there is much less time to do outside activities and be in nature. This can lead to many feeling depressed and anxious. One of the best ways to combat... Read More
October 12, 2021
Try These New Treadmill Tips to Have a Better Workout If you’re anything like me, you get extremely bored while on the treadmill. I don’t love running in the first place, so it’s hard for me to find motivation to run indoors. However, as the temperature begins to drop and with snow coming soon, running on the treadmill is beginning to be the best option. I have been searching for tips and tricks to make running inside more enjoyable and have found a few that help me! So, if you’re anything... Read More
September 2, 2021
How to Take Care of Yourself After Getting a Sunburn Although the summer is soon coming to a close (sigh). We still have a few good days left where it will be hot and sunny all day long. Whether you find yourself at the beach, lake, mountains, or even in your own backyard; the risk of sunburn is still high. And even though you put on sunscreen and wear a hat, it can be super easy to forget that sunscreen only works well throughout the day if you are regularly reapplying it. Trust me, I forget... Read More
July 6, 2021
The Benefits and Why We Shouldn’t Discredit It Think of the last time you went to the gym and used the cardio equipment. Whether you were on the treadmill, elliptical, or bike; odds are, you saw someone walking on the treadmill. When you saw this, maybe even for a split second, you thought to yourself “what a waste of time.” Or “that doesn’t even count as real exercise.” I think we’ve all done something like this before. But before we continue to judge, I think it’s time we reassess and see... Read More
June 20, 2021
Staying Flexible Throughout the Day Although there are many ways to combat some of the physical fatigue we are all feeling at the end of the day from working at home; I think we can all agree that the best way to refresh and recharge without breaking a sweat is doing some light stretches at your desk. Sure, getting up to walk up and down the stairs a few times here and there or going outside to get some fresh air are both super important; but it’s hard to do these things when you already have... Read More
June 8, 2021
Staying safe and having fun this summer As more and more people are getting vaccinated and restrictions are lifting; many people are feeling the travel bug. The desire to leave the house for a week (or a few days) to be somewhere new and have some fun. Whether you want to get on a plane and fly to the other side of the country, or pack up the car and head to the mountains for the weekend; I think we are all feeling the travel bug in some sort of way. Now that we are heading into the summer... Read More
May 3, 2021
Strategies to Enjoy Your Workout While Wearing a Mask It may be more than clear by now that exercising during the pandemic is not nearly the same as exercising was before the pandemic. This is probably most likely due to the masks (in addition to all of the extra protocols for health and safety). I will be the first to admit, I hate wearing a mask at the gym. It makes working out really difficult, and even feels kind of gross sometimes. For a while I was so annoyed with it, that I just stopped... Read More
April 25, 2021
My Favorite Stretches After nearly a year of working remote in some capacity, a lot of us have become more sedentary. Including me. Being in college, before the start of the pandemic, I was alway running around campus all day every day. I was always on the go, getting an average of 15,000+ steps per day. Since the start of the pandemic, I have been lucky to get 5,000 steps on a good day. But in all reality I am getting maybe 2,000-3,000 steps per day which is mostly contributed to a daily... Read More
March 26, 2021
How to Get Moving at Work If you are finding yourself working or learning from home for the foreseeable future; you are probably not moving around as much as you used to. Maybe you even roll out of bed every morning and get straight to work at your desk without doing anything else in order to maximize the amount of sleep you get. Although this may seem like a good idea, it is only adding to your new sedentary lifestyle. To get moving at work or school from your desk, check out these tips... Read More
March 16, 2021
Staying Safe and Warm Is it just me, or is anyone else starting to get cabin fever? I find myself reminiscing the days of going for daily afternoon walks and runs when the weather was more mild. Now it's cold and gets dark early, and even though I could go out for a run or a walk still, I can never seem to get it quite right. I either end up dripping in sweat under all the layers, or calling it quits after 2 minutes because it's just too cold. Yet I see people almost daily going for runs and... Read More
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