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Preventing Summer Brain Drain

The school year is winding down for millions of students across the country, and while most kids are thrilled to be getting a much needed break from studying, some parents are hoping that summer vacation doesn’t lead to brain drain. Summer learning loss is nothing new; however, it is avoidable. While most parents think summer school is the key to keeping their kids at the head of the class, there are a slew of other activities that can help preserve lessons learned in the course of an academic year. My daughter would rather give up TV and eat nothing but … Continue reading →

The Fitness Blog Week in Review for July 7-13

The weeks are flying by this summer, so let’s dive into our review of the fitness blog for the week of July 7 through July 13. Saturday, July 7 We continue our Fitness Journal-Lucky Day? entries by taking a look at a day in the park (well an hour really) designed to exercise and enjoy the weather. In C is for Calorie we examine what a calorie is and why we should care about it. Sunday, July 8 In D is for Dumbbell we look at free weights, the history behind their creation and how they got such an insulting … Continue reading →

Lower Health Care Costs with Exercise

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My husband just got taken on full time at the place he is working. I am thrilled, because after three years as contractors this means we get to have full on health insurance again and no more hospital bills ringing in the $20,000 range (and no, I’m not kidding, that’s what it cost us for his emergency appendectomy last year). We have been very fortunate that we haven’t had excessive health care costs over the last few years, with small exceptions, because we didn’t have insurance. In January, we applied for and received an independent form of health insurance that … Continue reading →

Summer Ab Care

Summer time makes us more aware of our abdominals than anything else. After all, there’s nothing like bathing suit season to make you aware of the softness around your belly or the extra flab. You might be thinking since it’s mid-summer, it’s too late to get started. Let’s change that way of thinking, there’s never a too late to get started and here are 4 tips that you can use right now to help improve your abs and maybe even reduce some flab or at least firm it up so you feel better. Eat Smart Nutrition is the key to … Continue reading →

Exercising This Summer? Take Care

Summer time means hot, long days and lots of time outdoors, having fun with the family, working out, biking, swimming and more! When you are looking for more family activities to do together, exercise is very likely to come to the top of the list especially with all the worries about childhood obesity and more. So keep in mind the following tips to take care of your family and yourself while working out and enjoying yourselves this summer: Hydration – Stay hydrated! You need to drink adequate fluid before, during and after your time spent exercising. You need it to … Continue reading →

What Do I Do When I Get Sick?

We all know that working from home has both benefits and drawbacks. Today, I am going to focus on one of the drawbacks of working from home – what happens when you are sick. Sure, summer is not yet over and the chilly days of winter have not yet arrived, but that does not mean that perfect health is guaranteed. A nasty head cold currently has me feeling like I am trapped inside my aching, stuffed up head. As much as I do not like to take cold medicine, I would normally take some on a day like this. However, … Continue reading →

Make Exercise Cool

I don’t have a preteen yet, my daughter is just 6. But we had a tweenager/pre-teen living across the street and a couple of our friends have eleven and twelve year olds respectively. Sometime between elementary school where my daughter is now and middle school where their kids are – exercise and playtime becomes seriously not cool. For example, my daughter has two full recesses a day in elementary school: thirty minutes in the morning and thirty minutes in the afternoon. She also enjoys 50 minutes of physical education twice every six days. In middle school, there’s about fifteen minutes … Continue reading →

Friday Fitness Fun Quotes

I like to find some new, inspiring nugget to live by every day. I enjoy my calendars that are filled with little pearls of wisdom and quotes. In that vein, here are a few tips to inspire your personal fitness and to keep working on your exercise program. I hope they help. “Money is the most envied, but the least enjoyed. Health is the most enjoyed, but the least envied.” – Charles Caleb Colton “No rest is worth anything except the rest that is earned.” -Jean Paul “Old people have fewer diseases than the young, but their diseases never leave … Continue reading →

Fitness Tips: Exercise Bike Routines

Do you have an exercise bike or do you like riding on them at the gym? Maybe you’re a bit bored with the regular routine, so here are some tips to help you jazz up your exercise bike routine. Pick up Bike DVD Programs that let you ride along the cliffs of Dover or through the vineyards in California – these can really help get you in the mood Record a Lance Armstrong bike marathon – nothing like competing with the best to get you motivated and pushing your own limits Meditation CDs or MP3s – this may sound odd, … Continue reading →

Swimming Tips

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Swimming is such a great activity during the summer that we sometimes forget that swimming is a great way to build and maintain fitness. It’s also a great way to build up your muscle strength because water provides natural resistance for your muscles that you have to push against whether you are walking or swimming in the pool. If you want to take advantage of time spent in the pool with the kids as part of your workout routine, here are some tips to get the most out of your pool workouts: Haven’t really swum in a while? Take some … Continue reading →