It’s Fitness Tuesday! I am constantly trying to find things to share with you all especially when it comes to fitness. I was watching an recorded episode of Ellen DeGeneres with Khloe Kardashian as a guest and of course she talked about her fitness journey. She is honestly one of my fitness idols currently for obvious reasons, but mostly because she is realistic with her goals. Khloe believes that you need to take things at your own pace and don’t push yourself too hard, but just hard enough. She was promoting her new show on E! called Revenge Body and Ellen as always asked her to play a game. The difference with this game was Khloe had to do different exercises while answering questions. One of the things that stood out to me was how great she was at jumping rope and how great of a work out it was. I remember my Dad telling me that it was something a lot of boxers do before they have a fight. So I wanted to see what all the fuss was about and honestly I am still unsure. I thought I was coordinated having done gymnastics as a child through my teens and playing basketball, but I learned that I am not as coordinated as I thought. My suggestion to anyone that is just starting to do this themselves is don’t try the fancy tricks you see in the videos. I tried to do the criss cross trick while jumping rope and I tripped and fell in the gym. Not a pretty sight, but now I know that I can’t do that :-). No need to get a fancy jump rope if you are unsure if this will be something you will do frequently. Check out Amazon and find a simple jump rope or if you are like me and are super short then the kids jump ropes in the toy section work perfectly! Hope everyone enjoys the last day of February! Crazy!
Fitness Tuesday – Stress Unloading Apps
Happy Fitness Tuesday! With the holiday season upon us we all know that this is the most stressful time of the year. Whether it be you are stressed at work and trying to get all your projects done before the end of the year or stressed out in your personal life we all have our moments. According to Self Magazine there are a few apps out there that are supposed to relieve you from some of your daily stresses. I tested some of them out myself and here is what I found. The first app is called “OMG I Can Meditate!” and its free on IOS or Android. Essentially you are moving your finger across the screen with a black blob and when you lose focus then it alerts you that you have lost focus. For me this was relaxing for a little while until my thumb started to hurt, but some doctors would say that the pain in my thumb is from all the typing and texting that I do. If you are one of those workaholics you need to try the “Totally Tabata” app that is free as well for IOS or Androids. This helps you sneak in a quick workout while you are in at work and it’s interval training which is also good for your body because you don’t want to A put too much stress on it when you don’t work out often and B it is good to do something different in each work out. The final suggestion that I believe works wonders is mindless gaming. I know that sometimes people who do this can get heavily addicted and forget where they are, but if you have maybe one to two games on your phone and you set a stopwatch to play for say an hour a day it really helps you just clear your mind of everything else around you and destress. I never understood this before until recently and now even on the days that I am not working I do it to just clear my head. I also tried it with putting my phone on airplane mode, but some of the games require internet access so if it does put your phone on sleep mode so you can fully engross in the game that you are playing. My personal favorite game is 1010 it is truly addicting. If you are interested in seeing what other options that Self Magazine suggests to destress this holiday season check out their website here. Hope everyone has a great Tuesday! <3
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