Roids…

Getting an idea?

Anabolic-androgenic steroids, or anabolic steroids as they are commonly known, were developed in the 1930s to promote growth of skeletal muscle and to develop male sexual characteristics.  The drugs were seen as offering great potential for their protein-building properties, but their use by doctors has, in fact, been quite limited.  Anabolic steroid use is more commonly associated with bodybuilders, weightlifters, and other male and female athletes.

FRUIT & FITNESS

Without question, fruit has wonderful natural benefits for the human body.  Fruit is packed with vitamins and fiber much like vegetables, but comes in a wide variety of sweeter, more palatable flavors.  Adding fruit to your diet is an excellent thing to do, but there are a few things that you need to keep in mind:

1. Eat fresh fruit instead of drinking fruit juice. Juice is often sweetened, but fresh fruits have natural sugars.  Also, you don’t receive all of the needed fiber and vitamins from fruit juice as you do from fresh fruit. 

Golden 4 @ Work!

I know exactly what you are thinking!

4 cLEAN tips!

 

Finding ways to stay active throughout the day can be challenging without utilizing specific fitness tips.  Even if you spend most of your time behind a desk, there are ways you can break away and incorporate some mild physical activity into your daily office routine.  The cLEANfit fitness tips listed below are all things that can realistically be squeezed into your workday; no need to worry about changing into different clothes or looking goofy doing office exercises.

1. Don’t Sit during Your Entire Lunch Break

Dealing with stress and its symptoms

DEALING WITH STRESS AND ITS SYMPTOMS.

While unchecked stress is undeniably damaging, there are many things you can do to reduce its impact and cope with symptoms.

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Learn how to manage stress

You may feel like the stress in your life is out of your control, but you can always control the way you respond.  Managing stress is all about taking charge: taking charge of your thoughts, your emotions, your schedule, your environment, and the way you deal with problems.  Stress management involves changing the stressful situation when you can, changing your reaction when you can’t, taking care of yourself, and making time for rest and relaxation.

Exercise & Depression

If you’ve ever experienced depression, you know how frustrating and at times, debilitating it can be.  It may make you so tired you don’t want to get out of bed — or so anxious you can’t calm down.  Whatever your symptoms are, it can be a challenge to pull yourself out of that dark hole.  Seeing your doctor should be your first step in dealing with depression, of course, but there are other tools that can help.  Exercise may be the LAST thing on your mind, BUTit’s the one thing that may give you immediate relief from depression.

Exercise and Depression

Depression is so common most of us have either experienced it or know more than one person who has.  Medication and therapy are common treatments, but exercise is another tool that can bring relief.  Study after study has shown that exercise can fight mild to moderate depression because it: