Even under the best of circumstances, striking a balance between “real life” and focusing on health and fitness is no easy task. Fold in military spouse life, and it kicks that challenge up a notch!
This category will give you insight from a milspouse perspective, including workouts, celebrating victories (large and small), and how to put your health as a priority, no matter what milspouse life throws your way.
Trust us. These great resources will make you “sit-up” and take notice. Don’t “weight” too long or “waist” any time. “Run” through these blogs. We are serious. “Jump” to it.
PS: Don’t skip leg day.
Everyone has that one friend. The one that you just can’t say no to, the one who doesn’t know any reasons to quit. They talk you into fun runs or volunteering for crazy events and every once in while…
…they get you to do something exciting, challenging, or just plain stupid.
Enter the 75 Hard Challenge.
When does your child’s love of nothing but chicken nuggets and french fries become problematic? When does extremely picky eating turn into an eating disorder known as ARFID? And what can you as a parent do to help?
A few years ago, I read an article about emotional labor. The author described her experience of asking for one simple gift for Mother’s Day. She wanted someone to deep clean her home. Her husband waited until the last minute, then decided it was too expensive. In addition, he couldn’t find a cleaning service for the day he wanted, so instead, he “cleaned” the bathrooms leaving her to watch their children destroy the rest of the house.
He thought he gave her the gift she wanted.
Does your chosen career create challenges which impact your exercise program? This month, Lt. Col. Amy Nieman (U.S. Army), attorney and ultramarathoner, shares her philosophy. Those who are in the legal profession can relate to stressful schedules and deadlines. Amy made the transition from track while in college, to road racing and ultramarathons.
HIIT has been shown in various studies to be more efficient at caloric burn in the fat-torching department than steady-state cardio, both during and after your workout. Everyone wants to get the most bang for their buck, so why not go to as many HIIT classes as possible?
Well, this is where we need to make sure we fully understand that not all HIIT classes are the same, specifically on the caloric burn level. This is where I’m happy to step in and shed some light on these HIIT-style workouts.
You know that old saying, “too much of any good thing can be a bad thing?” It’s true in just about every situation, including an exercise regimen. While a balanced amount of movement has its place in a healthy life, too much of it can cause devastating issues, including body dysmorphia, exercise dependency, even a full-blown exercise disorder.
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