Fitness

Sweat is Just Your Fat Crying!

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Fact Check: Mixture
While this quote is funny and motivational, this is physiologically incorrect. Sweat is a way for your body to help regulate body temperature and keep your body from over heating, much like shivering helps keep your body warm when it is cold outside. What weight you do lose when you sweat is water weight. When you exercise your heart rate goes up as does your temperature. Heat will escape through your circulatory system where heat can be lost into the air. Your body burns calories as you exercise. To hit the fat burn zone during your exercise (or utilize the aerobic energy system of your body), you must do at least 30 minutes of moderate intensity aerobic exercise such as walking, running, swimming, biking. read more

Should I Exercise With a Neck Injury or Neck Condition?

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The simple answer is to consult with your doctor first to receive clearance for exercise. The neck has the starting point of the spinal cord at the base of the skull. Other major nerves, veins and arteries are located throughout the neck region. The neck also possesses a major tube called the wind pipe (trachea) in which you need to breathe oxygen. Your doctor may recommend seeing a physical therapist or chiropractor for injury related recovery (rehabilitation), or if an injury or condition is severe, a spinal surgeon or neurologist. Putting off injuries or “toughing it out” may worsen over time, especially years down the road.  Listen and take care of your whole body. If something doesn’t feel right get the help you need sooner rather than later. read more

When Should I Start Exercising Postpartum and/or After a C-Section?

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The first thing I would recommend is listening to your body and consulting with a doctor. I would make sure you have sufficiently given your body time to recover from labor. This may take anywhere from 6 to 8 weeks. For some it may be sooner or later, everybody is different. It is better to take the time to recover than risk injury to yourself that may result in more time off of exercising.  During your visits with your doctor in this time frame, let the doctor know how you are feeling and consult with them about returning to a fitness program.   read more

Weight Training and Cross Training Hybrid Nike Shoes Review Featuring Metcon 2

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In this video I am reviewing Nike Metcon 2 Training Shoes Overall I rate them 9/10, would be better without the squeak If you are interested in Metcon 2 check out this affiliate link to ebay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/384241600545… If you are interested in a newer model of the Metcon one of these links: https://amzn.to/3yT4Xzx Metcon 5 https://amzn.to/3wEl6Hm Women’s Metcon 5 https://amzn.to/36y6fnp Women’s Metcon 6 https://amzn.to/3ia58Q6

What Shoes Should I Wear to Wear to the Gym?

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In this video, I describe the differences in shoes that are compatible for the gym. What shoes to wear to the gym varies from what activities you will be participating in. I have created other videos with in depth product reviews. Here are a list of similar shoes mentioned in the video with affiliate links:
Weightlifting/ Olympic lifiting Romaleo https://amzn.to/3ANpUOb Hybrid cross training Metcon https://amzn.to/3hxZecJ Running Free RN 2018 https://amzn.to/3xslrON

How to minimize hospitalizations from Covid-19

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CNBC recently put out an article titled “CDC study finds about 78% of people hospitalized for Covid were overweight or obese (Jr., 2021).”As an exercise physiologist, I can immediately offer some insight. Keep in mind, this is my opinion on the matter, I am not a doctor, epidemiologist, immunologist, virologist or expert in infectious diseases. I do however, have some experience in collecting and analyzing data. Therefore, as a disclaimer, this article is based on information that I have gathered to formulate my own opinion. I hope to put these puzzle pieces together for you,  to help explain why so many people are being affected by Covid-19, especially here in America. read more