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Thank Your Body: Exercise an Attitude of Gratitude
Written by: Erica K. Daniels, CFW Fitness Professional Ah, November! It’s time for shorter days, cooler weather, leaves falling, pumpkin-spiced everything, and yes – it’s time to reflect on gratitude. While we usually focus on external factors that we are thankful for, let’s turn our attention internally and thank our bodies. Think of it this…
Read MoreAchieving Healthy Activity Balance
Written by: Ed Sherako, CFW Health Fitness Specialist You have probably been told or overheard someone explain how important it is to have balance in life. Imagine a fulcrum scale with a brick on one side and a feather on the other. Totally out of balance but life is more complex. A better analogy is…
Read MoreThe Additive Approach: Transforming Your Life with Positive Habits
Written by: Keriann Hill, CFW Fitness Professional When journeying toward a healthier lifestyle, the emphasis is often placed on cutting out negative habits—eliminating sugary snacks, reducing screen time, or drinking less alcohol. While these actions are undoubtedly beneficial, there’s another approach that can yield equally, if not more, transformative results: the power of addition. Instead…
Read MoreSleep and Exercise: Elevate your Energy
Written by: Ed Sherako, CFW Health Fitness Specialist Let us paint a picture of a tough day. Actually, the photo above does a nice job. You go down for the night. Not too early, not too late. Dinner was eaten at the right time, shower, and teeth are clean. The bedspread provides a Goldilocks body…
Read MoreAttitude of Gratitude
Written by: Morgan Shawler, CFW Health Fitness Program Manager As the year is rounding the last corner before the new year, we enter the season of gratitude. But what does gratitude really mean? Gratitude is defined as a sense of happiness and thankfulness in response to the good things in your life. Today, you may…
Read MoreHow to Take a Rest Day
Written by: Edward Sherako, Health Fitness Specialist So, your fresh start has really taken off this year. Goals are being achieved and healthy adaptations are evident. There has been a definite “AHA!” moment and the day just does not seem fulfilled without the daily bout of exercise. Beware of some pitfalls that can occur at…
Read MoreHydration and Energy
Written by: Jordan DeVault, Health Fitness Specialist Did you know water contributes to about 50-60% of your bodyweight? Its importance serves many essential functions that keep us going everyday. Determining an adequate amount of daily water intake can be tricky because of certain factors that influence it. You can lose fluids from exercising, hot environments,…
Read MoreWhat Makes us Happy?
Written by: Jennifer Sabol, Assistant Health Fitness Program Manager Throughout our lives we’re constantly bombarded with ideas and ways to “improve” our health. Quick fixes or the value of success is preached to us as a way find happiness. But researchers have found that the true value lies in those we surround ourselves with. A…
Read MoreHDLs, Heart Rate, and Blood Pressure…OH MY!
Written by: Morgan Shawler, CFW Health Fitness Specialist Imagine, you are looking at your health checkup report and the readings say: 124/79 mmHg, 58 mg/dL, 72 bpm and the list goes on. You are thinking to yourself, “Are these good or are these bad? What does mmHg even mean? What are HDLs?” To answer the…
Read MoreSleep and Our Health
Written by: Kyle Vassar, CFW Health Fitness Professional We look at our diet and exercise and think “That’s health. That’s what determines a healthy person”. And although those are very important contributors to our health, we are missing another really important part: sleep. Getting a good night’s sleep makes me wake up with a fogless…
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