by Andrew Schaeffer, LMHC, CSCS | Jul 31, 2017 | Fitness
Sleep is a key factor in recovery, and recovery is where your body makes improvements after exercise. Sleep may also be a key component of weight control and be implicated in chronic conditions like heart disease and diabetes. Given these various implications, sleep...
by Andrew Schaeffer, LMHC, CSCS | Jul 12, 2017 | Fitness
Fitness trackers are everywhere. Like many fitness items they come with pros and cons. Find out how they can help, where they fall short, and which ones will serve you best. Fitness Tracker Pros They Get You Moving Many people, especially in cities, get into the steps...
by Andrew Schaeffer, LMHC, CSCS | Jul 5, 2017 | Fitness
Lunges are a very popular and challenging leg exercise. They are also very advanced. Here are the things to consider when adding them into your program. The Forward Lunge – An Advanced Exercise The forward lunge is particularly challenging for the body because...
by Antoine Simmons | Jun 29, 2017 | Fitness
Strength training can save your life and it does it by strengthening your bones. If you are sixty-five or older the chance of suffering a hip fracture and dying as a result can be as high as sixty percent.6 Those chances can be reduced by using weights to strengthen...
by Andrew Schaeffer, LMHC, CSCS | Jun 23, 2017 | Fitness
Current American Heart Association recommendations for cardiovascular training are 150 minutes per week of moderate intensity work or 75 minutes of rigorous work.8 However, the AHA is careful to point out that this is not an all or nothing proposition. Boosting your...
by Andrew Schaeffer, LMHC, CSCS | Jun 7, 2017 | Fitness
Getting your arms into an overhead position seems easy, but there are a couple of key points that you need to know. Better overhead positioning will greatly improve movements like the overhead press, overhead squat, chin ups, and pulldowns. Key Points For The Overhead...