I just love to follow calendars that list all of the National Holidays. They sometimes inspire me to learn about other cultures, to try a new food, to participate in a new activity, or to blog about a new fun topic!
National Women's Health and Fitness is the last Wednesday of September each year. What a great holiday to re-focus on healthy habits, refresh your fitness goals, or start new ones!
How can you observe this special day? Here's a few ideas that may help spark a new interest for you:
Join a walking or running group, or create one if you can't find one. I love the Nextdoor app for things like this. You can put out a message to your local neighborhood expressing interest to start a group with your neighbors! What a great way to get to know your neighbors, and to already have something in common by living near each other.
Plan a family outing at your local playground. Spend at least 25 minutes playing, climbing, and just being silly with your kids.
Start up a game of tennis, basketball, volleyball, or swim laps for a low impact option.
Join a workshop about food choices, portion control and label reading to improve your overall nutrition. LEANWell offers low cost workshops, support groups, as well as one on one coaching to help you with this. Can't find exactly what you are looking for? Contact us through the website and we will create a custom package just for you!
Attend a Yoga class to help improve flexibility, and also your mental health by reducing stress. Your local YMCA or Wellness Center should have plenty of options for you in your area, just Google it!
Get your friends together for a group fitness class or workout session, take a picture to celebrate the moment and post to social media with #WomensHealthFitnessDay
Consider joining a Prayer Group or Bible Study at your local church. Spiritual health is part of your overall health too.
Join a TWITCH Fitness workout. You can try a workout for free if you are local or we can custom build a workout in your personal LEANWell app that you can do from home or at your local gym. Just shop your Google Play or Apple store to get started. Check out our LEANWell Instagram Page for a limited coupon code for half price services for the month of October for new members!!
Try this 30 minute workout at home (modify based on your own health and fitness abilities) if you want to do what we are doing in the TWITCH Studio today:
50 Dumbbell Squats
45 Push Ups
40 Alternating Lunges
35 Bent Over Barbell Rows (Underhand)
30 Skaters
25 Barbell Clean and Press
20 Butt- Ups (Plank into Pike)
15 Burpees
10 Down Dog into Up Dog stretch combos
Once you complete this workout, post your picture on social media with #leanwelltwitchworkout and #womenshealthfitnessday.
No matter how you celebrate this day, consider this, the time is going to pass whether you spend it wisely or not.
Take the time today to incorporate a new healthy choice that will possibly spark a whole new passion for health and fitness that you never could have imagined you would have. Encourage your friends and family to do the same. Then step back and observe the ripple effect of healthy choices all around you!!
What are some ways you can incorporate #WomensHealthFitnessDay into your routine??