If you need a way to replenish your electrolytes after one of your awesome workouts at Optimal, grab a coconut water on your way out! Coconut water is a natural source of electrolytes and is now available to purchase at Optimal for $2 each. Ask your trainer for more details!
One of our fun, distanced workouts at night!
Represent your favorite gym (Optimal!) by purchasing our t-shirts and water bottles! T-shirts are selling for $16, metal bottles are $10, and shaker bottles are $5!
Fitness challenge: Wall sits
Try to hold three, 1 minute wall sits every day from today until Sunday. Wall sits work the glutes, quads, and hamstrings, so push yourself to complete this challenge!
How are you enjoying these last warm days of the year? Are you walking? Biking? Playing an outdoor activity? Share some pictures from your active weekend!
https://www.realsimple.com/work-life/entertainment/fall-activities
REALSIMPLE.COM
The Ultimate Fun Fall Activities Checklist to Do With Friends, Kids, or Solo
Attention anyone who is dealing with any sort of joint pain:
Here at Optimal, about 90% of our clients deal with some sort of joint issue. Ranging anywhere from mild to very severe, the joint issues we see are a challenge, but we still find ways to exercise our clients safely and that means you can too! Optimal not only offers safe and effective workouts, but we are also a homeopathic pain management facility run by our very own orthopedist Dr. Azlan Tariq! If you want an all encompassing fitness and pain management location, come check Optimal out!
Build up your immunity by exercising! This workout can easily be done from home, enjoy!
What's one way to help fight off COVID-19? Building up your immunity through exercising! Optimal is offering buy one get one free on personal training sessions through the end of November! All of our workouts are properly distanced and sanitized. Purchase your sessions by messaging below or calling 630-210-1550.
Today starts our 30 day push up challenge! (please ignore the plank).The first week, you have to complete 10 push ups every day. The second week, 15, third week, 20, 4th week, 25, and the last two days of the challenge, you have to get 30 per day. Play along with us at home and post your pictures!
This time of year is perfect for an outdoor workout, good thing Optimal Health Medical Fitness is hosting one on Saturday, October 24th at Wil-O-Way Park! Workout is at 11:30 and admission is a canned food item that will be donated to Loaves and Fishes. Please RSVP!
Going along with yesterday's post, I thought I would include foods that would help reduce stress and anxiety, given these weird times we live in right now! Many of these foods naturally help reduce inflammation and have great nutrients for the brain. These foods include, but are not limited to:
1. Salmon
2. Chamomile
3. Turmeric
4. Dark chocolate
5. Yogurt
6. Green Tea
Here is the article for reference for more information:
https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/6-foods-that-reduce-anxiety#TOC_TITLE_HDR_6
HEALTHLINE.COM
6 Foods That Help Reduce Anxiety
Wellness Tip - Take a breather!
When is the last time you remember sitting down, closing your eyes, and taking a few long, deep breaths? It has probably been a while! Set aside 5 minutes of your day to practice deep breathing. Why? Deep breathing has shown to help reduce stress/anxiety, lower blood pressure, and aid in digestion, just to name a few things!
Congrats to our intern Fatima for running her first marathon! She ran her marathon in 4 hours and plans to do the Chicago Marathon in 2021. Training for and running a marathon is a very tough but rewarding experience, way to go!
Challenge yourselves by completing as many rounds as you can in the 3 minute time limit! Then, go through again and try to beat how many rounds you got in the first set!
Donate your old workout shoes instead of throwing them away! Dr. Brian Damhoff of Elite Performance Institute is collecting used and new shoes to donate to the Community Foot Clinic. Drop off basket is located in Optimal's front lobby.
Don't let this BOGO deal slip through your fingers! This deal is good until the end of November and then it's gone!
Are you saving your pumpkin seeds this year? Pumpkin seeds benefit bone health, heart and liver health, and also help prevent diabetes, and aid in weight loss and digestion (low calorie,high fiber), etc. Want to know more? Here is a link for you guys!
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/303864#benefits
MEDICALNEWSTODAY.COM
Pumpkin seeds: Benefits, nutrition, and dietary tips
The push up count has gone up to 20 per day this week, can you manage the challenge? Ready, set, go!
Ball tosses are a great way to get the heart rate up and use several muscles at one time! Here at Optimal, we use ball tosses ALL the time. Keep up the good work, Danielle!
Just a heads up from Team Optimal, there will be NO Metabolism Master this month. Please tune in on Monday, March 1st for the next installment!
Get your workouts in today! If any substitutions are needed because you don't have the equipment at home, comment below and we will give you alternatives!
Chicken tortilla soup is so good during these cold winter months. Enjoy!
https://ifoodreal.com/chicken-tortilla-soup/
