Fitness Blog

 Stretching is very important to do before and after your workouts.  Before a workout , you want to focus on dynamic stretches and getting the body warmed up or else you put yourself at risk for injury and even tissue damage. Dynamic stretching before a workout actually increases blood flow so that your tissues have enough oxygen for your workout. It also improves your range of motion so that you have a better workout! After a workout , you want to focus on static stretching and foam rolling. This will help you cool down properly and reduce tightness/pain in the tissues. Stretching is actually known to help improve blood pressure and heart rate and even reduce stress! 

 I'm sure we all have heard this before, especially for women. Some people think that lifting weights will make you look like a bodybuilder when that is not the case at all. So many women are too scared to lift weights because of this saying. When in reality, lifting weights is probably the number one thing that will get them to their dream body.  Do your research before believing sayings like this because LIFTING WEIGHTS DOES NOT MAKE YOU BULKY.

 Exercise has many benefits for your physical health and physique but it also has many positive benefits for your mental health! Exercising regularly can help you feel more energetic throughout the day, help improve your sleep, help improve your memories, and can even reduce stress, anxiety, and depression. Treatment For Depression: There have been multiple studies done to show that exercise can actually treat moderate depression just as effectively as antidepressants. This is because during exercise, your brain releases endorphins that energize you and make you feel good. It also acts as a distraction for negative thoughts, which is my number one reason why I like to exercise!  Treatment For Anxiety: Exercise can actually help reduce any stress or tension in your body. Something that really helps eliminate anxiety during exercise is to engage mindfulness elements such as focusing on your body and how it feels. By putting all your focus on your body and all the sensations you...

I was pretty active throughout my life. I was a gymnast for 9 years, and my coach would have us on a strict diet and workout plan for competition season. We would practice 5 days a week for 4 hours and have summer camps where we would practice everyday for 2 weeks straight. My gymnastics career ended early my freshman year of high school due to an injury. I really started to struggle with staying active and healthy after that. I started to binge eat whatever I wanted and kept putting off exercise because for once in my life, I didn't have to follow a strict plan. These habits obviously made me gain a bunch of weight and made me become severely depressed. Around my sophomore year in high school, I developed an eating disorder and wouldn't eat for days at a time. This lasted throughout the rest of high school. When I graduated, I took a year off school to really focus on myself. I started to workout again (mainly cardio) but my appetite still wasn't there and I struggled with...