Youth Sports​ Safety for Your Kids

Youth Sports​ Safety for Your Kids

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) notes that kids should get at least an hour of physical exercise every day. While this doesn’t necessarily mean playing sports, joining a team offers a host of benefits. In addition to meeting the exercise...
Connecting Exercise with Your Mental Health

Connecting Exercise with Your Mental Health

Workouts are a great way to stay physically healthy, and most people know they can improve things like heart and lung health. But there is another benefit of regular exercise that has less to do with your body and more to do with your mental well-being. Exercise isn’t...
Food and Exercise: How to Eat for Better Fitness

Food and Exercise: How to Eat for Better Fitness

There are two primary parts to living a healthy lifestyle that keeps you fit and trim for as many years as possible: healthy food and exercise. One without the other is much less effective overall. So if you live an active lifestyle, how do you change your diet to...
Making Every Move Matter: Exercise for Heart Health

Making Every Move Matter: Exercise for Heart Health

By now, everyone has heard that exercise can reduce the risk of chronic disease, especially heart disease. But what do the numbers tell us? How much exercise is enough? And what should you do if you don’t like to exercise? We’ll sort through the data to help you...
How to Start Your Winter Fitness Routine

How to Start Your Winter Fitness Routine

The start of a new year is a great time to commit to getting more exercise. But the thought of going outside when it’s cold or joining a gym with hundreds of others who also set a New Year’s workout resolution in January can make it harder to get motivated. These tips...