Gratitude Will Get You to the Gym When Motivation Doesn’t
Gratitude Will Get You to the Gym When Motivation Doesn’t
About one month into my first season of swimming as a freshman in college, I developed tendonitis in my shoulder. I was relegated to the stationary bike as my shoulder recovered, and mandated to go ...
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Nature’s Benefits for Your Mental and Physical Health: How Often and for How Long You Should Be Going Outside
Being in the gym is great for your physical health, but spending time outside might be that missing puzzle piece to achieving all-around well-being. Nature is therapeutic in many ways, and time in nature can ...
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Training with Chronic Pain
When pain gets in the way, it can be difficult to maintain a regular exercise program. Heidi Shaneybrook, Fitness Director at Merritt Clubs Eldersburg and Owings Mills, knows this all too well. Being in sports ...
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It’s Time to Stop Worrying About “Optimizing” Your Health
Fitness wearables. Supplements. Weighted sleep masks. Cold showers. Sauna. “Superfoods”. Did I get your attention? You might be an “optimizer,” looking to maximize your health and fitness gains wherever possible. In a world where trends ...
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Destination Hiking: Your Next Fitness-Focused Vacation
I just returned from a week-long trip to Peru, where I spent five days and four nights hiking the Salkantay Trail to Machu Picchu. Not only did this trip allow me to see one of ...
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Working out with PMOS
There’s a new name for a condition affecting one in eight women: Polycystic Ovary Syndrome has been renamed as Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome in hopes to better diagnose women experiencing symptoms of weight gain/difficulty losing ...
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An Interview with a Professional Triathlete
Matthew McGoey is a 28-year-old athlete who has been competing in triathlons for five years. A former collegiate swimmer, Matthew transitioned to competing in triathlons during the pandemic before earning his pro-card in 2022. From ...
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Summer Foods to Support Your Goals
What’s in season? Summertime brings good food and nutritious food, giving you more opportunities than ever to support your fitness goals. Not only are delicious, healthy fruits and vegetables in season, but the warm weather ...
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Should You Be Tracking Your Food?
Regardless of your goals, you’ve probably been told at some point that you should be tracking your food or counting your calories. A question I get a lot, though, is do I have to? In ...
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Are You Dehydrated?
Summer is on the horizon, and that means warmer, more humid days. Dehydration becomes a real threat as we spend time at the beach, watching sports in the sun, and running outside even when the ...
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Five Tips to Get Ready for Summer
We are less than twelve weeks away from summer– that’s just under three months. Many people see the first day of summer as a deadline to have increased their fitness, dropped body fat, and/or gained ...
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Fueling for HYROX
If HYROX is one of your first endurance competitions, you might not know how to properly fuel leading up to your race. In this blog post, I’ll go over a general plan of how to ...
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