If getting to the gym is preventing you from working out, forget the gym and workout anyway! Florida weather allows for nearly year-round exercising and Mother Nature offers one of the best workout facilities of them all. Plus, it’s free. If you don’t want to exercise outdoors, get to work right in your living room, no fancy ...
Stay Sharp For Life
You may start experiencing "senior moments" closer to your final year of college than your first days as being a senior citizen. A study by PLOS One found that people's reaction time and cognitive ability starts to slow down by age 24 and declines an additional 15 percent every 15 years after that. "Typically, we ...
Vegan-ish: Why I Am “Mostly Vegan”
I live a "mostly vegan" lifestyle. So what does that mean? Vegan-ish types like me believe in the same core values as regular vegans do; we want to avoid consuming animal products to offer certain health advantages, reduce animal mistreatment and slaughter and lighten our footprint on the environment. However, I'm 15 weeks in and I'm ...
Shakey Shakey…The Benefits of Zumba Fitness
It's Zumba Time...Come Join The Party & Dance Your Way Into Shape! Thinking about taking a Zumba class at your local gym? Here are some of the benefits you can see after attending some classes. Note: In order to receive these results, one must attend weekly classes as well as maintain healthy eating habits. Zumba is a ...
Running for a Cure
I never considered myself a good runner. I ran maybe once a month for about 30 minutes and then I wouldn’t feel like doing it again for awhile. I teach several Zumba Fitness classes a week so I find it hard to find time for more cardio activities each week. Until 2 months ago. A ...