balanced living made simple with Brett Blumenthal
Staying active means staying young and feeling great. Exercise releases stress, strengthens your heart and body, and wards off disease. All of which helps to promote a happier, healthier you!
People tend to focus on nutrition and dieting when they want to be healthy, but eating well is only one part of the equation. Healthy living encompasses many aspects of life and addressing all of them is what makes you healthy and balanced. Incorporating small, yet effective changes can make a big impact. Add one [...]
Stress is a common thing. We all experience it from time to time but unfortunately some of us have stress as an every day, every minute occurrence. Given how technology never allows us to truly shut down, the economy having most of us worried about our futures (or at least our kids’ futures), and having [...]
Osteoporosis is a big deal for women. But there’s more involved in keeping your bones strong and healthy than just eating plenty of calcium. Weight-bearing activity (exercise on your feet that works your bones and muscles against gravity) is crucial to building and maintaining optimal bone mass.
Bone density refers to your reserve of stored calcium. [...]
Just when you thought our Military couldn’t get any tougher, it has. Physical training has not changed for decades…but with recent statistics of soldiers sustaining a 40 to 60 percent injury rate during physical training, it was clear that something needed to change. This change is the Eagle Tactical Athletic Program (ETAP), a new physical [...]
As the temperature drops and days get shorter, we still want to enjoy the outdoors. There is no reason why we can’t and there are some great activities we can do to get some exercise, all while having fun. The best part of exercising outdoors during autumn is that you don’t get overheated. Remember, however, [...]
Let’s assume we’re talking about a Pilates mat class and not a session involving all of the equipment. People are generally more familiar with the class environment because it is more common and much cheaper than having a one-on-one session. Plus, classes are usually complimentary at many gyms with a membership. Now, assuming you are [...]
Recently, I’ve found that I’ve been relatively uninspired to go to the gym. I have had a really tough time motivating myself in the morning to get up and do my traditional workout. Let’s face it, this happens to the best of us. We hit a point when for some reason, the LAST thing we [...]
This morning on the Today Show, they did a segment on the “Fat Acceptance Movement:” A movement towards increasing acceptance of those who are extremely overweight. Some may argue that this is a ‘cop-out’ or an excuse to be fat, while others say that it is a movement towards accepting yourself as you [...]
Sometimes when I go to the gym, I have this urge to tell some of the most religious treadmill riders “Ma’am, Step away from the treadmill!” No matter how many articles and reports are written on the benefits of other than cardio, it never ceases to amaze me how many women (and men too…) relegate [...]
Having been a group fitness instructor for over 15 years, I am not one to ‘relax’ when I exercise. And until recently, I found both Pilates and Yoga to lack the intensity that I needed to feel as though I got anything out of the workout. However, as I get older, I continue to gain [...]
