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Fall is typically a time of change. Days shorten, weather cools and pressures at work ramp up. Gone are the vacations and slower pace of summer, replaced by increased work demands and strain. Work stress has a variety of causes. High work loads with unrealistic deadlines, a lack of control over your work day, a work culture of blame or being expected to perform on tasks for which you’ve had insufficient training all create strain and stress. How Can You Manage Work Stress? Although there are many effective coping strategies for managing stress, it is helpful to think of stress and how you manage it in two different ways. You can manage stress by managing the stressor, that is, by solving the external problems that are causing you stress. Using these strategies, you might work with a supervisor to gain necessary training or to change unrealistic deadlines. These strategies are highly effective when you have the ability to exert some control over your workload and work pressures. A second method for managing stress is by managing your reaction to these stressors. These strategies don’t change the demands of the job, but they are effective in reducing the amount of […]
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That person seems to have it all. You hate to admit it, but their effortless fitness and healthy life drive you mad all year round! What do they have that you don’t? You’ve tried the diets. You’ve done the workouts, what gives? But what if you could BECOME that person too? Don’t believe that’s possible? Let me explain. I have always been an all or nothing type of person. There was one year where I drank something made entirely out of veggies for dinner for a month – a month! You heard me: I’m talking about a puke-worthy smoothie made entirely of spinach, kale, broccoli, and spinach. Gross. After a while, I began to realize something extremely pivotal to my fitness journey: being all or nothing doesn’t work with having a healthy life. Our bodies are delicate! Too few calories and too many workouts will literally spike cortisol and prevent you from losing weight. Too many calories and too few workouts and well, we’ve all been there. So what am I getting at? My point is that there are several secrets that these seemingly effortless fit people incorporate, knowingly or not, that greatly contribute to their health and wellness. The […]
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Our metabolisms get blamed for a lot. “Metabolism” is a word that is bandied about in our frustrated conversations with girlfriends. Our inability to mainline chocolate without putting on weight? Metabolism. Those seven pounds that just won’t budge? Metabolism. Our general fatigue? Metabolism. But do you know what your metabolism is and what it even does? According to the NHS website, “metabolism describes all the chemical processes that go on continuously inside the body to keep you alive and your organs functioning normally, such as breathing, repairing cells and digesting food.” Our bodies need energy to carry out all those metabolic processes, and it’s our basal metabolic rate (BMR) that is the number of calories our body uses to just keep us alive. The site also says that “a slow metabolism is more accurately described as a low BMR.”1 While we probably need to shift the focus from wanting to speed up our metabolism to increasing our BMR if we want to be totally accurate, at the end of the day, we all just want to know how to lose any excess weight, right? Keep scrolling for easy-to-follow tips on how to boost your metabolism. Eat a Metabolism-Boosting Breakfast […]
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They’re one of the most important muscle groups in your body, responsible for everything from your ability to hold heavy objects without pain or discomfort to your ability to lift heavier weights in the gym. But they’re also one of the most visible; even when there’s no sun these guns will be out. Forearms are one of the most under trained body parts – we guarantee that you’ve never heard anyone say “I want a great pair of forearms!” But strong and healthy forearms can not only give you more athletic-looking arms, you’ll also benefit from a better grip and improved muscular endurance. Why is it then that so few people make any effort to train them at all? It is a fear of developing arms like Popeye? A lack of awareness about the huge impact that grip and wrist strength has on your ability to train your upper body? Or is it just a lack of interest? If you think your forearms are a weak point, then you really need to read on… Why are forearm exercises important? Ask a dozen different fitness enthusiasts for their favorite body parts to exercise and rarely will you hear the forearms […]
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During these uncertain times, it is important to focus on ways to help manage fear and anxiety while coping with our ever-changing world as we know it. Meditation practices can be a great way to help find balance as we learn more about COVID-19 and how it will affect our lives moving forward. Although we can’t rid ourselves of daily stressors, meditation may provide the mental shift needed to equip you for life’s oncoming obstacles. Given all the buzz surrounding meditation, you might be tempted to dismiss it as trendy. But this centuries-old practice of calming the mind and easing day-to-day stress is backed by loads of scientific evidence. How Meditation Can Help with Stress According to Penn’s Program for Mindfulness, extensive research has demonstrated that mindfulness training improves mood and quality of life, increases working memory and resistance to distraction, and enhances emotional regulation. Learn how meditation can help counteract the affects of stress and help reset our minds and bodies. Meditating for a Healthy Mind Problem: Two regions of the brain tend to play a special role in our mental health: the amygdala and the default mode network (DMN). The amygdala is the region of the […]
by adminin Workouts0 commentstags: achieving goals, better after exercising, helpful article, losing stamina, losing weight, proper hydration, sports drink or water, sports drinks have calories, tiresome exercising session
Had a long and tiresome exercising session? Well, what should you drink right after you are done with your workout? Soft drinks or water? Well, to replenish the thirst you might think that water is a better option in this case but if you want to bring back the energy then you might think sports drinks are the right choice. Well, this dilemma is pretty common but know what should be the right choice with this helpful article, keep reading. Which one is actually better? • Water works – proper hydration is extremely crucial before and after a workout and helps the body against all the dehydration that has occurred while you were exercising. So water will help you to protect your body from any kind of damage. Not just that it will help you to stay energized all throughout your session so that you don’t lose your stamina mid-way. • Sports drinks have calories – sports drinks are laden with sugar and glucose. While these items will provide you with the energy that you need there is a major drawback of consuming sports drinks. If you are working out for losing your weight then the sugar present in the […]
by adminin Workouts0 commentstags: balance and flexibility, ballet inspired workout, barre classes, barre workouts, benefits of barre workouts, friendly for beginners, sweaty and extensive
Barre is a ballet-inspired workout routine that helps the people to build their strength, to tighten the core and if you want that dancer’s booty, you get it as well. Barre workouts are not sweaty and extensive, instead, they are slow, controlled and comprise of micro-movements which is a really effective form of working out. No other workout in the whole world is so graceful and yet at the same time so effective to build your body. So let’s take a look at the 4 benefits that one gets from the barre workouts – • It is friendly for beginners – barre classes are well suited even for the people who have no ballet roots and don’t even go to the gym. If you fall under this category, barre is a good place for you to start. You can modify every move without risking an injury. • It’s an amazing core workout – barre workouts are specifically targeted so that it can strengthen your core. There is an element of balance in this form of exercise that is definitely going to build up those abs you so badly want. • It increases the flexibility of the body – flexibility is […]
by adminin Mind & Body0 commentstags: best sleep of life, brain misinterprets, foolproof ways, reduce caffeine, sleep better, step for better sleep, ways to sleep
Sleep problems have a really negative impact on our lives. With everyone having a huge workload and tension on their shoulders, the sleep pattern often gets disturbed from what we usually have. However, the good part is that you can make 3 changes in your day to day routine so that you can have the best sleep of your life. Get the phone out of your bedroom The single best change that you can make to improve your sleep cycle is to kick the phone out of your bedroom. At least take it away from the region where you sleep because our brain misinterprets the time of the day due to the light coming from your Smartphone. The blue spectrum of light that comes out of your phone will automatically make you alert, making it difficult to sleep. So you will constantly feel tired without the ability to sleep peacefully. Reduce the caffeine One of the golden rules of getting better sleep is to reduce the caffeine intake of your body. We all love coffee, right from the smell, to the taste, flavor and how it instantly makes our mood lighter. But if you are the one struggling with your […]
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When you’re looking for a workout plan that will build your body up, it is better to have compound movements instead of focusing on exercises that focus on a certain muscle group. Exercises like bench-press, deadlifts, pull ups and squats are an isolating movement exercise. When you have an exercise routine that is made of compound moves, you will give multiple muscles a workout all at once. Consider it getting more bang for your buck. Here are 5 tips we have found to make it easy for that all over bodybuilding: Weights Increased To determine if your bodybuilding is progressing, other than looking in the mirror, is to be able to lift more weight. When you are dieting properly and exercising regularly, bumping up the amount of weight you’re lifting every few weeks or so should be easy. It is possible to reach a plateau, which is normal, and then you can start tweaking with your exercise routine and diet, such as including supplements in your diet. Get Over That Plateau As mentioned, it may be a struggle, but you will probably hit a plateau, which can be frustrating. This can happen if you don’t change the amount of your […]
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If you perform a search engine phrase like “how to lose belly fat”, “best exercises for losing core fat” or “how to get rid of my fat stomach” then you’ll sadly be plagued by many fly-by-night promo websites that are filthy rich in ads and pop up links, and there seems to be very little information on the actual query you wanted to learn about. So without further “fluff” on the subject – let’s get straight to the chase and tell you about one exercise which will burn more calories per rep than any other exercise. Physical education trainers will know of it as the “Hot Potato Squat” and you will need one 5kg dumbbell and a pair of shorts before you start the exercise. We all know what a squat is – keeping the back straight, you bend at the knee until the legs are at an angle of 90 degrees, hold for two seconds and slowly raise to a standing position, then repeat. The Hot Potato Squat will involve one hand holding a 5kg dumbbell as you lower to the squat position. As you rise up to a standing position, you will need to throw the dumbbell from […]
