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Fitness Factor 5: Environmental Fitness
By Roland Pankewich We have come to arguably my favorite topic in this series because I believe that environment contains both the lowest hanging fruit and also the areas that contribute to the BIGGEST overall shifts that are possible for someone on the health journey. There is an old saying that states; you cannot heal in the same environment in which you got sick. If you take that as a general statement then do an analysis of just how insidiously sick our day-to-day environments can be, I think you will understand the importance of this statement if you are one who...
Fitness Factor 4: Emotional Fitness
By Roland Pankewich Up until now all of our factor focuses have been what I would consider tangible things; food, sleep, and breathing are all things you can influence by changing external habits and behaviors to get some aspect of measurable change. External feedback if you will. This month’s topic is somewhat of a departure as it is exploring the world, YOUR world internally. The world of emotions. When I say it’s a departure I don’t at all wish to imply that this topic is any less important to those who are in the world of health sciences. Although we cannot measure or...
Fitness Factor 3: Respiration
By Roland Pankewich First there was food, then there was sleep. Now, we breathe. What a dramatic way to introduce the 3rd fitness factor for the month and the last aspect of the basis of our human existence; eat, sleep, breathe. Truth be told this topic was a little bit of an enigma for me when I started thinking about how to prepare for it. How can I do it justice without putting you all to sleep with talk of tidal volume and respiratory quotients? How can I write an article on the most autonomous thing we all innately do; breathe...
Fitness Factor 2: Understanding the Importance of Sleep
By Roland Pankewich Welcome to the 2nd installment in the fitness factor series for our 2023 focus. I hope you enjoyed last month’s deep dive into diet and ALL the nuances that can be involved with deciding upon how you want to relate to and construct your diet. You might be thinking that sleep doesn’t require the same approach and nuance as diet? On the surface, I could simply say; “Make sure you sleep well, and life will be good!” The end. That idea of “sleeping well” says so much more than what is obvious because sure we know that poor...
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