Train for Life

Category: Brain Health

  • Mindful Monday

    How to use your body to soothe your mind. Calm Practice Finger Taps Bilateral stimulation can help us process emotions and memories by activating both hemispheres of our brain. It can also help us center our focus, providing a gentle way to stay grounded and connected to our body. Last week’s post featured another form…

  • Welcome May

    May is Mental Health Awareness Month. For this month, focus on slowing down and simplifying. What is one thing you can remove from your schedule today?

  • Fun Fit Friday

  • Mindful Monday

    Mindfulness Cognitive load is the total amount of mental effort you are using. Prolonged overload leads to frustration and burnout.  If your mind were a (web) browser: Write down the topics on your open tabs. * Which tab(s) can you “close” to ease your cognitive load?

  • Workout Wednesday

    Movement is medicine for the body, mind, and soul. 4 Tips How to Move, on two feet: Time it right: Try walking at a brisk pace of 120 steps per minute (two steps per second), which links our footsteps to our heartbeats and adds a small but significant increase in blood flow to our brains, contributing…

  • Wellness Wednesday

    First Steps to Health Restoration by the American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM)

  • What was the best compliment you’ve received? You’re a machine! – My mentor as a new Certified Indoor Cycle Instructor in 2012, referring to my healthy, active, and fit lifestyle. Exercise (movement) is medicine. Exercise for thy mind and thy body will follow.

  • March into Happiness

  • Workout Wednesday

    7-Minute Mood Boost Workout Do you only have 10 minutes to exercise? Do you need a quick movement break? Avoid the “3PM slump” and rush for caffeine! Get up, hit the timer, and move your body through each of these exercises! Ready… Set…  Go! Warm up with a few dynamic stretches and movements such as, arm…

  • Workout Wednesday

    5-Minute Mood-Booster Workout No equipment needed! Do anywhere: home, gym, office, park, beach, track or sports field! Do anytime: morning, afternoon or night! No excuses. Ready… Set… Go! 1-Minute: Cardiovascular Warm-Up such as, dance, jumping jacks, squat jumps, or stair climbs. 30-Seconds of Each Exercise: Body-Weight Squats Push-Ups Alternating Reverse Lunges Tricep Dips (on a step,…