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Specific Tips for Making It Through the Holidays
Following up on last week's podcast, Clancie and Bryan talk about specific strategies for hydration, planning treats, eating healthy, socializing, and accountability.
💙 hydration! Hydration! HYDRATION!
🦅 Plan your treats
💙 Eat healthy the rest of the day
🦅 Socialize away from the buffet
💙 Find an accountability partner
Monday Motivation - There's Nothing Stopping You
I love the Houston Texans! This has been a fun season. The Texans won the AFC South division this weekend and will host a playoff game next week. I also love our head coach, DeMeco Ryans. As a player, DeMeco Ryans was an All-American at Alabama in college and then an All-Pro for the Texans in the NFL. Given his background, his ascent as a top NFL head coach is unsurprising.
🏀 Support Our Oluokun Brothers 🏀
Have you met Jude and Jacob Oluokun, yet? They are two phenomenal young men, who usually work out in the afternoons after basketball practice, and get stronger every week. They are a testament to what consistency and dedication can do in your life.
Still Failing? Do This Before Changing Anything
Sometimes, we don't reach our goals
There is a simple way to analyze what might be going wrong
💙 S -- Do we have a solid STRATEGY?
🦅 E -- Are we effectively EXECUTING the strategy?
💙 A -- Do we have the ABILITY to execute?
Say What? Fruit is Making Us Fat?
Is Fruit Making Me Fat?
Excessive consumption of fructose, which is the sugar found in fruit, is the #1 sugar source causing obesity in America. But fruit IS NOT making you fat! Fructose in the form of high-fructose corn syrup found in sugary beverages and processed foods is the leading cause of obesity in Americans.
TLDR… eat the fruit!!
January Programming 🎆
It’s officially holiday season! As we know, the holiday season can get BUSY but we are here for you. Acknowledge that imperfection is the first step towards progression. Embrace a conscious approach to eating habits, and celebrate every day that you get to attend class. Pro tip, reserve your classes ahead of time to keep yourself accountable. Together, we can all see better results!
Sign Up! Get Back on Track with Your Nutrition
Get back on track after the holidays with our four-week Nutrition Jump Start beginning on January 13. Blue Eagle members and your friends are all invited to join us.
Top 5 Ways to Recover After Your Workouts
💙 Nutrient-Rich Meal.
🦅 Hydration.
💙 Hot Bath/Heating pads.
🦅 Rest and Sleep.
💙 Active Recovery.
Which has More Protein: Peanut Butter or Bread?
💙 Confused about reading nutrition labels?
🦅 How to tell if you're eating protein, fat, or carbs (hint: you're probably wrong)
💙 How can peanut butter keep you from reaching your goals?
Holiday Schedule (Christmas & New Years)
December Schedule
Dec 25 = No classes
Dec 26 = 9 AM class only
Dec 27-30 = Normal Schedule
January Schedule
Jan 1 = 9 AM only
Jan 2-6 = Normal Schedule
3 Terrible Ways to Prep for a Workout, and What To Do Instead
💙 Confused about what to eat or drink before a workout?
🦅 What is the best warm-up to do before your workout?
💙 How do you put a plan in place?
5 Nutrition Myths that Need to Die to Lose Weight
💙 Struggling to lose weight even though you eat well?
🦅 Do you know where you learned the nutritional tips you're following?
💙 You may have fallen into one of these five traps
Monday Motivation - Counting Our Blessings
Happy Monday, Blue Eagle!
Let us count our blessings as we enter this Christmas and holiday season.
Happiness is relative. It can be easy to be unhappy when we compare what we don't have to what others do have: a bigger house, a fancier car, or more parties to attend.
But we can also compare our lives to how people lived in the past.
Monday Motivation - Are Your Worries & Complaints Serving You?
Yesterday afternoon, the final four college football teams, who will play for the national title, were announced. Florida State was left out of the final four despite going undefeated and winning their conference championship. The University of Georgia was left out even though they have lost only once in their last thirty games.
Are ClickBait Articles Confusing You?
💙 What are clickbait articles?
🦅 How can you figure out that the article you're reading is worthless?
💙 Does the information you are reading fly completely in the face of common logic?
December Programming 🎄
It’s officially holiday season! As we know, the holiday season can get BUSY but we are here for you. Acknowledge that imperfection is the first step towards progression. Embrace a conscious approach to eating habits, and celebrate every day that you get to attend class. Pro tip, reserve your classes ahead of time to keep yourself accountable. Together, we can all see better results!
Constipated? Here's Why And What You Can Do About It
Preventing and Treating Constipation
💙 4 Ways to get your digestive system flowing again
🦅 What causes constipation?
💙 Why does traveling seem to cause constipation?
Monday Motivation - Hope Will Not Change Your Life, but Habits Will
We often find solace in the comforting embrace of hope. It's the flickering light at the end of a dark tunnel, the whisper of better days to come. However, hope, while an essential motivator, remains a passive force, unable to bring about tangible change.
Are You Coming to All of Our Parties? 🥳
We are celebrating our growing senior adult Forever Fierce program with an open house on Tuesday, December 12, from 12-1 PM!
What Supplements Should You Take?
Performance Enhancement. Athletes and individuals engaged in physical activities may benefit from supplements that enhance performance, such as protein powders, creatine, or branched-chain amino acids.