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9 Hygiene Standards for the Millennial

Reading Time: 3 minutes Look Good, Smell Good, Feel Good As weird as it sounds, this is what I use to say to myself after I would finish my usual hygiene routine in the morning. I’d finish, make eye contact with myself in the mirror and repeat this phrase. “I look good, smell good and feel good.” I have no idea where it came from, but I’ve done it most mornings since high school. Ya, I know it’s kind of weird. Physical hygiene essentials for the millennial Hygiene is a set of practices performed in order to preserve health. This is an all-encompassing definition Read more…

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5 Mindsets for an Attitude Adjustment

Reading Time: 5 minutes Above, Down, Inside, Out Above, down, inside, out. ADIO, a common phrase used by Chiropractors and originally coined by BJ Palmer. Its meaning at a mechanical level refers to the brain communicating down the spinal cord into the spinal nerves and out to every one of your systems and their respective end organs. Deeper thought on this phrase refers to your innate intelligence coordinating with every cell in your body from the inside out. For many health practitioners, this is how we view health. It’s a healing mindset. When well taken care of, the body is strong and regenerative. The Read more…

By NicktheDC, ago

3 Ways Chronic Stress Kills You Faster

Reading Time: 5 minutes Let’s talk about stress Stress, none of us are immune to it. Its grip on our lives runs as deep as our biological need to reproduce. Its value is in recognizing a threat (stressor) and encouraging an appropriate response for our survival as a species. Its adversity is a host of chemicals released to help our body adapt to the demands of these stressors. Certainly, these chemicals are valuable when acute, chronically however, they are detrimental to your health. When I say stress, do you think of your? Kids, spouse, work, finances, future, health, etc. These are all emotional stressors. Stressors Read more…

By NicktheDC, ago
7 Habits to Improve Your Sleep Routine

7 Habits to Improve Your Sleep Routine

Reading Time: 6 minutes Go the F*ck to Sleep Sleep! The only thing more popular than this Innate Essential is Sex. Why is it an essential? Why aren’t we getting enough? And what can we do about it? Sleep, we need it, we want it, we don’t get enough, and we take it for granted. Sleeping doesn’t require any skill set necessarily but can be improved through a proper routine. Aging, however, will decrease our melatonin thus decreasing our ability to sleep as we enter the “golden years”.  Sleeping is a huge part of our animal existence and a necessity for living. Sleeping if done right should take Read more…

By NicktheDC, ago

5 Action Steps to Self Awareness

Reading Time: 7 minutes Why I quit CrossFit A lesson in self-awareness I was 19 years old and treading water. A year out of high school, working for my Father’s construction company and attending college for general education. I had no clue why I was in college. I just started showing up because my peers were showing up. At the same time, I was being groomed into taking over my Dad’s company and setting down roots in my hometown. Most of my friends had found local work and our free time was spent partying and socializing.  Autopilot set to content Life was happening and Read more…

By NicktheDC, ago

Eat Real Food

Reading Time: 4 minutes What’s the craziest thing you’ve ever put in your mouth? Super weird question I know, but how about Castoreum? It’s a chemical found in many Snack foods, candies, gelatin, ice cream, and drinks with strawberry and raspberry flavors. It’s used for its vanilla-like smell and taste. Can you think of any foods that you may have had that contained this chemical? Me neither, but it’s probably been in some food you have eaten. Castoreum comes from cute little beavers and what it actually is, is beaver anal gland juice.  Yep, you read that right, and it’s probably been in your Read more…

By NicktheDC, ago

Movement is Life

Reading Time: 5 minutes Anatomy = Form and Physiology = Function Now that we have discussed form and proper postural anatomy, we should talk function and proper physical physiology. The human body and all its parts were made to move. Movement is life.  Our last blog, 3 steps to Make Your Posture Great Again, brought to light some problems with bad form. Bad form will lead to early wear and tear of the joints due to the increased abnormal stress on joints when trying to move. An example is with upper crossed syndrome when the shoulders are rounded. The rounded shoulder puts an abnormal Read more…

By NicktheDC, ago

Turn Off, Tune In, Drop Apps

Reading Time: 8 minutes Turn off, Tune in and Drop Apps Turn off the TV, Tune in to your life and Drop some of the apps on your smartphone. Times today are much different than they were in the 1960s. In today’s tech-savvy society we are constantly bombarded with tasks and notifications. Our brains change their task orientation an average of once every 45 seconds. No wonder most people today are feeling overwhelmed and mental health issues like anxiety and depression are on the rise, especially in our youth. We suffer from information overload and it is affecting our brain’s autopilot system. The system we Read more…

By NicktheDC, ago

The #1 Essential is Water

Reading Time: 4 minutes Don’t screw this one up This is not exactly the Ferrari of articles, but it is important and my first rule of chemical Innate Essentials. Water is needed for everything from hormones to digestion and mobility to healing. Without water, the body will shut down in about a week. So ya, at the core of everything you are trying to do, water is essential. Fix this one thing now to help build your Innate Essentials. Fix this or fail. Water, water everywhere… The majority of the world is made up primarily of water. The majority of the body is also made Read more…

By NicktheDC, ago

3 Steps to Make Your Posture Great Again

Reading Time: 7 minutes 3 Steps to Make Your Posture Great Again! “Make Posture Great Again” seemed like a fitting title considering the current events in the world. This blog post is not aimed at politics, but rather spinal health and re-emphasizing the need for a strong backbone. Men like my Grandfather, who were part of the Greatest Generation as it was known, emboldened the idea that a solid posture was just as important as manners. We have lost touch with both ideals and have become a nation of Tech-Neck kids with entitlement issues. In a world of ultra-quick first impressions, your posture can Read more…

By NicktheDC, ago
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