Attaining ENERGY is what health and fitness is really all about. Think about it. Energy is the key of life. Without it, plants cannot grow, our cells cannot function, our bodies cannot move and our brains cannot think. Lack of energy, or low energy is the first step towards illness and disease. To move toward […]
Enhance your performance and mental prowess with this one simple exercise. Just as flexibility and strength are acquired skills, so too is mental focus. It’s not always easy to be mindful in our world. Distractions that take you out of the moment lurk everywhere. In a workout, just as in our lives, distractions can be […]
In Outdoor Fitness, we don’t count calories. Portion control takes the place of calorie counting, a simple method that you can use anytime, anywhere—no scribbling, no calculators, no numbers to remember. This doesn’t mean we ignore calories—you’ve got to understand the caloric value of the food you eat—but practicing portion control is the easiest and […]
Vitamin D is one of the latest nutrients in the media spotlight, and for good reason. Technically not a “vitamin,” vitamin D is in a class by itself. Its metabolic product, calcitriol, is actually a hormone that targets over 2000 genes (about 10% of the human genome) in the human body. Problems linked to vitamin […]
