Homeschooling: Combine Learning and Play
Are you one of the many parents who has been homeschooling during this stay-at-home time? You might have hoped things would settle out as you got used to your new routine. But — to your chagrin — are you struggling to keep your kids under control and happy? Your frustration levels may be reaching an all-time high right now, but rest assured. The entire world is with you and feels your struggles. One of the most important components of a well-rounded education and balanced school day is play. Yes – even the most sophisticated educational games in the world won’t replace the cognitive and social skills gained by engaging in…
Yoga for Fitness
For many people, when they think of yoga, they think of it as something people do as meditation, a sort of spiritual experience. Others might think of it as just a way to be flexible. However, once you really get involved with it, you realize just how great it is for your core and for your fitness as a whole. In fact, yoga is a great way to get in shape while providing you with a variety of other advantages. Yoga and Core Strength The main thing that yoga helps you work out is your core. You might not feel it in some of the beginner positions, but a little…
Find Your Fitness: Strength Training
Arguably, one of the most popular forms of exercise is strength training. This involves any and all kinds of weightlifting with the goal of becoming stronger and more muscular. Strength training is a fantastic way to get in shape, and it’s the main focus of many people’s fitness routines. For a beginner, it can be a bit intimidating, but you don’t need to worry, because it’s just as simple as any other form of fitness. The best way to start strength training is to develop a schedule. Create Your Lifting Schedule Many people do certain body parts on certain days so that they can break it up throughout the week,…
Step 1: Here’s a Healthy Daily Routine
Finding the right balance between work and your personal life especially when you are working from home isn’t easy. However, one thing that can help is creating your daily routine. Think about it. When you have kids, you spend a lot of time trying to get them into a routine because you know that’s what they need. However, as an adult routine tends to go out of the window despite the fact our bodies still crave it. Having a healthy routine is key to success both in your work and your personal life. So, how can you set up a daily routine that you can stick to? Below, you’ll discover…
Find Your Fitness: HIIT
Good morning! Spring break is over in our district — but the kids are still home! It’s tough. My son is a senior — and –worst-case scenario — it could be essentially done? I feel for him although he is less than concerned right now. Oh, the brain of a teenager… And on top of that, I am not as happy with my exercise consistency because I was planning for our self-quarantine (lots of streaming TV for the family II bet!) I enjoy walking early in the morning which I will try to do every morning since I don’t have to get my daughter ready for school for now (boo!).…
Find Your Fitness: Bodyweight Exercises
Whether you’re brand new to fitness or you’re a seasoned athlete or fitness buff, bodyweight exercises can be a great way for you to work out if you don’t have access to free weights or machines – or, if you don’t quite feel ready for them yet. There are all kinds of bodyweight exercises, ranging from beginner to advanced, and you can really get a full-body workout just from doing bodyweight work alone. An Upper Body Workout: Push-Ups To start on the easier side, for a good upper body workout you can do pushups. They’re one of the most commonly known bodyweight exercises, but they do work. Depending on how…
Find Your Fitness: CrossFit
Spring is coming. So now’s the time that many people start looking at exercise regimens again. I have discussed walking already — partly because it’s my favorite type of exercise! Over the next few weeks, I am going to post several brief posts about some other popular forms of exercise. First up: CrossFit CrossFit has exploded in popularity since the early 2010s. It strays from many of the typical strategies for fitness that you’d typically see in other workout varieties such as bodybuilding or strongman, and even hosts its own competitions to see who’s the best at the standard CrossFit exercises. While it’s typically taken in the form of classes…
3 Facts About Heart Disease
February is American Heart Month. Friday, February 7th is Wear Red Day. This month is a good time to learn more about heart health and perhaps take steps to improve yours if possible. Heart health is a major focus for most people, and for good reason—it’s terrifying to think that something may be wrong with your ticker. Despite this awareness, many people have misconceptions about heart disease and their vulnerability to it. This article looks at some facts about heart disease that you should be aware of. 1. Heart Disease is a Leading Cause of Death The reason some causes of heart disease, like high blood pressure, are known as…
Take Walks in Interesting Destinations
Walking on a treadmill in a gym can be unbearably boring. Nobody likes getting in shape by walking the same speed on a flat surface staring blankly at the wall, at best with music coming in through headphones or some random news channel blaring from the TV on the wall. It makes things tedious, and when you have to do something tedious, more often than not you’re going to stop doing it. If you really want to commit to fitness and not be bored to death while doing it, get outside and walk around some interesting places instead. There are so many good places to walk all around the world.…
Taking Care of You
Each of us was given a single physical vessel to use for our entire lifetime. Apart from general health and wellness, such as eating a healthy diet, routine exercise, and getting enough quality sleep, we should also establish and maintain a self-care regimen. There has been so much information floating around about self-care. But even with this wealth of information, many haven’t quite grasped the concept of self-care. They get stuck in the mindset that it’s self-indulgent and that there simply isn’t enough time in the day. Self-care is basically you taking care of you. We spend a great deal of time catering to the needs of others, yet who…
