by powerx2 | Nov 16, 2024 | aging, physical activity, plasticity, resistance training, self-efficacy
Do you know that feeling when you go to step down onto the first step of a staircase that is a different height from what you expected or remember? That feeling of either hitting the ground too soon, or worse, much later than expected, can be quite uncomfortable. Best...
by powerx2 | Nov 2, 2024 | physical activity, plasticity, resistance training, self-efficacy
Okay, now that you are all fired up about adding power to your everyday exercise or thinking routine, I have to start with a word of caution – at least with regard to power in physical movement. While there is immense benefit and, for many of us a real need, to...
by powerx2 | Sep 21, 2024 | physical activity, plasticity, resistance training, self-efficacy
I hope that since reading the last blog you had a chance to try a walking meeting, or to introduce a few faster intervals in your training run, or perhaps even a bit of speed play while walking around the block. If so, congratulations. Your brain will thank you for...
by powerx2 | Mar 9, 2024 | mental health, physical activity, resistance training, self-efficacy
Last time we looked at how different types of exercise can affect how stressed we feel by teaching us to breathe in a specific manner. Another mechanism through which movement can affect stress and anxiety is the serial tensing and relaxing of muscles necessary for...
by powerx2 | Feb 24, 2024 | mental health, physical activity, resistance training
In the past few blog posts, we looked at the benefits of strength training for quite a few areas of life that you might not have automatically thought of when lifting around some heavier bags or hitting the weights room at the gym. One of these areas was managing...
by powerx2 | Feb 10, 2024 | goal setting, physical activity, resistance training, self-efficacy
One of the lesser recognised benefits of strength training is getting practice at setting a specific goal, and chipping away at a systematic plan to get to that goal. In a world where a lot of things can be outside of our control and where, on a daily basis, we are ...
