People willing to wear a face mask to reduce COVID-19 transmission are asking if they need to wear a mask while working out in the gym. The answer is yes. You should wear a mask working out in the gym even if you are vaccinated. Even if you are social distancing. Even if your gym doesn’t require mask wearing. COVID-19 …
The High Cost of Inactivity
As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, people are struggling to get back to a healthy, active lifestyle. Gyms and fitness centers have been closed and many people are still working from home. Unfortunately, inactivity comes with a high price. A sedentary lifestyle can lead to a decrease in muscle mass and bone density. An overall loss in muscle strength leads …
Building Your Fitness Momentum
Getting fit is all about building and maintaining good habits. The repetition of successful workouts and meals brings you success. It is not easy. Every day you have a choice to practice good habits or not. It helps to keep the momentum on your side. Momentum is a law of motion. It is the force created by a moving object. …
Get Results Despite Your Willpower
Willpower is your ability to control your own actions and resist urges and temptations. It is your ability to delay short term gratifications and achieve long terms goals. Willpower is a real thing everyone has. Unfortunately, relying on willpower alone seldom brings lasting results. Most of us do not have strong enough willpower to act on willpower alone. Wanting to …
Keep an Eye on Your Sugar Intake
We are staying at home and keeping our social distance to protect our health. It is something we must do to protect ourselves from transmitting the COVID-19 virus. Unfortunately, staying at home can also leads to more sedentary behavior and worsening diets. The stay-at-home orders requires us to stay at home. Home is not a place where we are used …
Avoiding Depression with Exercise and Proper Nutrition
Depression has become a significant side effect of your stay-at-home requirements due to the COVID-19 pandemic. People are feeling more and more isolated as we are required to keep our social distance from friends, family and associates. Our social routines have been disrupted and social distancing is the new norm. Life as we knew it has transformed dramatically. Children are …
Make the Mask Work for You
The global pandemic has brought a tremendous amount of change for all of us. Our daily lives have been greatly impacted. Social distancing, travel restrictions, group gathering restrictions, and business shutdowns have become the norm. Some things may get back to normal next year but the one thing that seems to be sticking around is the face cover or mask. …
Finding Sustainable Fitness
“Lose 10 pounds in 2 weeks!” “The 21 Day Fat Furnace Program!” “The 30 Day Plan to Grow Like a Monster!” These ridiculous headlines hock programs designed to get your money and set you on a path of failure. Quick fix programs are not sustainable. Quick weight loss is followed by quick weight gain. Over exercising is followed by a …
Fight Boredom in Your Workouts
To become fit, you must have a fitness routine. A routine is a sequence of things that does not change. It is a daily habit occurring repeatedly. Jobs have a routine. Most daily life consists of routines. Fitness requires a daily routine as well. Exercise, nutrition, sleep, hydration, and motivation are all part of your daily fitness routine. Your daily …
Benefits of Low Impact Exercise
Low impact workouts are known for being easier on your joints. The exercises are designed to reduce or eliminate high impact movement that creates extra stress on the knees, ankles, feet and back. Low impact workouts have a lot more benefits you should know about. Better Technique Low impact classes can foster better exercise technique. The pace tends to be …