“Just when the caterpillar thought the world was ending, he turned into a butterfly” — Anonymous proverb Current estimates of the global prevalence of anxiety disorders see a range from 3.8% to 25%. With those suffering from anxiety disorders at a 26% to 52% increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Treatment therapies such as SSRIs and talk therapy work to address the anxiety disorder but do not affect the increased risk anxious individuals face from cardiovascular disease. It seems clear that a combined approach is necessary. A 2020 study into physical exercise and anxiety across 47 countri ..read more

What This Is Not! Before we get into this, let us first agree that we are not talking about 2 huge breakfasts which would put you in a calorie excess but splitting your usual breakfast into 2 smaller breakfasts that you consume at different times of the morning. Who Is This Breakfast Strategy For? This could be an advantageous strategy for people who have early starts, are on their feet all day, or morning exercisers. Rushing around/exercising first thing places energy demands on your system that is food depleted, due to sleep. If You’re Giving It A Go, How Should You Approach Each Breakfast ..read more

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 I began this adventure to find out if meditation would assisting with my respiratory health. As a lifetime asthmatic, I am familiar with the respiratory stresses of winter viruses and now we have a COVID-19 pandemic to add to the stress. Many scientific studies have investigated the effect of exercise and meditation on reducing the incidence and severity of an acute respiratory infection. A 2018 study https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6014660/ concluded that both exercise and meditation are effective at reducing the incidence, severity, and duration of acute respiratory infec ..read more

Step one of a Turkish get up  A common misconception is that age-related mobility loss is inevitable and that high levels of physical activity increase this loss. A scientific study published in The Official Journal Of The American Aging Association https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3824991/#!po=0.657895 concluded that age-related mobility loss occurred faster in the shoulder and trunk than all other joints. This decline begins at age 30 for males and age 40 for females. Given that shoulder, mobility is vital for daily activities such as dressing or retrieving objects from a s ..read more

The answer depends on your strength and conditioning focus and knee joint health. The primary focus of a lunge is to strengthen the gluteus maximus (your main butt muscle) and the rectus femoris (the central quadriceps muscle at the front of your thigh). The three most common lunge variations are the reverse lunge, the forward lunge, and the walking lunge. If you have ever attended a class at the gym, followed along to an online video, or worked with a personal trainer you are sure to have experienced at least one of the variations. So which one gives you the best return for developing muscula ..read more

The SERB grid pattern  You can if you know what a SEBT (star excursion balance test) is. The SEBT tests your unilateral leg reach and balance in four anterior and four posterior directions. All you need is some tape, a tape measure, and a helpful assistant. This video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GMzE7NV3W0) explains the method. Trust me when I say it is not as easy as it looks to do correctly! A 2017 study in The Journal Of Orthopaedic And Sports Physical Therapy (https://www.jospt.org/doi/pdf/10.2519/jospt.2017.6974) concluded that side-to-side reach asymmetry in the anterior dire ..read more