Today our friends in Maine start their challenge to virtually trek up Mt Everest. Be Inspired! If you’re feeling like crawling back in bed today, think of 5,000 Maine school employees who are jumping off and rocking toward healthy living as you pull the covers overhead. Be like the lobster and skedaddle back out of […]
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Strengthy Lengthy Presidents!
By Gillian Pieper | Published:Happy President’s Day! Three of our first and most famous presidents, George Washington, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson felt exercise was the key to longevity. These presidents, along with Ben Franklin, and other founding fathers were avid walkers and horseback riders, and all were quick to seek out healthy foods. Granted they didn’t have much […]
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By Gillian Pieper | Published:Happy Valentine’s Day! Because we know you love your body but you don’t always love formal exercise per say, we have a body valentine list for you… Essential Body Loving Non-exercise Activities: Tried and True: Take the stairs whenever possible — Case in point: I did a little experiment at the Detroit airport last Fall […]
Read moreChair-Potato? Who? Me?
By Gillian Pieper | Published:Do you exercise? Yes, at least sometimes? Good. But do you NON-exercise? It’s the new black! If you love your body and soul, regardless of exercise, you’ll need to become an expert in non-exercise. Research has exploded all over mainstream health media with the following headlines: “Sitting Kills” (gives new meaning to the Fonz’s Happy […]
Read moreStrengthening Airplane II
By Gillian Pieper | Published:Slips, trips, and falls, OH MY! No one needs that. Stay strong and you’ll minimize the risk. Our favorite balance and core exercise, the Airplane, with a twist, is perfect for the job. We first brought this up in our Dec. 13, 2010 post. Here’s a reminder on how to begin: Put your arms out as if […]
Read moreStretched Hips are Happy Hips
By Gillian Pieper | Published:It’s the icy season. Even our friends in Texas get icy roads and sidewalks this time of year! Dealing with ice is all about balance and flexibility. To keep you safe, and supple, in the wake of a potential slip, here are two excellent stretches for the hip muscles. These will keep you flexible at […]
Read moreWhat’s Your Health Dream Today?
By Gillian Pieper | Published:It’s a favorite holiday of ours: Martin Luther King day. We celebrate the strength he brought to the civil rights movement, and the charge toward diversity. Isn’t’ that what health is all about? Diversity – variety, accepting many different forms, keeping it interesting (after all, familiarity breeds contempt ass they say), being opening minded, being […]
Read moreStretch and Strengthen Back
By Gillian Pieper | Published:Above all… Protect your back when doing chores. In the Northeast, we’re dealing with snow. Raking is always a back tenser, and lifting anything, whether at home or work, can be a tricky, potentially back tweaking act. There are many variations of our favorite back pleaser but all-in-all we call it the “Superhero” and it […]
Read morePick Up Your Feet!
By Gillian Pieper | Published:Try this… Get up, take off your shoes, walk down the hall, and come back. But wait, as you walk, pay attention to your stride. How do you step? Watching a CBS news story on running last fall, I realized that good (safe) runners make an effort to pick up their knees and then gently […]
Read moreStrength Through Push ups — The Greatest By Far
By Gillian Pieper | Published:You can spend lots of money on exercise machines and equipment and pills throughout your life. I can guarantee that all of them combined will not be as useful as the totally free and utterly doable PUSH UP! I put it in caps because it really is the granddaddy of them all. I’ve been putting […]
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