SH’BAM is a fun energetic dance workout to help mix your daily workout routine. You can expect to sweat, smile, and have some fun during this 45 min class.
Clear some space and grab a water bottle. This class will have you moving and shaking your way to a healthier and happier you. Gather the family for a fun night in or take it to the backyard for an outside dance party!
No matter if you’re stuck in the house all day or busy at work, it’s hard to feel motivated during this time. What truly helps is getting a change of scenery & moving your body!
Action: Commit to moving your body today. Try to incorporate a walk- whether that’s outside, around your house or your unit. If that doesn’t feel attainable, do an at-home workout or have a dance party in your home! Either way, you are doing something different, moving your body, and creating change in a positive way. 🙂
Maybe you don’t have 30 minutes or more to do strength exercises but you want to do something to build your physical strength. Give this 5 minute workout a try! Brought to you by one of our discount Abenity vendors, Fleet Feet. You can do this routine anywhere, any time and all you need is you and a timer or watch. Afterwards, give Fleet Feet a call and enjoy 25% off your curbside pickup order.
Chances are, you’re starting to get a little cabin fever. Bars and restaurants in many cities and states are closed, sports have been canceled, and governments from California to New York City are ordering residents to shelter in place. There are only so many programs you can binge watch or hours you can bear reading, and your news feed is full of frightening headlines. If you’ve got kids, the close quarters are probably making the household a little maddening.
Here’s a suggestion: For an antidote to isolation, get out into nature. You don’t have to go all that far. Take the dog for a walk. Sit in your backyard or garden. As long as you’re able to do so in a way that meets the recommendations for social distancing, figure out how to get outside however you can.
At a time like this, such places can reground us. They provide perspective: a reminder of different time scales, proof of resilience and recovery. That’s a balm we need now more than ever. Nature can play a valuable role in this pandemic as the outdoors becomes one of the remaining places where we can connect with other people in a safe fashion—a space where we can enjoy the presence of others even as we maintain a safe distance.
Only in the outdoors do we find a place to stay safely apart yet still be together.
Today, we are excited to share a 30 minute intermediate level body-weight workout that provides an in-home cardio routine that can be completed in a small space.
This workout is for individuals who want to complete a cardio session without the need for weights or a large area. This is a low-impact, full-body boxing workout. This video has music that will keep you moving as you perform basic boxing movements.
Kids are always wanting make something, right? Here is an easy kid craft activity you can do at home with just two ingredients.
Ingredients:
Hair conditioner. Any kind as long as it’s creamy and CHEAP.
Cornstarch
A bowl
Spatula
Gel food colors (optional)
Instructions:
Put equal parts hair conditioner and cornstarch in your bowl, and start mixing together. It will start to look like marshmallow fluff, it’s too runny.
Start adding more cornstarch in slowly and mixing as you go. You’ll end up with close to 2 part cornstarch to 1 part conditioner. But all depends on the brands. If it’s not coming together well with the spatula, start using your hands to squish it together. Add more conditioner if it’s feeling too dry or more cornstarch if it’s too wet. When you’re happy with the way the cloud dough feels roll up into a big ball.
If you want to add some color, just grab some gel food colors. Separate your cloud dough into balls for how many different colors you want, use your knuckle to make an indent in the ball. Add one drop of color to each ball. Then fold up the dough around the color drop, and start mixing it in until the color is fully incorporated.
And you’re all done!
Storage: You will want to store it in a plastic bag or airtight container and its lasts for at least a week.
You can bulk up this pesto soup recipe by adding shredded or canned chicken, sausage, or even spinach or kale (because greens are never a bad idea!). And you can add an avocado garnish to anything!
Last-Minute Pesto Bean Soup
Makes 9, 1 cup servings
Ingredients
3 cans cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
2 cups low-sodium vegetable broth
1/3 cup pesto
½ cup Parmesan cheese, grated
½ cup sun-dried tomatoes, julienned
1 teaspoon black pepper
Handful of spinach
Optional: avocado to garnish
Directions
Place drained and rinsed beans and broth into a medium-sized saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat then reduce heat to medium-low and simmer 8–10 minutes or until thickened.
Add Parmesan, pesto, sundried tomatoes and black pepper and stir to combine. Lastly, add spinach and simmer until spinach has wilted.
It’s the weekend! Let’s start this Saturday off with an energizing full body 30 minute workout. Athlete 30 uses four different phases of work. Starting with endurance, then agility, next power, and finishing with speed.
This workout will have you out of comfort zone and making your body work as one. Set a goal today to make this workout a personal best for you! There are regressions and progressions for every move.
No equipment required, but a mat, sweat towel, and water bottle might be convenient.
Springtime brings on spring cleaning. A task that most people dread. However if you have a plan and have extra hands to help, its not that bad. Here are some tips for making spring cleaning a success!
Create a cleaning schedule
When you start cleaning each room, make sure you want to start top to bottom. Example: Dust/clean fans before you wipe/clean baseboards.
Don’t forget the ceiling fans and light fixtures
Windows inside and outside
Cleaning supplies
Make sure you have all the supplies and tools needed for the tasks
Supply Caddy
You want all your supplies in one spot, saving you multiple trips back and forth across your house.
Turn up the music
Make cleaning fun, turn on your favorite tunes
One room at a time
Thinking about cleaning the entire house in one day, might not be realistic and you will get burnt out. Set goals and feel accomplished.
Make it a game
If you want your kids to help, making a game out if “cleaning” will get them engaged and willing to help. Who can clean the inside of the windows the fastest, or wipe the baseboards the fastest.
Take a break
It’s important to take a break. Set goals for yourself and take a break before the next task.
Hydrate and enjoy a snack
It’s very important that we stay hydrated and fueled while doing any activity. Keep your water handy and set those snack breaks in-between cleaning
Once you complete a big deep clean of your home, make a weekly schedule to go back over each area at least once a week. This will make it much easier when you decide to deep clean again. Remember you are not only doing something good for your health, but also for the overall health of your home.
Like many kids who are stuck at home during the COVID-19 pandemic, ten-year-old Sydney was beginning to feel hopeless. But, instead of letting the feeling overtake her, she and her mom took action. Sydney knew that she had information that would make a difference if she got it out to other kids her age. So, the pair set out to produce videos giving out valuable information.
From their living room they wrote, recorded, and animated Kids Coping with COVID-19 using Story Maker, an educational software that her mom, Melissa Dilling, uses in her classroom at Eisenhower Middle School in Everett, WA. After covering what kids can do for fun and how to arrange playdates, the series covered a unique way that school students can help the hospitals around them.
In the latest episode, Sydney empowers kids by suggesting that students e-mail their teachers or their schools to ask if there is any PPE (personal protective equipment) lying unused in science labs that the school can donate. Surplus PPE that a school might have in their science labs include gloves and goggles.
In Sydney’s words, “It never hurts to ask!”
They suggest using a website, donateppe.org, for donating the supplies. She hopes that when kids see her series on YouTube they feel like they can actually make a difference in their community—and the world—by following safety guidelines and seeking to help where they can. CLICK HERE for Sydney’s amazing video
Sources: – GoodNewsNetwork.org- YouTube Channel: Habits of Mind Kids
