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5 Unique Supplements to Add to Your Diet to Maintain Your Balance
Eating a colorful diet with the full rainbow of veggies with lots of high-quality fats and high-quality protein will do much more for you than even the best supplement. That being said, if you are serious about energy or want to supplement the occasional busy day, supplements do have a place.
5 Reasons Exercise and Supplements Go Hand-in-Hand
Many people who exercise may wonder if exercising alone is enough to meet their health and fitness goals. Learn more about the benefits of supplementation and why it’s recommended for people of all ages and backgrounds.
How To Get Fit Without Even Realizing It
You might think that changing your ways in order to improve your health is difficult, but if you break the process down into smaller steps, transforming your lifestyle (and your body) becomes much easier. Here are our recommendations for simple, effective lifestyle changes that will positively impact your health.
5 Lifestyle Changes that Will Help Beat Your Addiction
The trouble with addictions is their ability to invade all elements of your lifestyle. When addicted to a behavior, substance, or action, it becomes interwoven into every facet of life itself. When a person decides that their addiction is unwanted, it is not simply a matter of choosing to give that addiction up.
5 Ways That Giving Up Alcohol Will Change Your Life For The Better
The fact of the matter is this: alcohol may be temporarily fun, but it isn’t healthy for your body in the long-term. Giving up alcohol, no matter how much or how little you generally drink, has great physical, emotional, and mental benefits.
Weightlifter Wisdom Can Help You Get Out of Debt
The gym is not just a school of fitness — it’s also a school of life. Several of the thought processes and ideologies of physical fitness also apply to life outside of the gym, like your financial fitness. We’ve come up with four; how many others can you think up?
When Cardio Alone Isn’t Enough: Tips to Build a Personalized Health Routine
Cardio is exercise specifically geared to increase the heart rate and works to improve cardiovascular health. Cardio is known for effectively burning fat and calories, so it is often the go-to form of exercise for individuals whose primary goal is to lose weight, but…
Five Cross-Training Exercises that are Easy on the Joints
Cross-training can be a great way to add variety to your training. That being said, sometimes certain exercises can be painful. If you are working through an injury, or just starting up after a long break, it’s important to find exercises that are good for your overall health, but not painful.
How to Make Your Rest Days More Restful
Working out can certainly take a lot out of you. If you’ve just started a new CrossFit program or are a long-time exercise veteran, you’ll want to make sure your body is getting enough rest on the days you don’t go to the gym. You’ll bounce back much more quickly, and you’ll be ready to get back to working out before you know it.
Take Care of Your Health by Taking Care of Your Teeth
It might not seem like a lot at first, but your oral health can play a huge role in keeping all of you healthy. Our bodies are complex, and no one part is separate from the rest. Don’t neglect any area when you are taking care of yourself
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At CrossFit Black Bear we provide you with the tools, and knowledge needed to live a healthy lifestyle, both inside and outside the gym. Serving Orono, Old Town, Bangor and Brewer Maine! 5 minutes from the University of Maine (UMaine).
