Friday's Fitness Funnies

Happy Friday!  

Exercise Makes Me Happy

Benefits of a Regular Exercise Routine:

1.  Allows you to feel more confident with your body
2.  Improves your sex life
3.  Improves circulation
4.  Boosts your mood
5.  Prevents bone loss
6.  Helps you sleep better by falling asleep faster and sleeping more soundly
7.  Prevents and manages high blood pressure and cholesterol levels
8.  Helps manage stress by boosting good endorphins and regulating hormones
9.  Helps with pain management
10.  Increases muscle strength
11.  Helps in the battle to quit smoking
12.  Reduces risk of stroke and coronary artery disease
13.  Delays the aging process and maintains quality of life
14.  Allows seniors to maintain their independence longer
15.  Provides a way to share activities with family and friends
16.  Counters anxiety and depression
17.  Releases tension
18.  Improves memory and brain function
19.  Stabilizes blood sugar levels
20.  Burns fat and calories
21.  Improves learning
22.  Keeps Alzheimer's at bay
23.  Improves the complexion of your skin
24.  Lowers your resting heart rate
25.  Aids in weight loss
26.  Boosts the immune system
27.  Enhanced sport performance
28.  Reduce risk of some cancers
29.  Improves self esteem
30.  Allows you to meet new people
31.  Brings you to new places and locations
32.  Provides you with opportunity to explore
33.  You are able to try new activities
34.  It allows you to push your body to the limit
35.  Exercise makes you happy :)

Exercise gives you endorphins, endorphins make you happy... happy people just don't shoot their husbands.  -Elle Woods, Legally Blonde

Tips for Post-Workout Hair

Are you known to sacrifice your hips for your hair?? I know I am!  Although it is one of the best times for me to go, I will often skip the gym in the morning or at lunch to save my hair.  I find that at that time of day, I don't have time to perfect my beauty routine by washing and styling my hair.  Here are some quick tips to get you back to work quickly after the gym.  

1.  Mini-wash:  

If you have front bangs, a mini washing can be really beneficial to fake a fresh look after your gym session.  Greasy and sweaty hair is much more noticeable on the front strands.  This will only take you about 5 minutes to wash and blow dry your front bangs and it adds a huge impact!

Favorite Product: Conair 1600 watt mini travel blow dryer

2.  Do a quick blow-dry to remove the evidence:

Skip the time-consuming full blow-out by focusing on the locks around the hairlines where you actually produce the sweat.  It's about giving oomph to the most visible areas, so take about 3-5 minutes to work on the front strands and crown.  Add a shine serum to tame flyways.

Favorite Product: Frizz Ease Thermal Protection Hair Serum by John Frieda

3.  Use a dry shampoo:

If you don't have the time for that full wash, massage dry shampoo into the roots to remove the oil and buildup from the scalp.  This will create that smooth look without weighing the hair down.  

Favorite Product: TRESemme Freshstart Dry Shampoo

4.  Add volume to your locks:

Boost up the volume post workout to with a tonic or mist.  This will help to eliminate that weighed-down sweaty look by adding some lift.  For best results, spray on the roots of damp hair and uses a brush to blow-dry.

Favorite Product: Big Sexy Hair So Pumped Volumizing Mist

5.  Finish with a quick but fun up-do:

Revamp your ponytail by dumping the tight elastic band and use a wide plush hair holder or big hair chignon pin.  The tight band will create dents and make your hair look really flat.  Here are my favorite hairstyles for post gym.

Braided Reverse Ponytail

The Chignon

The Sleek High Ponytail

The Twist & Pin

What's your favorite post-sweat do?

oxox, Em