Healthier choices when eating/drinking out Eating out should not be stressful, it should be an enjoyable social experience to share with friends and family etc., but it can be hard to reign in the calories when you frequently go out and there is a plethora of glorious food available […]
If you are like most people who sit at a desk while at work for an extended period of time, it is not uncommon to feel like you’ve been hit by a truck come days end. Sore necks, stiff backs, and shoulder pain are some of the most common complaints […]
When most people are the butt of a joke, they get angry. I got motivated. I had no idea I was 400lbs. Thoughts of dying raced through my mind. I realized, at that time, there were a thousand ways a 35 year old, obese man could die. The only question […]
“I just wake up so stiff”, “It’s hard to touch my toes in the morning”, “This cold weather makes me feel like the Tin Man!” As a Physical Therapist, I hear complaints like this every day. During the cold winter months, stiffness or lack of mobility throughout the body is […]
A common adage is that body composition is 80% diet and 20% gym. The majority of results are attributable to diet, yet it is very challenging to consistently follow a nutritional program that leads to the results we want – especially while balancing a job or school and still having […]
“I train my core, I do tons of crunches!” In the gym I often hear people say, “I train my core” and then watch them perform dozens and dozens of crunches, different variations of crunches followed by more crunches. So what exactly is the core? And how do you properly train it?! […]
My name is Shawna Larson and I am a full-time nursing student, and a Health Services Management Technician in the United States Air Force Reserve. Health and fitness was never a part of my life growing up, or even in early adulthood. I enlisted into the Air Force at age […]
Did you ever look through a fitness Instagram account only to realize that this extremely fit individual also eats Oreos and pop tarts on a daily basis? Did you ever wonder how they could keep such a lean body while still enjoying those delicious treats? For many years, it was […]
You’ve probably heard somewhere that women shouldn’t lift weights because they will get too bulky. Although those in the fitness and bodybuilding industry clearly show that this myth is exactly just that, a myth, many women continue to stay clear of the weight room area for fear of looking too […]
