The Ultimate Guide to Work Out In Your Hotel Room
Even if it is tiny, and even if you don’t have time. I am also including a challenge program I have started that you can follow along from home or while you are on the road!
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The DAO of Deskercise
“I’m chained to my desk all day. I don’t have time to work out!” So not true. Introducing the “DAO of Deskercise”. You can exercise right at your desk and burn hundreds of extra calories all day. And you can preempt later body aches and pains from tech neck, wrist tension, and lower back compression. But how? Read on.
Your must have guide to staying fit during travel
Are you jetsetting again for work? Have an upcoming trip for a graduation, wedding, or getaway. These are the top 10 do’s and don’ts you need to know from packing to arriving to departing.
The DAOFitLife Weekly Hotlist May 11
If you are on the hunt for a good graduation gift or Father’s day present, check out the SkyBorne iPhone Wallet More Zoom video etiquette from Anna Bey (no beds in the background, don’t take your phone to weird places). Want to avoid the traps of ordering from Amazon in foreign countries? Here’s how (Wise) A pocast on the transformative power of mindfulness, with Peter Attia How to exercise for your sign, according to an astrologer (Well and Good). Which leads me to my throwback video of the week: Awesome arm toning exercises (Women’s Health) How to recognize when you…
Bringing Sexy Back – DAOFitLife’s Top 10 Back Exercises
How much thought do you put into training your back? If the answer is not much, this article will convince you otherwise. Working your back is essential to counteracting the 3 C’s – couch, computer, and the chair you sit in all day. Your back plays an integral role in all of your workouts. Running. Yoga. Pilates. Strength Training. Your back is literally your core. Even if you are not working out, your back muscles hold you up and help you do all the random menial tasks like laundry and emptying the dishwasher. Also, your back takes up a lot…
Zoom conference call workouts – plus etiquette tips
I promised to continue my series on business etiquette with a guide to Zoom etiquette. But to add a fitness twist (and some fun), we’ll start by a fun way to work exercising into Zoom calls based on common trigger phrases (that are often Zoom faux pas) and what you can do to burn some extra caloiries without anyone being able to tell – even if you are on camera!
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Do you know if you are actually dehydrated? This article explains the tetlltale signs. Hint: you should always drink BEFORE you get thirsty. If you are even five percent underhydrated, you experience the symptoms including fatigue and headache. Considering hydrating with a zero sugar hydraftion drink? Read this before you do. Here are some ways you can make regular water more interesting and therefore drink more of it! An awesome water combo I recommend is one teaspoon of chia seeds, water, and Persian rosewater. The combination comes out like a Bubble Tea but at only about 20 calories for 16…
Get fit in 5 minutes a day
This sounds like a scam right? But experts agree, 5 minutes of working out a day combined with taking steps to stay active can get you into shape – and keep you in shape. Here is how you can use mini workouts to game the system and get fit while getting it all done.
5 tips to spring into fitness
You know the feeling. You actually have a reason to wear real clothes, then you reach for those favorite pair of jeans/skirt/pants and then…YIKES. First, DON’T PANIC. Your weight is not like the national debt. It does not just have to keep going up. Contrary to popular belief, it is not hard to lose weight. It just takes more than 5 seconds and in our instant gratification society, that means we give up easily. The first thing you have to change before your body changes is your mindset.
The DAOFitLife Weekly Hotlist
Here is our weekly list of what’s hot in the fitness world. Want to be more happy? Learn from the Irish – it’s not just their good luck. Here is a list of “happiness tips” we can learn from the Irish from around the world. I work with great teams all over the world- and my colleagues from Ireland have this noticeable calming and cheerful presence. Given the approach of Saint Patrick’s day, I thought this was a great time to dig into some articles and I came across this great article in the Irish Times: Why the Irish are…
DAOFitLife is celebrating our 1 year anniversary! A look back at our top 10 posts
2021 was not everything we expected, but we all learned a lot, and have an optimistic 2022 ahead. This post summarizes the most popular posts from DAOFitLife’s first year- some inspried by you! Below you will find a brief summary and a link to read more. After you read this, I encourage you to write your top 10 “wins” for 2021. I promise you will feel amazing and energized. Let’s look back – but also commit to moving forward, together.
Your complete guide to a guilt-free Super Bowl Sunday
Fun fact: Did you know that on Superbowl Sunday, the average person takes in over 1200 extra calories in snacks ALONE? On Super Bowl Sunday, Americans will consume approximately 28 millions pounds of chips, 325.5 million gallons of beer, AND 1.38 billion chicken wings. If you were to dump all the guacamole we’re about to eat atop a full-length football field and spread it out, the depth would reach almost 12 feet. In our posts on habits, we talked about sustainable solutions. Part of that is planning ahead for the inevitable domino effect of “eating holidays.” Especially Super Bowl Sunday, which has timing…
DAOFitLife Weekly Hotlist
What’s hot this week in the fitness world. Equinox Yoga Strong Class Review (Popsugar) – Do you like yoga? Do you like strength training? Do you want to combine both classes in ONE workout? Then try Equinox’s yoga strong. Get your dance party on for this Super Bowl either before the game or at halftime with this Dance cardio workout by Megan Kong!You don’t have to life football to participate – it’s also just a fun weekend activity for when it is WAY to cold outside. You can do this simple 10-minute ab workout while you listen to NPR in the…
Build your back better: How to get rid of back pain
We’ve got your back! Let us help you lighten the load a bit. Back pain is something that most of us have experienced and it can really put a damper on your quality of life. From an evolutionary standpoint, where we had no choice but to be actively on our feet (otherwise we would die) until the recent technology age and age of the iHunch, we humans are finding ourselves being ourselves more and more curled and hunched over. It is causing some serious and tragic problems on a micro and macro scale. Here we answer common questons, like what are…
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What’s hot in fitness this week. By Lili Kazemi and Neda Khalili, certified NASM trainer.
How to work out again in real life
Wow, what an incredibly challenging couple of years we have all had! We all deserve to have an honorary star and pat on the back for our collective resilience, strength, and endurance. Maybe it is the eternal optimist in me, but I really do feel that things are going to get better for us all and that we should all strive to continue to lead sustainable, healthy, and happy lives.
The DAOFitLife Weekly Hot List
If you are new to DAOFitLife, the weekly hot list is a collection of hot finds in all things fitness – from food to fashion to wellness. Here’s what is hot in 2022: Sleep to shine- More and more experts agree that good quality sleep is the key to protecting the immune system and weight maintenanc.e One of the best discoveries I have made for a good night’s sleep is a weighted blanket. You can buy one at Bed Bath and Beyond, but I have seen these at Costco as well. Weighted blankets have been shown to calm the nervous…
How to keep your COVID fitness routine going – or starting
By Neda Khalili (Certified NASM Trainer) and Lili Kazemi When will this all end? How will we ever get back to normal…. What is normal?! I definitely do not have the answers to these questions, however, I do know that taking charge of our health is the one thing we DO have control over. Whether it was out of a motivation for wellness, or even pure boredom, the pandemic gave people the chance to move their bodies in a way that felt right for them and felt that they needed to move to feel less like they were trapped in…
The DAOFitLife Weekly Hot List
Here are the hot links of the week! Nutrition Are you on the go in the morning, but not that hungry? A lot of people don’t have early morning appetities, but need some kind of nutrition to get through to lunch. Most of us opt for a cup or two of coffee, but did you KNOW that you can actually get coffee infused with protein? Try these protein coffee shakes from CHIKE (it even comes with a blender bottle) and it has almost no sugar! I am stoked to try the mocha flavor but if you cannot decide, you can…
DAOFitLife Hot List – BLACK FRIDAY EDITION
You know you will be shopping this weekend! Scrolling through Amazon while the game is on, or during that car or train ride. Well you are in luck. It is the PERFECT time to stock up on fitness gear! Check out this Self article for the top buys. Not to mention, athleisure sales are on FIRE. Koral, and Alo yoga are having crazy amazing deals. Plus if you sign onto newsletters for the first time you get extra discounts, and a lot of the sellers are having clearance sales as well. Not to menton with Alo, you get a free tote…
