TRAVAASA DAYS: Fitness Day 5- Exercise Routine for Couch Potatoes
Convincing yourself it’s time to start exercising should be easy — given that there are many benefits to exercising. But finding an exercise routine that works for you — and beginning it the right way — that can be difficult. If you try to jump from no exercise to running a mile or two, you’ll likely wind up so sore and exhausted that you give up again. It’s perfectly fine to start slowly with easy exercises — you’ll still get exercise benefits and improve your heart health. To start making a difference in your heart health and get the most exercise benefits, put a plan in place and have specific goals in mind. Here is an exercise routine that you can do right on your couch or even while you are sitting at your desk at...
TRAVAASA DAYS: Fitness Day 4- Five Tips to Maintain Fitness
It’s okay, you can finally admit it. It’s been two months since you’ve seen the inside of the gym. Getting sick, family crisis, overtime at work, all kept you for exercising. Now, the question is: how do you start again and maintain the habit? Once you establish exercise as a habit, it becomes a part of your lifestyle. Here are some tips from Jillian Lambert, Travaasa Austin fitness instructor, to climb back on that treadmill after you’ve fallen off. 1. Workout in the a.m. if you can. Studies show that people that work out in the morning tend to stick to their exercise program moreso than people that workout in the p.m. 2. Put your workout clothes right by your bed the night before so you can slip them on. Having the workout clothes right there the first...
TRAVAASA DAYS: Fitness Day 3- Workout Playlist
The perfect playlist will make any workout that much more enjoyable. Which is why we’ve created a playlist of some of our favorite tunes to get us pumped up and hit the trail running. So load up that iPod pronto! Sexy and I know it – LMFAO Physical – Olivia Newton John One Day in Your Life – Michael Jackson Whale – Yellow Ostrich Eye of the Tiger – Survivor Up Around the Bend – Creedence Clearwater Revivial Sail – Awolnation Sledgehammer – Peter Gabriel YMCA - Village People Crazy – Seal ENTER HERE for a chance to win today’s giveaway of a iPod nano or a chance at the grand prize of a 3-night stay at either Travaasa Hana or Travaasa...
TRAVAASA DAYS: Fitness Day 2- Benefits of a Heart Rate Monitor
Heart rate monitors are a helpful accessory for aerobic exercise for everyone from beginners to professional athletes. According to Travaasa Austin’s Dining Room manager, and multiple marathon runner, Edward Morgan, a heart rate monitor can help you prepare for a race. The fitness of the heart is the key to one’s aerobic endurance – sometimes called ‘cardiovascular respiratory endurance’. Both for health and racing reasons, aerobic endurance is a point of focus for almost any runner. Heart monitors are one of the most effective aids for tracking and developing your progress on the path to increased aerobic endurance. “In the beginning, it helps you get the feel of where you are aerobically,” says Morgan. “To run a...
TRAVAASA DAYS: Fitness Day 1- Guided Meditation
For today’s Travaasa Days tip, we bring you a guided meditation track that will help you focus and center you mind and boby before taking on the work week. ENTER HERE for a chance to win today’s giveaway of a specialized yoga kit or a chance at the grand prize of a 3-night stay at either Travaasa Hana or Travaasa Austin.
Travaasa Days: Adventure Day 5- Foam Roller Workout
After a long day of hiking, fitness expert, Ivonete Carothers recommends using a foam roller to do a self-myofascial release of tension which can reduce soreness in muscles. Using the pictures below as a guide, slowly roll through the back, sides and fronts of legs. Roll through the hips and sides of the body as well. As you find tender spots, breathe and hold the pressure on these areas and relax into gravity to allow the weight of the body increase the effect. The tightness will begin to soften and release after about 30 seconds. Make sure to breathe slowly and smoothly as you move throughout the body. ENTER HERE for a chance to win today’s giveaway: a pair of Cushe Shoes. Also,...
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