There’s this woman staring back at you in the mirror: she’s nutrition conscious, invigorated with energy, she feels great. Most importantly she looks great. This woman is you. You’ve worked hard both physically and mentally all winter, staying true to your BODYCOMPLETERX game plan. Now you’re a couple months away from achieving your summer body goals. Don’t let your momentum falter just because you've been afflicted with a new stay-at-home lifestyle.
The success of a hard workout, is as much about the workout itself, as it’s about the moments leading up to it.
Stay calm. Avoid panic and unless you’re hoping to recreate utopian conditions like Will Smith’s, I am Legend (2007), stop buying toilet paper and enjoy some time at home. – But in all seriousness, we get it, we are all stressed to the max, really we do understand. We are all in this together; feeling so many of the same feelings as the person next to you or the person across the world from you. So, in light of all of this, the BCRX team wanted to present you with some possible solutions. Some information that just might get your...
We know you’ve heard the saying: 'a healthy body is made 80% in the kitchen and 20% in the gym'. Photo courtesy of A BODYCOMPLETERX, Customer, slaying it. The saying should be it's 60% Mental, 40% Nutrition, 10% gym (*shrugs* it's a rough guesstimation). BODYCOMPLETE RX products, really hone-in on what you should be doing nutrition-wise, and they work even better when complemented with an active lifestyle. Somatic exercise forces you to be mindful. Being mindful of your body can accomplish a lot for you- So, we try to give you the scoop from time-to-time...
One day a spark catches fire, and you decide you want to do something courageous. You’re motivated— To move or take action, that’s the simplified- no frills definition of motivation. It’s a joyous and empowering feeling, motivation. We end up liking the feeling so much, that we strive to feel that way every day. It doesn’t take long for the weirdest thing to happen though; we just run out of that, ‘I’m going to conquer all attitude’. We run out of motivation. So we take the logical next step, we type into the search bar the magic words: ‘Workout...
Last year ClassPass, a digital platform and app; that matches you with local fitness studios, took off in earnest. Image sourced from the NewYorkTimes.com In December of 2019, they released their trend report. We are matching those trends with our projections- giving you what's next for fitness. #1 The Megaformer (Not to be mistaken with the gentler, Pilates Famous Reformer.) Strength training continues to knock down barriers for women in fitness. According to classpass, the strength-training movement will only pick up speed. The Largee method, is the thing to watch for in this arena. A quick intense workout performed on a specialized piece of equipment designed...
You’ve heard it a dozen times before: stretch before you work out to avoid injuries and limber up. Were you aware though, the kind of stretching you do, may be doing the opposite of ‘limbering’ you up. The body can be confusing. Somethings work—somethings just don’t. We’re here to simplify it for you. Dynamic Stretching (This is classic gym class. Think high knees and walking lunges. Basketball warm-ups like shuffle slides and arm circles.) Here’s when you should perform dynamic stretching: Before any athletic activity Before a gym workout Before running Before hiking Dynamic stretching, increases blood flow....
