Summer is a perfect season to get more active with your family. Not only is exercise a fun way to spend time together, but it can also help improve your family’s overall health and fitness. With the prevalence of obesity in our society, building healthy habits around movement can motivate
How to Stay Fit at Home If you’re stuck indoors, with a little creativity, there are many great options to get your body moving. It’s always a good reminder that, as stated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “Regular physical activity can help keep your thinking, learning, and
For some, exercise is a natural reaction to a stressful day, needing to feel or look better or just wanting better health. For others, it can make them quiver at the thought of putting on workout clothes. Questions like, What do I do? How do I make that happen? Who can
My (Non-Existent) Pre-Op WLS Fitness My pre-op WLS fitness was nonexistent. I was over 300 pounds and was tired all the time. Cleaning my house or even walking around Target was a daunting task. Not to mention that obesity causes other health problems like knee, joint and arthritis pain making
When I was 34 years old, I weighed 502 pounds. My BMI classified me as Super Morbidly Obese. That same year, my doctor sat me down, looked me in the eyes and told me that if I continued to gain weight at the pace I had been, he feared that
While exercise is beneficial all year, staying active can provide much needed additional health benefits during the winter: Boost your immune system - Research shows exercise can strengthen the immune system which can help you fight off cold and viruses that are more prevalent during winter months. Boost your mood
Whether you're sitting at a desk, watching television, or sitting during a commute...you may be clocking a lot of hours sitting down. Research has shown that sitting for eight hours a day can negatively impact health. Health effects of sitting for long periods of time include: Organ damage including heart disease, over productive
Do you think about exercise as work or play? On the surface it might not appear to make a difference, exercise is exercise, right? But recent studies found that people who focused on physical activity as exercise consumed more calories post activity than those who focused on the activity as
Often when a person decides to incorporate more exercise into their lives they join a gym. However, the mere act of signing a contract and getting a membership card does not improve ones health. Initially, the enthusiasm and commitment are there and new members show up to the gym regularly.
by Fitness Intern Jasmin Headen-Carolinas HealthCare System As technology continues to advance, the world of exercise and the technology we use continues to grow as well. Within the last few years game systems known as the Nintendo WiiTM and Xbox® Kinect have become popular in many homes as a means
