How Does Stress Shape You? Join Empower’s Stress Management Series
OK, I’ll be the one to say it … this past year has been one wild ride of ups and downs! Highs and lows! Personal and professional achievement and challenge! But, through it all I found that I had a very different response to this year’s stresses than those of years past. Instead of violent […]
Exercise Tip of the Month: Planes of Motion
This month’s exercise tip is brought to you by Empower’s newest trainer – Zach Connell. —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————- Greetings, Empower Nation! This week’s exercise tip is geared towards changing our mindset for exercise to better prepare us for the day to day movement demands that life throws our way. Mostly everyone would agree that incorporating exercise into […]
EMPOWER Blog – Mythbusters Edition
Hello, blog readers! Welcome to Empower Blog: Mythbusters edition, your bi-monthly debunking of common fitness misconceptions! This episode will explore the idea that long duration endurance training (Cardio, as most people refer to it) is the best way tone up – NOPE! It isn’t. For everyone running to stay looking lean, there’s a better option! […]
Exercise Tip of the Week – Be Comfortably Uncomfortable
How often do you go to the gym just to do the same exact workout, with the same exact weights, at the same exact speed, with the same energy level? Is this comfortable? Do you feel accomplished? Do you feel like you had a great workout? Feels great right? WRONG! You’ve fallen into the same […]
Empower Blog – Myth Busters Edition
Welcome to Empower Blog: Myth Busters Edition, your bi-monthly debunking of common fitness misconceptions! This episode features the very common assumption that strength training will turn you into a giant green monster known as the Hulk. While lifting weights will promote the development of lean muscle mass, it will not automatically make you start bulging […]
Time for a Technology Detox? 3 Tips for Reducing Screen Time
Written by: Kate Thieda, MS, LPCA, NCC Does the thought of leaving your smartphone turned off spike your anxiety? If more than an hour goes by without looking at Facebook or Twitter, do you suffer from FOMO (fear of missing out)? When the internet is slow or (gasp!) down, do you feel rage rising? Do you […]
Flexibility Training and Yoga for Runners
We know sometimes it can be hard to remember all the exercises, or in this case stretches, you wanted to add to your routine after a workshop. So, we have created THREE videos summarizing what we go over in our Flexibility Training and Yoga for Runners workshops!! Dynamic Warm Up: Active Static Stretching: Foam Rolling:
How Visualization Can Help You Achieve Your Goals
Visualization: Written By: Kate Thieda, MS, LPCA, NCC Are you finding yourself stuck in a rut – in the gym, at work, or in life? Making changes requires that we believe we can make those changes, and often that requires changing the messages we tell ourselves. Visualizing success is a great tool in achieving our goals. […]
Yoga Blog: Breathing…It’s kind of important
Breathing…It’s kind of important … So, let’s take a look at how to do it right! I remember sitting in my very first yoga class and being asked to find a comfortable seated position. I was then asked to become aware of my breath and my brain immediately went to thoughts of “…Huh?” “What […]
What Is Mindfulness?
What is Mindfulness? Written by: RJ Lisander So, while technically not a blog post on yoga, some of the concepts of mindfulness are not too different from some of the concepts of yoga. I suppose the parallels of yoga and mindfulness have always intertwined a bit for me, especially the concepts of sitting in the […]