by Janet Huehls | Sep 28, 2019 | Movement
Let me explain that title! Your thoughts about exercise have tremendous power. The way you define exercise determines if you can and will do it. If you think exercise has to be a certain amount of time, intensity, or type to ‘count’ as exercise, but you...
by Janet Huehls | Jul 1, 2019 | Real-time Results of Exercise Series
This is the final blog in a series on the Real-time Results of exercise, the ones that will make your brain want to exercise. The big-time reasons to exercise are not the ones that will make you do it. What’s more important to your brain is how you feel right now. If...
by Janet Huehls | Jun 23, 2019 | Real-time Results of Exercise Series
This is number nine in a series on the Real-time Results of exercise, the ones that will make your brain want to exercise. In the last blog, I highlighted some of the mindsets about stretching that tend to get in the way of motivation to stretch. Today, let’s update...
by Janet Huehls | May 27, 2019 | Movement
As we discussed with cardio, we often talk about strength training in terms of the long-term benefits. Yet your brain really cares about the instant rewards of doing something. But what if the instant ‘reward’ you get from lifting weights is muscle soreness and...
by Janet Huehls | May 14, 2019 | Real-time Results of Exercise Series
In the last blog, I talked about why cardio is so much more than just getting your heart rate up. With all the advice about the intensity of cardiovascular exercise lately, let’s take a look at what happens when you exercise at different intensities so you can make a...