Tips on keeping a fitness routine 1. Building a Routine – Plan your training a week in advance and adjust it to fit your personal/work schedule. – Change up your routine every 4-6 weeks. – Structure your routine specific to your goals. – Write it down and place it somewhere you’ll see every day. – …
Category Archives: Exercise Motivation
At-home treatments for back pain
. At-home treatments for back pain Back pain is the worst! We never feel like we can go about our day properly or even feel like we are stuck in bed. Most of the time back pain is due to stress and tension in the body that is placing focus on your back. Our back …
TRUE or FALSE? Walking will improve bone density
TRUE or FALSE? Walking will improve bone density Contributed by Bethany ReynoldsHealth & Fitness Professional True- But we could build it faster if we hop, skip, or lift weights. Like muscles, bones shrink without stimulation. So standing instead of sitting can be your first step. Astronauts can lose 1 to 2 percent of their bone mass …
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Habit Stacking
Habit Stacking Contributed by Dani BarbosaHealth & Fitness Professional Did you set any health and fitness goals this year? Most of us did, but life gets crazy and our once hopeful goals get put on the back burner for another year. Often times, when we set our goals, we tend to keep that sexy finished …
Get Online and Get Fit
Get Online and Get Fit Contributed by Bethany ReynoldsHealth & Fitness Professional You know how important exercise is for you. Let’s talk options you have to continue or even to start a fitness program. Your preference might be face-to-face training, while others may prefer online training. At JKFITNESS we offer online training that feels like …
Self-Sabotage: The Art of Getting in Your Own Way
Self-Sabotage: The Art of Getting in Your Own Way Contributed by Kimberly TurnerHealth, Fitness & Yoga Professional Often when we set certain weight loss or fitness goals we end up sabotaging ourselves. When we can recognize self-sabotage we can do a better job of overcoming it so that we don’t ruin our health and wellness …
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Strength Training Is My Cardio
Contributed by Bethany ReynoldsHealth & Fitness Professional To sum up what I mean, we all need to lift heavy things. If we don’t move it, we lose it. Your options are things like dumbbells, medicine balls, resistance tubes, or body weight. By being consistent with strength training you start to increase bone density and muscle …
Take A Breath
Take A Breath Contributed by Dani Barbosa This new lock down lifestyle has been a major adjustment for everybody. We are mentally exhausted from the constantly evolving situation that we have found ourselves in. The news cycle doesn’t end, it’s hard to step away from work when your office is your living room, and grocery …
Change is Hard
Contributed by Dani Barbosa Achieving your health and fitness goals may seem impossible. You are busy with work, life, family, relationships, school, and who knows what else you have piled on your plate. On top of that, you need to sleep 7-8 hours every night, prepare nutritious meals, exercise regularly, and find time to relax …
How To Love Exercise
Contributed by Dani Barbosa Okay, I know what you’re thinking… Can someone really love exercise? The answer is (duh duh duh duuuuuuh) YES!! But, how? Let’s talk about it. Exercise doesn’t have to be a dreaded, grueling activity that leaves you sweaty, beaten, and borderline dying. Exercise is defined as an activity requiring physical effort, …