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Should we social distance ourselves from social media?
With a little more time on your hands, do you find yourself checking your social media accounts more often? Have you noticed minutes or even hours ticking by signifying the amount of time spent browsing your apps? Is your emotional health impacted by trolls who intentionally provoke their followers with inflammatory statements? In the midst of a pandemic such as COVID-19, more and more people are turning to social media for news, updates, socializing, venting, and most likely oversharing. But this is what we do as humans. We connect. We are relational by nature and it’s okay. There is, however, value in disconnecting a bit from the constant bombardment brought…
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3 Ways To Grow Bigger & Stronger Readers
Reading is a meaning-making activity. The whole purpose of reading is to make sense of the text and understand it. Children who are learning to become strong readers need to be immersed in literacy early on in their lives. There are routines you can establish at home to help your child become a strong reader and hopefully foster a love for reading at the same time. I have a few simple suggestions to help you support your child’s reading at home.
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Low Testosterone Got You Down?
Men you are wired to perform. Wired for strength. Wired to protect. Your chemical makeup drives your body to succeed and you have testosterone to thank for that! Testosterone is the primary male sex hormone responsible for sex drive, semen volume, hair loss, bone mass, body fat, red blood cell production, and overall mood. We can all agree that testosterone plays a major role in a man’s day-to-day productivity and overall well-being. Testosterone is also the primary hormone that has a direct effect on skeletal muscle tissue. It promotes growth hormone responses which directly impact the size and potential strength of a muscle.
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Squat your way to better posterior health!
By Camille Panaro, M.S. ES., M.S. Ed. It’s hard to narrow down the best exercises for your body, but there are a few that everyone should do – and do often! Squats are essential to building better posterior health because they mimic daily functional movements. Everyone squats, lunges, or bends down at some point in their day, only some do it with ease and some do it with pain. If you’ve ever noticed a 2 year old squat to pick something up, you will witness perfect squat form. Toddlers naturally use their posterior muscles in a way that adults do not. Toddlers do not suffer from inflexible or tight muscles…
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Intensify Your Training With HIIT
Are you at a stand-still with your weight? Not producing the power needed to break the performance plateau? Can’t seem to improve your running time or just feel stuck? Then High-Intensity Interval Training, otherwise known as HIIT, could be the answer. Trending across the globe for another year are HIIT workouts. This calorie-torching workout has the attention of fitness enthusiasts worldwide. In fact, HIIT has been at or near the top of the ACSM’s Annual Worldwide Survey of Fitness Trends for 7 years straight!
