FIT36® Denver Tech Center Blog

With your busy schedule, you’re on the go and frankly, there’s not always time for healthy meal planning. Unfortunately with hunger, now means NOW—whether the “now” happens to be lunchtime, dinnertime, or otherwise. If left unplanned for, when it strikes its greedy wrath, it can leave you shaking your head in wonder at the wadded-up king-sized bag of chips it left in its wake as you brush the neon orange crumbs of shame from your chin. However, with some noshing know-how, you can easily leave on-the-go impulse eating confidently in your wake regardless of how much planning time you’ve had. 

In 2015, the American Psychological Association found that 36 percent of Millennials reported an increase in their stress level in the past month, and over half reported that they had lain awake in the past month due to stress. Given that April is National Stress Awareness Month we’d like to bring to the table a few tips on how to get a handle on your tension, and maybe even knock it back a few notches.  
 

If you’re like many people, you never really know what your Tax Day outcome is going to be. Are you going to be writing a check to the IRS, or, with a sigh of relief, depositing one from them?

According to the World Health Organization, many health issues that are problems in our own communities are just as prevalent across the oceans as well. World-wide health concerns are such a big deal, in fact, that the World Health Organization (WHO) has named April 7^th World Health Day. Each year, since WHO’s inception in 1948, they have used this day to call attention to a significant health issue that affects people across the world. 

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.