Slouching places undue stress on areas of your body that weren’t meant to handle it. Over time, your muscles tighten from compensating and your joints begin to ache from the pressure, which can lead to injury and chronic pain.
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The Top 7 Recovery Options to Build Resiliency of Body and Mind
Resiliency requires a balance of both physical and mental health. Some physical recovery options also support mindset and resiliency, or...
The Ultimate Guide to Starting A New Fitness Routine and Staying Motivated
The power of movement within a healthy lifestyle can’t be understated. The EXOS four pillars provide a complete and balanced...
Define Motivation in 3 Simple Steps
Staying motivated is important when your goal is good health. But, is good health enough motivation to effect change? EXOS...
7 Reasons Why Exercise Is the Best Medicine
Many people equate regular exercise with good health, but for different reasons. For most of us, achieving or maintaining a...
4-Pillar Foundation Series: the importance of recovery for total health
Rest and recovery are an essential pillar of a healthy lifestyle. The EXOS 4-Pillar Approach highlights how mindset, nutrition, movement...
4-Pillar Foundation Series: The Power of Movement
From your brain to your joints, movement has the power to improve every part of your body. And it’s not...
4-Pillar Foundation Series: Nutrition Fuels A Healthy Body, Brain
Brain fog and lack of ability to concentrate may indicate that you aren’t getting enough of some brain-boosting nutrition. The...
4-Pillar Foundation Series: Develop a healthy mindset
Healthy living starts with getting through a lot of mental barriers and deciding that healthy pursuits are worth the effort....
7 Steps to Recommit to Your Goals or Start Fresh
We usually start each year with the best of intentions, but abandon those complicated or seemingly unattainable resolutions within just...
Stay Hydrated for Improved Performance
The human body comprises many intricate systems that all depend on proper hydration to function correctly. The experts at EXOS...
Get Outside and Grill
Summer is the perfect time to enjoy the outdoors with friends and family, and there’s no better way to do...
7 Exercises to Improve Mental Health
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and it’s a great time to tune in and learn more about this hot...
Clean Eating, Simplified
A typical American diet is loaded with sugar, fat, and sodium, which often leads to high blood pressure, low energy,...
Kids’ Zone Springs Into Fun
Mercy Fitness Center’s Kids’ Zone is the place where our members can bring their little ones to hang out and...