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I started my morning with a long cardio workout! Now I'm energized and ready for the day!
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Challenge Yourself
Challenges are small steps you can take toward living a more natural, healthy life. Accept a challenge, log your progress, and watch your successes add up to positive change!
How does it work?
- Take on adventures ranging from nutrition and fitness changes to greener, more natural, habits.
- Log your progress on accepted challenges.
- Track your success at living a healthier, more natural life.
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November 05, 2009
Seat and greet
Stuck at a desk working all day? Make your seat work for you! You can do strength training with just a resistance band and a chair. Today, challenge yourself to break up your workday with a little muscle building. The Mayo Clinic has some great...
October 29, 2009
Recycle your sneakers
Do your running shoes have a new life ahead of them in a children’s playground? They might, if you recycle them. The outer soles and inner midsoles of athletic shoes can be ground down and recreated as cushiony playground surfaces. A shoe...
October 15, 2009
Find your soul mat
Is your downward-facing dog exposing you to phthalates? Maybe, if you’re using a vinyl yoga mat. Used to make vinyl and other plastics flexible, phthalates are a group of chemicals also known to be endocrine disrupters. Challenge yourself to find...
October 08, 2009
Keep track of your laps
In your daily walks through the city, challenge yourself to keep track of how much ground you’ve covered using this simple trick: Place four pennies and a handful of nickels in a left-side pocket. Each time you finish a block, move one penny from...
October 06, 2009
Organize a "green gym"
Stay fit, get some fresh air, and meet likeminded people all at the same time. Challenge yourself to organize a “green gym.” The concept is simple: you and several friends agree to meet regularly in an outdoor setting for some fitness-related...
September 28, 2009
Do it with pride
What role does body confidence play in fitness? An uncredited but powerful cameo, it seems. Confidence affects how we carry ourselves, whether we wear a baggy shirt or a form-fitting one, and our tendency to plant ourselves in the front (motivating...
September 22, 2009
Fix your flat
How many of us have eyed our dusty, crusty bikes, secretly glad that the poor neglected creature has a flat tire and can’t be ridden? Enough! Today, challenge yourself to break out that spare, visit the bike shop, or otherwise banish the blowout...
September 16, 2009
Think outside...the mall
A heads up for walkers: Researchers at the University of Essex found that walking in nature improved people’s mood in 88 percent of their subjects, compared to mall walking, which left 45 percent feeling even worse! Although you should do what feels...
September 11, 2009
Make weight wait
Choosing fitness activities that focus on goals other than weight loss have the ulterior benefit of motivating and energizing us without constantly reminding us how close—or far—we are from our goals. Mastering a skill like rowing, for instance...
September 03, 2009
Start socializing
Gym workouts feeling lonely and uninspiring? Sports have always been a great way to get fit and connect with others at the same time. Best of all, there are options for all fitness and skill levels out there. Today, challenge yourself to explore one...
