I am so excited to announce my new radio segment, Noelle Rox Workout Tips, with It’s Your Health Network.com!
Come to find out after my initial interview on the show, the host, Lisa Davis, and I actually worked together in Hawaii back in 1996. I was working as a fitness director for a health club downtown Honolulu and hired Lisa to teach aerobics. Funny. What a small world.
I am so excited to become a weekly, contributing fitness expert where I can reach and inspire a larger audience of people. I am very determined to help people take their health seriously by providing simple, fun and realistic ways to add in fitness to their daily lives.
Underlying all my advice and tips is the belief that you should never give up, believe in yourself and know “you are worth it”. My tips are full of sustainable, ageless and realistic fitness exercises we can live with for the long run. Because I believe fitness and movement can heal and change peoples’ lives and therefore truly stand by my motto – move more, live better. It’s all about learning how to stay fit by working out smarter not harder. However, knowing full well that vanity is the most reliable motivator, topics such as how to get your best bikini butt are very popular.
So join me on It’s Your Health Network and tune in for all my favorite trade secrets and tips to help you stay in the best shape of your life, and how you can aspire for greatness when in a bathing suit. Remember, move more, live better and try to keep a sense of humor along the way.
1. Move more – It’s been said that with even modest efforts you can reap substantial rewards. A little bit of movement can add up to a better body, a healthier body, and a better attitude to get you thru the holidays with a stronger resolve and grace. Short bouts of movement are associated with living a longer and better life. Movement is key to reduce cravings, reduce stress, sleep better and help you make better food choices especially during the holidays:
Dips – on the edge of your tub or on a park bench. Keep shoulders away from your ears, hips close to edge, hug elbows together.
I believe being ageless is not just physical; it’s also a state of mind. Being ageless has a lot to do with our attitude.
Welcome to my site! I am so happy you are here. I hope you will find it informative and inspiring in your pursuit of wellness. I am a big believer that fitness should be realistic, sustainable and ageless. All of my workouts are full of preventative tips to help you retain your sense of youth, mobility and grace to keep you looking and feeling good.
But how we move is key. In our minds we may feel like we are much younger than we are, but certain effects of aging are occurring whether we like it or not. We need to focus on increasing bone density, keeping our hearts strong, improving our posture, core strength, flexibility and balance. We need to focus more on preventative steps to keep diseases and illness at bay. We need low impact options that are weight bearing. Training like a 20 or 30 year old when we are over 40 increases our chance of injury and only leads to discouragement, frustration and setbacks. This pursuit of trying to keep up with unattainable and unrealistic training programs leads to aging. This is unfortunately a common problem for many people. But there is a solution to this vicious cycle.
As many of you know, stress can be really aging so we need to find ways in our busy lives to reduce our stress. I believe taking time to stretch, breath and meditate is really good to help you to be more centered and calm with less anxiety. But also having been a trainer working with my clients for over 15 years, I feel that if you can laugh, smile and have a good time while exercising, it becomes the highlight of your day and also is a great way to reduce your stress. We feel uplifted, we feel empowered, we feel content. We improve our outlook on life with increased joy and happiness. This has a powerful trickle effect on the rest of our life. Being able to laugh, smile and actually enjoy yourself while exercising is an unbeatable and powerful combination. Exercise does not need to be complicated and associated with pain and suffering to count and be beneficial. Think of my workouts as “funnercize” as I believe it’s so important to keep a sense of humor in many aspects of our lives and especially when it comes to exercise! Get fit and reduce your stress at the same time? It just makes good sense. We can take our health and fitness seriously and still have a good time. One of my clients once told me, “Noelle, no one makes me laugh harder when I’m sweating.” That is what it is all about. Life is tough enough. Let’s have fun while we exercise. Let’s make being happy as your goal. Let the movement make you feel happy and alive. Let stretching help you not only open up your muscles but open up your mind and attitude too. Find happiness where you are right now and smile at all that is good.
Much of my life as a gymnast was in training at an elite level in gymnastics. It contained a lot of suffering. It contained a lot of judgment and scrutiny over what was wrong, what needed to be better. It was often uncomfortable and hard on my body. The wisdom I gained from all those years has greatly influenced my approach now that exercise doesn’t need to be that way. Don’t look at taking care of yourself with that kind of judged intensity. Taking the time to exercise is you being good to yourself and needs to be more pleasurable. It will not always be easy or without challenge, but it doesn’t need to be thought of as punishment. No more suffering. Change your perspective to look at exercise as a blessing, a gift, a privilege and a reward. We have good lives and we need to enjoy them to the fullest. Staying fit and healthy is your ticket to living the best life possible. I am here as your leader to say, staying fit and healthy can be and actually is an amazing, fulfilling and enjoyable process. Believe in yourself, do the best you can and enjoy the ride. Join me on your ride to better health and live the rewards exercise will give back to you. And it’s okay to laugh along the way.
