Managing your stress levels is important at all stages in your life.  At the end of the day, physically fit or not, pursuing a life of reduced stress levels just seems like an unsaid goal amongst all people – but you and I both know that people battle with stress everyday.

While working out is a great way to reduce stress, there are other means as well – and I felt like CNN compiled a great 10-day listing of some of those methods.  Here’s the link to the article where they talk about the list items at length, and below you can find the shortlist of the items sans-details.
 

• Day 1: Eat some chocolate
• Day 2: Go for a short walk
• Day 3: Take a three-minute breathing space
• Day 4: Do something pleasurable
• Day 5: The intensely frustrating line meditation
• Day 6: Set up a mindfulness bell
• Day 7: The ten-finger gratitude exercise
• Day 8: Do the sounds and thoughts meditation
• Day 9: Reclaim your life
• Day 10: Go to the movies

 
Sometimes you just have to relax.  Give your body time to recoup and you’ll get better performance from it, which will lead to better results.  If you need anymore tips on techniques FDF Trainers personally use to wind down, feel free to contact us using the form in the upper-right portion of this website.

Have a relaxing day!

As the Midwestern Fall settles in, I like to reflect on the great outdoor Summer Activities I’d already enjoyed – and the pre-Winter Activities I still have time for!

A few personal favorites that come to mind are:

• Go camping
• Spend a day out at a lake
• Take a small biking expedition
• Go for a hike
• Try (assisted) indoor/outdoor rock climbing
• Get in those last few golf swings
• Go fishing
• Enjoy a nice fall picnic
• Play a great game of Tennis
• Jog with the sunrise

 

It’s the simple things that keep us going sometimes.  All of these activities are locally accessible in the Kansas City, MO area and can provide great times for you, your friends and your family.  Not to mention they aren’t the largest time commitments in the world.

Staying active is a big part of maintaining your health while keeping your stress levels down, so get out there!  You may even want to invite your Front Door Fitness Trainer out there with you for your day away (…hey — we had to try).

Don’t forget to contact us if you need any help coming up with great pre-Winter Activity ideas.  Just use the form in the upper right corner of this page.