If you’ve been diagnosed with depression or anxiety, recent research suggests that you should consider engaging in a regular exercise program. It’s well known that exercise improves your mood in the short term, but there’s now evidence that it might also have a long-lasting effect on your mental health.
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We’re in the midst of a semi-major landscaping project. As part of this project, we’ve had a number of trees taken down. They chipped and hauled away away the pines, but I asked them to cut the oak into firewood-length rounds and stack them out back so I could split them for firewood.
As with many people, vacation is often my downfall when it comes to living a healthy lifestyle. The combination of letting your guard down, being in strange places, and eating on the road can be deadly. We just returned from a challenging vacation, and I wanted to share some thoughts with you.
I just ran across an interesting document from the US Department of Health & Human Services. In it, they discuss physical activity guidelines for Americans. Guess what? As a country we’re fat and lazy, and we don’t get enough exercise.
I’ve been lax about updating here, but that doesn’t mean I’ve slacked off (as much) in the real world. I’m still pushing forward with my pushups, still rowing, and still using the elliptical. The latter two have been less regular than I’d like, but what can I say? It is what it is.
I recently ran across the Army Physical Fitness Test (APFT), which is a test that all soldiers in the Army (including Reserves and National Guard) have to pass twice a year. The APFT is made up of three components (pushups, situps, and running) and performance standards vary by sex, age, and enlistment status.
Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve started doing my pushups at work. I’m in the lucky position of: (1) not having to dress up for work, and (2) having a private office. The benefits of these midday pushups are twofold.
That’s a bit of an odd title, I know, but I’m not sure how else to word it. Given the recent fascination with pushups, I got to wondering about how much weight you’re actually moving when you do a pushup.
As I noted earlier in the week, I experienced a setback in the 100 pushup challenge when I passed the Week 2 exhaustion test, but failed on Day 1 of Week 3. I think a couple of things factored into my failure.
When last I wrote about the Hundred Pushup Challenge, I was two-thirds of the way through week two, and hoping to finish strong. Week 2, Day 3 (completed this past Friday) was challenging, but I made it through.