What is it? National Nutrition Month started in 1973, and was only a week long. It was officially launched in 1980. Today, it is an annual educational campaign held by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. This movement concentrates on making healthy eating and physical fitness viable choices. “Go Further with Food” is the themeRead more
Montana to Rice to … the Chiropractor Joe Montana, legendary former NFL quarterback, called it “a big part of my game … it works for me.” Nowadays, he is a spokesman of this type of care for the state of California. Montana’s former teammate, Hall of Fame wide receiver Jerry Rice, said, “it works betterRead more
What’s Your Purpose? Everyone has heard the old cliché that the first step towards living a healthier lifestyle is standing up off the couch and going to the gym to make a change. So what’s the second step? At WHF we believe the next step is finding the purpose of your workouts. Once clients haveRead more
Have you ever gotten bored of your workout routine? Are your exercises becoming stale and monotonous? Do you want to become more enthusiastic about fitness and sharpen your focus toward reaching your goals? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, then allow WHF to introduce you to the concept of periodization. Some ofRead more
Nutrient Timing and You Everyone knows that fitness and balanced nutrition go hand-in-hand. But how do they relate? What difference does it make how many calories you consume and when you consume them? The answer lies in nutrient timing, a structured plan of nutritional consumption that serves to provide numerous health advantages. Athletes and competitorsRead more
Untying the Knots There is a good chance that at some point you have either thought to yourself or heard someone else say their body feels “all tied up in knots.” That phrase is an accurate analogy for the pain many people experience from sensitive spots in their muscles. They make us feel like ourRead more
There are more components to building a life of fitness than you might realize. Obviously, in order to do so, you must be physically able to exercise regularly and take care of yourself. You must have the willpower to avoid certain food cravings or periods of laziness that take you further from your fitness goals.Read more
Is Your Soreness Normal? Have you ever woken up in the morning after a rigorous workout and been surprised to find that you are not struggling with muscle soreness? If so, you may have thought you were out of the woods—until the pain developed slowly during the day and carried into severe soreness later. IfRead more
The Map to Your Success The keys to living a healthy and fit life seem pretty cut-and-dried: eat the right foods, exercise regularly, and the results will show themselves. But there is so much more to wellness than just those basics. Each person has what WHF calls a global wellness map. We think of itRead more
The Better Type of Stress It seems like everyone goes through their daily lives, looking for ways to eliminate as much stress as possible. People often use exercise and trips to the gym to relieve that stress. But did you know that not all stress has negative effects and that exercising can actually create positiveRead more