Feeling the Strain? Navigating Mental Health Challenges at Work Our mental well-being is deeply intertwined with our work lives, impacting our engagement and how effectively we perform our jobs.

May is mental health month so we thought we’d take a look into a major source of mental health anxiety some of us may come across – the workplace.

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The 7 A's of Active Aging Learn 7 ways people and communities can ensure senior men will embrace and enjoy fitness

Let’s face it, convincing some seniors to swap their favorite armchair for a pair of sneakers can feel like herding cats… wearing tiny resistance bands. Learn how the 7 A's of active aging can help reverse this trend.
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Walking is Your Superpower for Healthy Aging We cannot think of an exercise that's more simple and impactful than walking. See why you should incorporate it in your fitness routine.

We cannot think of an exercise that's more simple and impactful than walking. See why you should incorporate it in your daily routine.

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Fountain of Youth... In a Glass? The Buzz About Hydrogen Water for Seniors Hydrogen enriched water can be a boon to seniors based on recent research. In this first of 3 articles, we examine the research and the claims.

Hydrogen Rich Water (HRW) offers some intriguing health and wellness benefits. In this series of articles we explain what it is, how it benefits you both physically and mentally and how you can add it to your daily wellness regimen.

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Forget Memory Loss: This Diet Rewires Your Brain for Sharpness The MIND diet is a powerful fusion of the heart-healthy Mediterranean and DASH diets, strategically designed to shield your brain from the ravages of age.

Another diet?!? Hold on, you're going to like this one. It combines both the Mediterranean and DASH diets and is scientifically proven to work.
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Keep Your Hips, Balance and Core Strong with This Daily Exercise Many of our readers expressed interest in improving their flexibility and mobility. Hip Airplanes are a low impact, dynamic balance exercise that targets the entire lower half of the body. They mimic ...

Hip airplanes are a great way to attack 3 muscle groups; hips, legs and core. And what’s really great, is they don’t have to be performed at a gym.
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The Powerful Yoga Virabhadrasana Series (Warrior Poses) Yoga consists of myriads of poses, or asanas. One popular pose is the warrior-themed yoga post known as the Virabhadrasana series, or more commonly the Warrior Poses. It is an attempt to connect yoga ...

Yoga consists of myriads of poses, or asanas. One popular pose is the warrior-themed yoga post known as the Virabhadrasana series, or more commonly the Warrior Poses. It is an attempt to connect yoga to the warrior mindset.
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Essentrics: A Low Impact Exercise Program Perfect For Older Adults Essentrics is a low-impact, full-body workout program created in the 1990s by Miranda Esmonde-White, a former ballerina.

Essentrics is a low-impact, full-body workout program created in the 1990s by Miranda Esmonde-White, a former ballerina. It combines elements of tai chi, ballet, and physiotherapy to provide a dynamic blend of strengthening and stretching movements.
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How to Make Physical Fitness a Habit What can we do to somehow motivate ourselves to stick with physical fitness long enough until it becomes a habit?

How many of us have come home so exhausted, you just want to collapse into bed. But we know we have to take the time to change into our sleeping clothes and brush our teeth. It’s no different with exercising.
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4 Ways To Lower Anxiety Naturally Looking for natural ways to lower anxiety? Check out these 4 methods that tap into the body's own ability to reduce anxiety without medication.

Here are 4 natural ways of lowering your anxiety that does not require pills or supplements.
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Staying Fit as You Age: What Happens to Your Body When You Hit 50? Hitting 50 is a milestone in many ways. How your body responds to exercise is one of them. A team of researches at Tufts University provided a scientific explanation as to why our bodies and muscles d...

It turns out the biological processes that turn exercise into muscle becomes less effective once we hit 50.
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10 Ways to Get and Stay Motivated to Exercise It's one thing to know the benefits and another thing to get ourselves to do it. First, there's the time aspect. For those of us still working fulltime, finding time to exercise is tough. Besides work...

You can find the time to exercise. And if you can’t, then make the time. No Excuses!
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The Viking Approach to Physical Fitness and Diet To understand the Nordic Viking approach to physical fitness and diet it’s important to recognize the environment in which these legendary seafaring warriors lived.

To understand the Nordic Viking approach to physical fitness and diet it’s important to recognize the environment in which these legendary seafaring warriors lived. The harsh climates of Scandinavia demanded resilience and adaptability. #viking #fitness #diet #legitintelligence