Todd McGuire – Page 11 – incentaHEALTH

Creating resiliency: How losing weight can help improve your coronavirus health outcomes

Social distancing, hand washing and staying home are all ways you can reduce your risk for contracting COVID-19. But what if you contract the virus? Is there a way to make sure you have fewer complications? New research is showing that after age, obesity is one of the biggest risk factors associated with hospitalizations and poorer [...]

Three Tips for Healthy and Safe Running

There are many different levels of runners in the incentaHEALTH community! Maybe you’ve run a marathon, or you’ve decided to take up running since your gym closed. Regardless of your running level, you should always make sure you are taking care of your body so you can run injury free for years to come. With all [...]

The Stressed Out’s Guide to Seclusion

It’s a few weeks in. More to go. What might have started out as a sort of glorified stay-cation has now got you wondering how you’ve never murdered these people around you before now. Your husband’s chewing is like nails on a chalkboard. Your wife’s hair all over the place is looking more tempting as a [...]

Live in the Moment: 5 Easy Mindfulness Exercises.

You’ve likely heard of the art of living in the present moment through mindfulness. Maybe you’ve even heard of mindfulness as a healthy way to manage stress, reduce anxiety, or even to help with alleviating symptoms of depression. Beyond managing the emotional aspects of our health, research supports the effects of mindfulness on the nervous, endocrine [...]

Corona Conditioning

With the closure of public fitness facilities such as health clubs, dojos, your favorite boutique gym and yoga studios, people are sweating about how they’ll stay in shape during the Corona quarantine. No need, though! You can still stay strong, flexible and in good health with a little creativity. We will be posting workout ideas during [...]

Do You Have Proper Form?

Proper form is vital to keep your body healthy and to fully reap the benefits of resistance training without chronic injury. Regardless of the amount of weight you are lifting, proper form should be your number one priority. We will cover three of the most common exercises today and how to improve your form for each [...]

Learning to Breathe

With the onset of April, we notice the first changes in the air that signal spring—budding trees, a slight warming and freshness to the breeze, tulips rearing their colorful heads, Easter candy stocking the shelves, and the white, winter-hidden legs of all of us desperately seeking sunshine at long last. But, since 1992, April has also [...]

Healthy Vegetarian Protein Sources

The amount of quality protein that you consume is a key component to any healthy eating plan. In fact, Dr. Halton at the Harvard Medical School states that “Convincing evidence exists that protein exerts an increased thermic effect effect when compared to fat and carbohydrate.” Protein helps you feel fuller for longer and on much fewer calories since [...]

10 Healthy Breakfast Ideas to Start Your Day

We all know that breakfast is the “most important meal of the day” but why? Not only does consuming a healthy breakfast give you energy to start your day, but breakfast is also linked to many other health benefits including: improved performance and concentration, lower cholesterol levels, more strength and endurance throughout the day, and even [...]

Seclusion Sustenance

Walking through the grocery store these days can be frightening—barren shelves, shortages on a number of foods (unless you’re vegan—judging from the full stock of vegan products, they seem to be the only ones not in panic mode), and people fighting over Eggo Waffles. True story. Our world became a different place almost overnight. But don’t [...]

Author: Todd McGuire