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Health & Fitness

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. 

Meet a Cyclist Turned Runner

by | Jul 13, 2019 | , ,

This is the time of the year where two conditions can work against you: dehydration and hyponatremia. The best defense is to ensure that you hydrate during the day if you are training in the late afternoon or evening. During your training you should have some type of sports drink and not just plain water. It does not take long for dehydration to set in. One way to tell is if you feel thirsty then it is too late. There may be a tendency to over drink to remedy the dehydration and it can cause the other condition hyponatremia. These two conditions affect your performance and they are preventable.

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Take Your Skills and Use Them

by | Jun 12, 2019 | , ,

Forget about what you used to do and focus on what you can do.

In order to make a successful transition, you must accept your limitations. You may have been at a 10-minute pace per mile and now 12-minutes per mile is the normal and feels comfortable. A mental adjustment is required, and the body will follow.

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My Hearing Loss

by | May 5, 2019 | , ,

Last month, I had a few harder-than-usual days emotionally. Those emotionally off days were both tied to the same thing, and over the past 15 years, there’s been more than two hard days tied to that thing. Hearing loss. Early onset hearing loss.

Early onset is pretty key, so don’t be mistaking me for my grandmother’s age. I’m 35 years young, and that’s part of what bothers me with regards to my hearing loss. I was 20 when I was first fitted for hearing aids.

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Find Your Grit

by | Apr 10, 2019 | ,

It’s easy to pick up a magazine with articles about health and fitness, how to improve a running time, or how to increase muscle size, all of which are positive. There are barriers for every sport known, but how do you overcome the obstacles?

Does it take a support system, or can an individual tackle the situation alone? In keeping with sharing information and motivation and overcoming barriers, this column is about the barrier of anorexia nervosa, an eating disorder characterized by weight loss; difficulties maintaining an appropriate body weight for height, age, and stature; and, in many individuals, distorted body image. People with anorexia generally restrict the number of calories and the types of food they eat.

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The Kicking Soldier Athlete

by | Mar 10, 2019 | ,

The key to your fitness program is motivation. You must learn to fight off distractions and find a balance.

This column will take a different direction than the usual running focus and look at the sport of Taekwondo. According to the World Taekwondo Federation, the sport is one of the most systematic and scientific Korean traditional arts that teaches more than physical skills.

It is a discipline that shows ways of enhancing our spirit and life through training our body and mind.

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