Strength training boosts a key longevity hormone more than aerobic exercise does – so we love ‘em both. No need to have a favorite.
Barbells, Babies, & Brain Fitness
Babies, barbells, and brain fitness. What’s the difference between lifting a baby or a barbell? One is squirmy and the other is firm-y. Consider the familiar scene of someone lifting a child in the air overhead. The human connection through physical touch and eye contact plus the sudden higher elevation and movement is very thrilling […]
Gold Medal for Enjoyment
Two brief sections to this post: the conceptual part and the neurobics (practical) part. Conceptual: Norway won the most gold medals at the Olympics. Again. Buried deep in the Olympics coverage was a story about how Norway often wins the most medals at the winter Olympics because they don’t worry about success. There’s a cultural […]
How to Fall in Love with Your Warm-Up
The overfocus on the physical aspect of warming up for exercise misses an opportunity for a multi-sensory experience that shifts mental and emotional states to one of engagement and play.
Why Fitness Isn’t Fun
Some key mistakes when starting fitness have many people stopping before they start. If fitness isn’t fun it won’t get done consistently.
Superfoods or Superfitness?
There are no superfoods. But there are SuperVillian Foods. We created them in a lab. “Superfoods” are just the normal, healthy foods we have consumed for all of human history. They have no superpowers and have difficulty balancing out the damage from SuperVillian Foods.
Enhanced Walking
Never “just” walk again. Walking is good. Make it better for brain health. Here are some ideas for how to make walking more fun and enjoyable.
An Ounce is Not Heavy Ehough
Prevention needs a ribbon. An ounce of prevention appears to not be heavy enough for many people with too many waiting to act until they need to carry several pounds of cure.
Action Required
Tired of [ACTION REQUIRED] e-mails? Me too, until I learned to do something physical every time I get one of these.
Summer Fun Your Way to Fitness
Put the *you* in the middle of “fun.” Keep yourself in the mindset of summer fun when pursuing summer fitness. Run…through the sprinklers. Keep fitness in the context of fun stuff and you will enjoy your summer workouts more and get more out of them.