Why I Meditate
I don’t have visions or hear voices when I meditate. I can’t really say I’ve felt a “sense of oneness.” I’m not striving for enlightenment or trying to achieve a state of perpetual euphoria. And I’ve yet to empty my mind (my favorite misconception about meditation). My reason for meditating is much more practical: I […]
You Can Lie About Your Age, But Your Heart Rate Can’t
Your chronological age is the number of birthdays you’ve celebrated. You can lie about it, but you can’t change it. Your biological age, your REAL age, is more malleable. It’s influenced by lifestyle, nutrition, exercise, stress management, sleep hygiene, and other factors all under your control. If you want to know how old you REALLY […]
Know Your Zones: Heart Rate Training Zones
Do you check your heart rate on your smart watch or activity tracker during workouts? Do you know what it means or where it should be? Heart Rate Training Zones are based on percentages of your maximum heart rate. To figure out your Zones, you’ll need to find your maximum heart rate and your corresponding […]
Check Your HRV and RHR Daily to Avoid Overtraining
When we exercise, our heart speeds up, we sweat, muscles get tense, and our blood pressure rises. We are in “fight or flight.” Introducing a bit of stress this way is beneficial: our muscles grow stronger, our bones become denser, immunity improves, as our heart gets more efficient resting heart rate decreases, and we become […]