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Making Healthy and Reasonable Resolutions

It’s that time of year: time to start thinking about New Year’s resolutions. I like the idea of a fresh start for the New Year. But I don’t always stick with my resolutions. I think that’s because I try to make them too big and too broad. Know what I mean? Get in shape. Eat better. Exercise more. They’re kind of nebulous and easy to forget. According to USA.gov, the most popular New Year’s resolutions include: Losing weight/exercising more/getting into shape Eating better/eating right Managing debt/saving money Quitting smoking Reducing stress Getting a better job Getting a better education Travel … Continue reading →

Holiday Fitness Ideas: Why 10,000 Steps?

With the holidays fast on us, you or someone you love is likely going to be looking into different fitness plans and if you’ve heard a lot about 10,000 steps but always wondered why, let’s talk about the why here. Activity is positive and good. Any activity is better than none. 10,000 steps are the goal because the average sedentary person walks less than 3,000 steps a day at maximum. But it’s not just the steps themselves, it’s the way of thinking, acting and being. By making the commitment to 10,000 steps a day, a person is increasing their level … Continue reading →

10,000 Steps May Not Be All That

Do you know what the 10,000 step program is? We’ve talked about it here. The 10,000 step program encourages participants to increase their number of daily steps to 10,000 in order to improve their health, reduce weight and increase their fitness. This is a great idea because the average person only takes about 2,000 steps per day. 2,000 steps is about 1 mile. So if you are increasing your steps to 10,000 you are achieving about 5 miles per day in your walking. So What’s The Problem? Recent studies indicate that when we depend only on the pedometer for the … Continue reading →