Mental Illness Awareness Week (Oct 4 - 10)
Here at Swamp Fitness, our team focuses on the importance of whole health - including mental health fitness. According to the National Alliance of Mental Illness (NAMI), exercise has been researched and validated for treating a variety of mental issues and mental health conditions, including depression, anxiety, eating disorders, bipolar disorders, schizophrenia, addictions, grief, relationship problems, dementia and personality disorders. It also has shown to alleviate symptoms such as moodiness, stress, and accompanying chronic diseases and illnesses.
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Vitamin D Gets its Moment in the Sun
Current evidence suggests that low vitamin D levels may contribute to the development of diseases of aging, such as osteoporosis, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, type 2 diabetes, and cancer.
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The 10 Best Tai Lopez Quotes that Will Help You Achieve the “Good Life”
Whether you love him, hate him, or haven’t heard of him, Tai’s insights into the “good life” proffer invaluable wisdom and directives for living.
And today, I want to share a few of my favorite Tai Lopez quotes to help you live the good life and achieve the health, wealth, love, and happiness you’ve been after for so long.
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Essentials Your Body Produces Less of As You Age (and What You Can Do)
September is Healthy Aging Month!
Here at Swamp Fitness, we train individuals and groups of all ages. We want to do all we can to help our older clients age gracefully and healthily!
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The Changing Trends in Health and Fitness Industry
A survey was conducted on 8650 people. The objective was to know about the effects of a pandemic on the health and fitness industry, leading to the following results:
The objective of this survey is to understand the change of lifestyle regarding fitness in the face of this pandemic. Due to the spread of COVID 19 and closing of gyms, people have invested in gym equipment to keep up their routine at home.
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How to Clean At-Home Exercise Equipment
With COVID-19 still a concern for the United States, a number of former gym-goers have transitioned to working out in the comfort of their own home. Swamp Fitness has always provided in-home personal training, but many of our clients are just now considering purchasing their own equipment for added safety and sanitation. While using your own equipment can make it more sanitary, we need to remember to still clean and disinfect our equipment after every use - not only to avoid potential viruses and droplets, but also bacteria and microbes.
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How Yoga and Improved Food Choices Aid Healthy Digestion
Bloating, indigestion, flatulence, heaviness, and cramps are common symptoms many people experience on a daily basis. These symptoms can occur because of many different reasons including (but not limited to) over- or under-eating, constipation, hyperacidity, or irritable bowel syndrome. Regardless of the cause, these symptoms are often unpleasant, embarrassing, cause anxiety and sometimes be painful!
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Exercise and Its Effect on Preventative Health Care
In recent years, health care providers have made the switch from focusing on treating ailments to focusing on preventing those ailments from happening in the first place, more commonly known as preventative care. Many people know that physical fitness and healthy nutrition are two important factors of preventative care, but how do they really prevent disease?
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4 Nutrients for Sore Muscles
Although muscle soreness is thought to be caused by a buildup of lactic acid, research has shown that this is not the cause. The cause of muscles soreness and stiffness is believed to be due to microscopic damage to the muscle fibers. However, there are ways to combat muscle soreness and inflammation through nutrition.
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Self-Care Strategies and Scaled-Down Workouts for When You’re Stuck at Home
For many people, getting to the gym or yoga studio every day is practically a survival mechanism. From keeping your body healthy to relieving stress, exercise provides the essentials of me-time all in one go. However, if you’re still waiting for your gym to reopen or concerned about exercising around others during the pandemic, you need creative ways to keep moving — and keep centered.
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Fitness Trackers – An athlete or fitness beginner’s best friend!
Are you looking for a complete guide on the fitness trackers? If so, then you've reached the right place. From scribbling to buttons, and later from buttons to slide and touch, we have walked too far. Technology has always been advancing throughout the decades. Marking a great slate in our lives, and making a huge impact, it makes our work easy.
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The Hidden Benefits of Losing Weight
When you suffer from issues such as sleep apnea, hypertension, and diabetes, you may find it’s more difficult to sleep soundly. Unfortunately, not sleeping has also been linked to weight gain, which can worsen many health conditions. This reciprocal relationship can take a toll on your health if you don’t improve your physical state. The first place to start is by losing weight.
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Exercise Tips for Beginners
We have partnered with Apogee Fitness for this blog post!
Below are some helpful exercise tips for beginners who don’t know where or how to start.
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Maintaining Our Minds While At Home
While it may be enticing to get some relaxation through binging your favorite Netflix comedy for a few hours, consider going for a walk or doing an at home workout to get your mind right. As we are spending most of our days at home, it is easy for the days to begin to seem monotonous.
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How to Stay Healthy and Motivated from Home
With current ‘stay at home’ orders in place, gyms closed, limited healthy restaurant options, and many of us juggling school and work from home, staying healthy and motivated may pose more difficult than ever.
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Equipment Trends for Gainesville Apartment Fitness Centers
Nearly gone are the days an apartment fitness center consists of an outdated treadmill, stationary bike, mismatched free-weights, and a half-inflated exercise ball. Nowadays, many apartment gyms in our community are well equipped enough to meet every fitness need in creative and innovative ways.
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Top 10 Immunity Boosting Tips!
Check out Elevated Nutrition’s Top 10 Immunity Boosting Tips!
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Guide to Staying Fit While Staying Home
While most everyone has been instructed to stay at home as much as possible, we don’t want to put a pause on our workout routines. To keep ourselves and others safe, we should definitely consider working out at home with the best workout equipment — our own bodies.
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Heart-Healthy Foods for American Heart Month
One way to keep your heart healthy is by choosing the best foods for your health. Below are some foods that you may want to incorporate into your diet to promote a healthy heart.
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The Best Nootropics to Boost Cognitive Performance, Focus and Energy without Breaking the Bank
In this guide, I’m going to reveal the best nootropics for boosting your cognition, memory, and focus to get the edge.
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