Category: GlibFit

Regular exercise may help ease depression and anxiety by releasing feel-good endorphins, natural cannabis-like brain chemicals, and taking your mind off worries so you can get away from the cycle of negative thoughts that feed depression and anxiety

Normally, this column is about sweat. Today it’s about tears. Be prepared to mist up a little as our fitness maven remembers our beloved house mother.

Some experts believe that music acts as a distractor. Distractors are known to moderate pain levels, which means you will be less likely to notice pain during a workout.

You must be motivated to start working out. Once you are doing your activity (or about to start your activity), your attitude is the single biggest factor on how that workout will go.

Starting to workout is important. Staying with it is even more important. You don’t get any benefit by doing your activity/sport/fitness regime for a week.

Nothing is going to turn back the clock. It’s more a matter of delaying what nature has wrought. All the nutrition in the world won’t make up for a lack of exercise, decent sleep, and (in general) not abusing yourself.

Chafed helps you feel better about your dad bod.

Chafed does some heavy lifting for the website.

Coach Chafed gives us that kick-in-the-ass motivational speech we all need.

Chafed reminds us about the importance of maintaining the purity of our precious bodily fluids.

Just 30 minutes per day of walking can significantly improve mental health (including reducing symptoms of depression and anxiety) and boost immunity, according to a study published in the Primary Care Companion to the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.

Crossrope is a well-designed, well-built jump rope system. The ropes are steel cables in varying weights coated in plastic. The handles have some sort of rubberized finished to aid your grip.

Swimming uses all the muscles in the body so whether you swim a gentle breaststroke or hammer butterfly, you will get a full body workout. Plus, exercising in water makes your body work harder so 30 minutes in a pool is worth 45 minutes of the same activity on land.

This week we promote pugilistic prowess.