Our return to virtual education this Fall of 2020 brings several challenges. It's all too easy to get overwhelmed; keeping calm, positive and taking one day at a time are my personal goals for this year. To that end, I fight stress by listening to uplifting music.
My favorite? The album "Fight the Good Fight" by the Interrupters is a blueprint for how to live a better life:
I'm also making sure to move my body around and exercise at least once a day. Last Spring while we were learning virtually, my CAP library assistants tried their hand at reference/research work and came up with these two fantastic websites that offer free workouts (as well as more advanced paid subscriptions):
This website is called the ACE Exercise Library. It's an amazing website that gives you free range of choosing your workouts to do at home while also keeping you motivated. On the website you click on whatever body part you would like to work on as well as the level of difficulty.
What I love most is that once you pick a part that you would like to work, on it gives you a list of workouts according to your choices. It even gives you added weight suggestions. Not only can you pick by body part but also by experience of your workout level! There are also videos you can follow with a very well trained and educated instructor. This website is laid out beautifully and is an amazing way to workout and stay active virtually!
Researched by Julia Johns
https://www.acefitness.org/education-and-resources/lifestyle/exercise-library/
This particular website is call Fitness Blender and it has countless number of workouts for any person's needs. There are many categories to choose from to create the perfect workout for you.You can adjust the duration of the workout and even the amount of calories you would like to burn. With this you can adjust the difficulty of your workout and where on your body you want the workout to focus.
The website has 12 different types of workouts ranging from strength training to yoga to agility training and many more. If you have equipment, you can choose videos that incorporate the equipment that you would like to use. You can even choose if you would like your trainer to be a male or a female. That being said, this website has a large number of options and varieties for any person's training style.
Researched by Sergio Borda
