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Upper Body Fitness Critical During Excy Anti-Sedentary April Challenge
This morning we kicked off our April Anti-Sedentary Challenge to show you a few ideas for getting those arms outside their modern day T-Rex zones on our keyboards, our phones, and our steering wheels. In the spirit of April Fools Day, we even sported a T-Rex...
April Challenge! Spring into an Anti-Sedentary Lifestyle!
The Sedentary Lifestyle: You're Likely Living It! When we hear the word "sedentary", the first word that pops into people's mind is likely "lazy." Perhaps images come to mind of a couch-potato lifestyle. But, most of us are living a sedentary lifestyle and we aren't...
Is Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) Hard? HealthYeah! Lets Talk About It!
HealthYeah Interview Dives Into POTS Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) can be debilitating and demoralizing. Not only because of the symptoms, but also because on the outside everything looks normal, but the invisible illness is there. Plus, what’s...
Is Exercise for Parkinson’s Disease Important? HealthYeah!
Exercise for Parkinson's Requires Comprehensive Approach Karl Sterling from PhysioChains Education joined us in a HealthYeah interview to discuss exercise for Parkinson’s disease and so much more. Karl travels extensively as an educator to personal trainers, fitness...
Sedentary Life No More! Spring is a time for new life and new beginnings!
Sedentary: It's not the sitting that's killing our health, it's the sedentary sitting! Spring is a time for new life and new beginnings! Everyone thinks that's reserved for New Year's, but no, not really. Why not now when the days start getting longer, and the weather...
Improving Your Quality of Life: How Seniors Can Take Control of Their Well-Being
Photo via Pixabay Quality of Life is Key to Well-Being Improving your quality of life can occur over a period of many years, or it can be a series of actions that you take at a certain age in order to gain control over your wellbeing. For many seniors, finding the...
Is it Hard to Thrive Professionally with Anxiety and Depression? HealthYeah!
Jen Hope, B.S. Slayer, Shares Her Personal Anxiety and Depression Journey In today’s HealthYeah interview, we talk to Jen Hope, founder of B. Slayer, an executive coaching practice, and queen of helping people unleash their inner badass and finding success on their...
Is Inclusive Adaptive Training Important? HealthYeah!
Adaptive Training Requires Inclusive Design for a Wide Range of Impairments In today’s Excy’s HealthYeah live interview, we got to sit down with Coach Tara Morgan, the founder and head coach for Seize The Oar about the sport of adaptive rowing. As a long-time athlete...
Is Addiction and Recovery Hard? HealthYeah! Daniela Luzi Tudor from WEConnect Helps Us Understand!
Is Addiction and Recovery Hard? HealthYeah! Addiction is the most stigmatized health problem today, and costs the US $740B annually. It impacts the whole family, the workplace, and society at large. At Excy, we love tackling hard subjects on our blog and our...
Is Nutrition Hard? HealthYeah! Richa Prasad from Coach Viva is Here to Help!
Richa Prasad, co-founder and CEO from Coach Viva joined us today as we kicked off a new live video blog series where we will interview thought leaders on a weekly basis. Before Coach Viva, Richa was a senior program manager at Microsoft where she worked on Cortana...