GoodLife GIVEAWAY: The I Heart Exercise Healthy Heart Challenge
Heart health is important. You can protect against heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, and so many other heart and health problems by protecting your heart… and often, that means making lifestyle changes.
That’s why I’m partnering with GoodLife Fitness on their #IHeartExercise Healthy Heart Challenge!
Day 4 of the 28-Day Challenge.
GoodLife Fitness is running this challenge to spread awareness about heart health and provide daily tips for getting fit and protecting your heart.
Did you know that exercise can assist in controlling your blood sugar levels? In fact, aerobic exercise can reduce your blood sugars by 12%.
One of the key ideas behind this challenge is that each of us can be empowered to protect our health. By making small lifestyle changes—everything from reducing the sodium in our diets to enjoying regular exercise—we can vastly improve our heart health.
You can check out all of GoodLife’s daily tips and ideas by joining their Healthy Heart Challenge Facebook event.
I <3 exercise 🙂
Before you begin the Healthy Heart Challenge, remember these tips for safe exercising:
1. Incorporate a warm up, cool down and heart rate monitoring with all activity
2. Exercise at your own safe intensity level
3. Consult a doctor if you have health concerns
4. And above all, have fun!
In addition to providing the daily heart health tips, GoodLife is also generously offering a GIVEAWAY to Living Healthy in the Real World readers! The winner will receive:
- 1 GoodLife Fitness gym bag.
- 3-month GoodLife Fitness membership.
- 1 branded water bottle.
- An I <3 Exercise T-shirt.
The prize is valued at $250 and the contest is open to Canadians only (sorry, my lovely American readers!).
Hurray giveaway!
You can enter the contest and get up to THREE entries to win the prize by doing the following:
- Comment on this blog post with what you love best about exercise, or what type of exercise you currently adore and why.
- Snap a photo of yourself having fun with fitness and post it on Instagram and / or Twitter with #IHeartExercise (remember to tag me, @Saganlives, and @GoodLifeFitness!).
- “Like” Living in the Real World on Facebook (or if you already like Living in the Real World, comment on or like one of the posts over there!).
The prize winner will be announced one week from today on Monday, February 23!
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What I love best about exercise is how great I feel afterwards.
So important!
Walking for my health
I currently do yoga and I love the results best!
<3 yoga.
I’m a new facebook fan too! Thanks for the chance!
Im all about being WALKER MCGEE as it’s a life long endeavor.
Yes yes! Possibly my favorite 🙂
I love hot yoga and biking in the summer. But in terms of specific programs, I love the Body Pump class at Goodlife fitness and used to go a few times a week back when I had a membership.
Ooh, nice mix!
Other than heart health, what I love best about exercise is that it keeps my bones strong. As a woman, it’s so important to keep bone density up so that in older age we won’t have osteoporosis or fractures. And hey, working out means I’m less apprehensive of bikini season.
Liked Living in the Real World on FB.
Great point! Bone health is so important.
Yoga, helps with my mood, balance, and energy level.
And such a nice way to start or end the day!
I love how exercise is good for me and makes me healthier. I don’t really enjoy the actual exercising lol
Maybe you just haven’t found quite the right exercise for you? 😉
(And yes – SO GOOD afterwards, right?!)
I liked your FB page
Cross country skiing…especially when it is FREEZING COLD outside. The quiet of the forest (Bird’s Hill Park), the “squeak” of the snow, and the cold air into the lungs…once you get warmed up and get the rhythm of “kick & glide”, there is no other exhilaration. (Heated car seats on the way home are the best part of “after ski”)
Perfection 🙂
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