Self Care Blog
Your brain is hungry, but how hungry? For an organ that accounts for 2% of body mass, it uses up to 20% of the energy you put in, using up to three times as much oxygen as other muscles. It is constantly processing and therefore cycling through nutrients and oxygen at a much faster rate…
Releasing the stress through deep breathing. We are all aware of the maxim, “Take a deep breath!” and the wisdom is tried and true. In the heat of the moment, a deep breath will resonate with relaxing effects for your brain. So why stop at just one? Deep breathing is a legitimate tactic for beating…
Cooling down is essential for the ending of any work out. One of the single most important elements of working out is patience. A work out should not be rushed, and if you are in a crunch for time, always cut short the work out and not the warm up. Nothing can be as traumatic for muscles…
Warming up could be the most important part of your exercise. If you are short on time, shorten the length of your workout not the warm up. If you get into a workout of any intensity with muscles that aren’t properly warmed up, you are asking for injury. Especially in winter, muscles start out cold and contracted-…
When it comes to feeling better start small, very small… While you can’t change the overall state of your health in a night, there are steps you can take starting now to feel better on a regular basis. Microexercise is one of them and it is tailor made for a 21st century lifestyle in which…
Americans walk significantly less than other cultures There’s no use denying it: we are on a trend toward making walking obsolete. We drive, we bike, we segway, we sit; we work on our butts, relax on our butts, and commute on our butts, we eat on our butts; is there an activity that can’t be…
Winter fatigue can be combated with a diet rich in energy. And let’s cut straight to it: soda and candy don’t provide you with enduring energy. They may provide you with a quick boost, but the body quickly processes simple carbohydrates, leaving you with low blood sugar and low energy. What you need is something to…
Why do I constantly feel tired and down during winter? It is an outcome of nature: the shorter hours of daylight and the dearth of sunlight combine to affect your sleeping and waking cycles. We produce more melatonin, which makes us feel sleepier (and even drowsier) than normal, which could be why you find yourself…
Using your body to train for strength. When it comes to breaking into the fitness world, we find that one of the best places to start is in your own home with your own body weight. The gym is not for everyone, but fitness should be and, as creatures of comfort, humans benefit from exercises…
Winter is a time to consolidate the gains of summer. It’s a stark fact that we don’t get out as much in the darker, colder months of winter which means that, despite new years resolutions, it is not everyone’s favorite time of year for starting on new fitness goals. Add to this that November-December are…
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