If You Have Lower Back Pain, These Squat Variations Offer Benefits with Lower Risks
If you have chronic lower back pain, doing front or back squats may be uncomfortable for you. However, this exercise works so many muscle groups in your lower body that it’s one you want in your routine. The squat is a safe exercise if you do it with good form,…
Can Eating Less Help You Live Longer?
It’s clear that diet quality matters for health and longevity. One of the smartest moves we can make to boost our mental and physical health and improve our body composition is to eat more whole, unrefined foods and skip the ultra-processed junk, but society makes it hard! 60% of the…
How Weight Changes During Middle Age Impact Your Risk of Dementia
It’s normal to have some problems with recall as you age. Most “senior moments,” although frustrating, isn’t a sign that you’re developing dementia. However, the risk of developing dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease, increases later in life and the underlying brain changes may begin 20 years before the memory changes become…
6 Surprising Facts You Might Not Know about Low Back Pain
Ouch! Low back pain can make you wince when you move and make it hard to carry out your daily activities. An achy, stiff back has a variety of causes including a muscle or ligament strain, arthritis, disc disease, and several other medical conditions, including injuries, tumors, anatomic abnormalities, and…
Cathe’s March 2020 Workout Rotation
Hi Everyone! This month's March 2020 Workout Rotation has a mish-mosh of past favorites covering a variety of total body strength and cardio conditioning workouts to keep your routine fun and challenging! As always, take extra rest days as needed and fuel your body properly so that it can…
4 Nutrients You Need More of in the Winter
The winter months seem to stick around far too long! At some point, we miss the sunshine and long, warm days when we can stroll outdoors and soak up nature. It’s important to stay healthy during the protracted winter months when cold and flu viruses make their rounds. Cold weather…
What Should You Eat to Balance Your Blood Sugar & Avoid Glucose Spikes?
Whether you have diabetes or a healthy blood glucose level, it’s important to balance your blood sugar and prevent blood glucose spikes after meals. Problems with blood sugar control are common. In fact, about one in three people in the United States is prediabetic with fasting blood sugars outside of…
7 Facts You Might Not Know about Jumping Jacks
Few exercises will get your heart rate up as fast as jumping jacks. In fact, jumping jacks are an exercise that has withstood the test of time. No wonder! It’s a good cardiovascular workout and an effective exercise for warming up before a more extensive workout. But how much do…
3 Ways Not to Get Your Vitamins
You don’t need most vitamins in large amounts, but they’re essential for healthy functioning. Vitamins are components that help your body carry out essential chemical reactions in the human body. In fact, there are 13 essential vitamins: vitamin A, the B-complex vitamins, vitamin C, vitamin D, vitamin E, and vitamin…
Is Exercise Good or Bad for Arthritis of the Knee?
You might not know, but there are almost 100 types of arthritis, but the most common cause of knee pain related to arthritis is osteoarthritis, a degenerative form of arthritis. It’s a condition marked by wear-and-tear of the joint. In fact, around one in three people over the age of…