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So you are finally taking a well deserved vacation. Whether your time away will be adventurous, relaxing, or spent visiting family, packing up and getting out of town for a while can be therapeutic in so many ways.  The break from our daily routine of work, chores, and homework can recharge us for weeks after. However, though a vacation can be mentally healthy, it can wreak havoc on our physical health trends.  

We’re well into March, and you know what that means . . . you’ve researched the NCAA teams and picked your favorites, your bracket is set. Now you’re thinking about hosting some March fun of your own.  Want to host a basketball bash, but a little short on brilliant ideas?

Carbs count. Before your sweat-session, go ahead and snack on some carbohydrates. This often-villainized food group is necessary to properly fuel your muscles. Carbohydrates get stored as glycogen, which your body calls on to endure through that last set of reps, or final cardio sprint.  When the glycogen is depleted, we’re fatigued and have “hit the wall.”

The ambitious promises made in the excitement and promise of the coming 2016, created with such enthusiasm – where are they today? Here are tips to revisit and reenergize these goals for spring.

If you were granted a gift of an extra day that was yours, free and clear, with which to do whatever you wanted, what would you do?  Leap Day is upon us – one of the rare times when it really does feel like the whole world is given an extra day. 

With the winter holidays behind you, ski season half over, and all the pink foil-wrapped chocolates cleared out of your candy dish, it’s head-on towards thoughts of spring and warmer weather. As you start planning your spring 10K race, snowshoeing trek, or even a spring break excursion, this is a great time to give some attention to what makes all of your athletic feats possible. Your sky-high endurance is great, your killer pecs are impressive and your level of ambition is certainly notable. However, without this one little necessary goldmine that holds on its own more endurance and muscle tone than any other part of your body, you wouldn’t be able to do anything, impressive or otherwise. Keep taking care of your heart.

Okay, time for a public service announcement: Valentine’s Day – the day that’s awash in a sea of pink flowers and candy-coated romantic notions – is on a weekend this year. And, not to cause alarm, but it’s approaching quickly. Translation: you’d better plan something great, and pronto. But what to do for the big day?

Championship day is finally here. And just like most important days, much of this football game is devoted to the festivities, food and drinks that surround it. What defines Christmas like festive cookies?  What’s a wedding without cake?  If it’s Easter time, you’ve got to have those ridiculously delicious peanut butter eggs. The Big Game is no different – what says football-watching like piles of chips, platters of wings, a fridge full of choice beverages, and a luscious assortment of appetizers? Sounds dreamy, unless you happen to be trying to avoid snacks of the trans-fat, carbo/fat/cheese-laden variety. Lucky for you, we’ve got some great tips on how to make over your game time munchies that will leave you feeling lean, mean and powered up for your next big game, race, or heavy-hitting workout. 

If you’ve experienced a FIT36^® workout, you know and understand that it’s a whole new level of fitness. You get that you’re going to burn fat while working out, but did you know that your body is still working to burn calories hours after your workout is complete?  

As the Official Fitness Partner of Icelantic Winter on the Rocks, FIT36^® is pumped to be hosting a before-concert workout the day of the concert. At 12:15 p.m. MST on January 29^th, FIT36^® will be hosting a free HIIT workout at Red Rocks led by one of the brand’s founders and owners of the LoDo location. The workout will be a modified HIIT workout in the open air of the famous amphitheater.