More Computer Fitness Tips

We’ve been talking about maintaining our fitness even as we work at home or in the office sitting behind desks and looking at computers all day. It may be great to type a 180 words per minute, but if your health is suffering and your overall sense of well being and fitness are declining – then let’s focus on something a little more proactive than typing fast. More Computer Fitness Tips Let’s talk about getting healthier in your daily habits whether you sit in front of the computer screen or not. This is important, especially if you spend a large … Continue reading →

How to Improve Your Computer Fitness

We talked about Your Computer versus Your Fitness yesterday. Today, we’re going to talk about how to improve your computer fitness, but we’re not talking about the health of your actual machine, for tips on your computer and computing, check out our computing blog. In the meanwhile, it’s important to remember when you are sitting at your desk, hour after hour; that there is something you can do to improve your own fitness in those hours. So How Can You Do It? Take a good look at your nutrition. What do you eat and drink when you are sitting at … Continue reading →

Your Playground Routine

Are you heading to the park with your kids today? It’s warm outside and kids love summer time to get outside and run, play and go nuts. If you live in a really hot state like Texas (hey there), then heading to the park in the morning means you get to enjoy the outdoors, getting the kids some physical activity and giving you an opportunity for a tough, 10 minute workout that won’t cost you a thing and can supercharge your whole day. Your Workout So, while you’re at the park this morning, here’s a workout for you to really … Continue reading →

Your Computer versus Your Fitness

I work from home, I may have mentioned this on many occasions. Over the last 12 years or so, I’ve worked in some fashion or another in front of a computer. Sometimes I work for five or six hours at a stretch without getting up other than to use the rest room or grab a drink. In the past, when I was in corporate America, I worked a lot longer than that, going so far to just eat my lunch at my desk so I could get my work done. p The Internet and the computer are fantastic gifts. They … Continue reading →

Exercise After Eating Can Be Beneficial

If you exercise after you eat, you might be doing yourself a favor and lose more weight than if you eat after you workout. The Surrey University and Imperial College London researchers have just published a study in the Journal of Endocrinology. Participants in the study cycled for an hour at about 65% of their maximum heart rate after they ate a meal. How Does This Work? Participants usually waited an hour after their meal before exercising. The interesting portion of the study details that even those participants who were exercising ate more than normal. According to the scientists who … Continue reading →

Let’s Burn Some Extra Calories Today

Want to burn an extra 100 calories today? I look at burning some extra calories the way I look at catching a few extra minutes of sleep – it’s nice to be able to do it especially if it fits into the day and improves it. The great thing about the following list of things you can do to burn some extra calories is they are all a way to relax as well as burn calories. How often do you hear let’s have fun and burn a few calories at the same time? Not a lot? That’s okay, we’re going … Continue reading →

Exercise & Trauma

A few years ago, when I lived in Virginia we faced 9/11 with fear and uncertainty. I remember the absolute silence in the skies as all planes were grounded. I remember worrying about the friend of ours who worked at the Pentagon and the hours it took to find out whether he was still alive or not. I remember with cold, crystal clarity the sickening realization that my mother-in-law, sister-in-law and nephew were originally going to fly out that morning, but changed their flights to later in the day because my sister-in-law didn’t want to have to get up so … Continue reading →

Breaking Out of An Exercise Plateau

Are you stuck? An exercise plateau is something no one wants to be stuck in, because when you are – it doesn’t matter how regularly you exercise, you aren’t seeing any results. We’ve all gone through it at some point or another – a plateau is usually hit when you’re working towards a weight loss or endurance goal. You lose a few pounds and you’re feeling good about your workout. You keep working out the same way and you lose a few more pounds and then nothing – no matter how regularly you work out, you lose nothing. This can … Continue reading →