Fitness Trends 2023

Webinar Wellness Wednesday-Fitness Workouts & Trends for 2023 10:30am-11:00am -Welp it’s the blessed New Year and here’s my third annual look at fitness trends and workouts for the new year. Consider these options for ringing in your health. Tech is driving this year’s’ trends with the rise of the wellness metaverse and virtual reality workouts. Other focuses include mobility

Webinar Wellness Wednesday Personal Trainer vs Health Coach

Wednesday, 07.06.2022.  10:00am-10:30am https://tinyurl.com/29z88p6z Personal Trainers and Health Coaches are more widely accepted now and are often covered by insurance plans. This is exciting—but do you know the difference between the two? The roles they play in improving your health, overlap but their scope of practice is the biggest difference. Understanding that will help you

Dealing With a Weight Loss Plateau

Webinar Wellness Wednesday, June 15, 2022 2:00pm-2:30pm  https://tinyurl.com/4b968kb5 . Between healthier eating and exercising you’ve been doing so well with your weight loss. Now the scale won’t budge even though you’re still plowing ahead with your new healthy lifestyle choices. Ahh….you’ve hit a plateau. Join us to learn a few fixes to get your weight loss

The Compelling Link Between Exercise and Immunity

With Covid 19 and its variants still a threat, shoring up one’s immune system is very important. The CDC is asking everyone to get the vaccine and boosters to strengthen our ability to fight off contracting Covid 19 which preys on weak immune systems.  In addition these experts are also recommending moderate exercise like a

Fitness Friday, Workout Apps To Get You Through the Week

Let me help you with your excuse not to work out. These free fitness apps can provide a workout any time or day, anywhere. Some of them have upgrade options that cost, but the free versions are great. Pick your treat! Available on the below platforms. Nike Training Club The Nike Training Club App’s multi

Avoiding the Summer Slump Webinar

Post pandemic, as the country transitions back to normal, BGHLBE and Durham County Public Health offer three days of wellness information and activities accessible from your computer or phone, to help you get and stay on track with your health.  We hope you take advantage of the information and share it with others who are

Webinar Wellness Wednesday, Fitness Trends 2021

Welp it’s the blessed New Year and the reprieve we’ve all been looking forward to. Join my webinar this Wednesday at 11:00AM to review exercise trends and wearables for 2021. Digital workouts, HIIT, Megaformer, Barre and Hybrid classes are trending and could be your spark. In addition, we’ll look at the wearables and home fitness

Mindful Tuesday Health vs Wellness

Often these terms are intertwined but although they influence one another, their focus is different. In a nutshell, wellness” refers to your overall well-being, a lifestyle that you actively seek and one that is continually evolving — whereas, “health” refers to your actual mental and physical state. One person can be physically fit, able to

The Physical and the Mental

As a healthy lifestyle advocate, I could write forever about the physical benefits of exercising.  Appearance and energy levels improve substantially while the body’s defense mechanism against illness (and yes better sex), is much improved.  What is harder for me to express, but what I know in my heart is true, is how exercise improves

How Stress Begets Weight Gain

  How are you feeling today, stressed out beyond belief? Many of us are walking around with stress levels we’ve never felt before. Covid 19 fears, illnesses, loss of jobs, the state of our government and oh yea, your job is giving you strife, your air conditioner stopped working, the babysitter can’t make it today