Category: Healthy Living and Mind-Body Balance

How to choose Healthy Foods in Santa Fe

By Joris Van Cutsem In my last blog post, I talked quite a bit about water intake and its importance to your body.  So, I believe talking about (healthy) food would be a nice follow up.  It is also a subject we talk about a lot on a daily bases at SolCore Fitness. What are

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What About Clean Water In Santa Fe?

Recently, at SolCore Fitness, I have had some conversations discussing the intake of water and I wanted to elaborate. Because we live in a dry, high desert environment, and the temperature has been rising in Santa Fe, staying hydrated is obviously very important.  I also believe it is essential during exercise. Water affects every organ

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What not to have for more energy In Santa Fe!

Do energy drinks work and are they good for you? They come in shots, cans and powdered form and they are big business. In 2012, the sales of energy drinks in the United States was $12.5 billion dollars. By 2017 that figure will rise to $21 billion according to consumer marketing research company, Packaged Facts.

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Exercise Helps Keep Your Body’s Rhythms In Check

The Power Of Consistent Exercise There’s no doubt that getting your heart pumping and blood moving through exercise has a long list of health benefits. It controls weight, combats health conditions and diseases, improves mood, boosts energy, promotes better sleep, and more. But many people don’t realize that lack of exercise can disrupt the body’s

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Brain Exercise

How Exercise Is Also Brain Exercise How to enlarge the size of your brain. The deepest canyon in the world is in Peru. It’s called the Cotahuasi Canyon and it’s near the city of Arequipa. The canyon was formed by the mighty Cotahuasi River. It was during a river-rafting trip down this river that a

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How Gut Health Equals A Happy Gut Mind

To Have A Happy Gut You Have To Understand The Gut Brain Connection By Maya Cordova Have you ever felt “butterflies” in your stomach? Do you recall ever having a “gut wrenching” experience or a “gut feeling”? These terms are often used to describe sensations that are paired with emotional responses. They are created by

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The Weight Loss Killer

Stopping this one thing will drastically help your weight loss Is this stopping your weight loss? “Just one can’t really hurt too much, can it?” In his book Eat More Weigh Less, Dr Dean Ornish cites a study that found drinking three ounces of alcohol reduced the body’s ability to burn fat by one third.

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Holistic Personal Training- Say No To GMO’s

SolCore Fitness Santa Fe practices Holistic Personal Training. What does that mean “Holistic Personal Training.” It means that the program that you are on should take into consideration diet and lifestyle factors as well as a complete exercise program. So if you are one of those people who is on the newest diet craze or

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Mindfulness Is The Key To Being Happy In Whatever You Do.

Mindfulness in your exercise program and in your life. Now that you have begun to move forward full speed ahead into your exercise practice and are advancing in your ELDOAS and Myo-fascial stretching techniques, I want to introduce to you a new technique…one that will help you enjoy your life even that much more. This

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