Category Archives: Wellness

Are you thinking of something you are looking forward to?

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Ok, I admit it…..I am a Gleester.

I find the show, Glee entertaining, creative and, often inspiring. 

In the most recent episode, here are some lines I thought were very poignant:

“I want you to promise me no matter how depressed you get; no matter how hopeless and alone you feel, you’ll try your best to imagine all the amazing experiences you have ahead of you.”

Sometimes, it is easy to want to give up. Don’t! Think of all you would miss out on?

What big things are you looking forward to? Go for it!

Don’t have time for strength training at the gym? What about push-ups?

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Finding time to make our bodies a priority can be challenging. Incorporating push-ups into your regime on a consistent basis can make a HUGE difference!
Push-ups offer so many benefits:
  • the advantages of stretching,weightlifting and cardiovascular all in one exercise
  • overall conditioning via more toned shoulders, trunk, butt upper and lower body
  • increased abdominal and hip stability
  • works on large numbers of muscle groups and helps to retain whole body fitness
  • increases metabolism by pushing the body toward physical exertion

Although there are many variations on the push-up, the basic principal remains the same: Engage your upper back, shoulders, and arms to lift your body weight off the floor, then slowly lower it back down. While that sounds simple, experts say there’s plenty of room for mistakes.

“The biggest mistake people make when doing a push-up is to try and take some of the stress off their arms by using other muscle groups to help lift their body, so they don’t get the full benefits,” says Todd Schlifstein, DO, a rehabilitation physician at the Langone Medical Center’s Rusk Institute at New York University and assistant professor at the NYU School of Medicine.

Be sure you are doing them correctly!

Take the challenging and start doing them today!!!!!!!!!!