Author Archives: nicnakis

For the past two weeks, I’ve written a blog a day about the “Basic Lifestyle Guidelines” or “BLGs” from OPEX Fitness.  Now I have to give credit where credit is due, I did not come up with these guidelines.  I merely wrote about them to explain them to you in hopes of making them easierContinue reading “Bringing It All Together”

The last of the BLGs to discuss in this blog series is Digestion.  If the other 7 guidelines sounded to you like ‘common sense’, this one is definitely going to remind you of the things Grandma said.  Yes, it is common sense, but that’s something that is not too common today.  Take heed.  The proverbialContinue reading “Digestion”

Let’s start with the guideline today: “Recovery: blood flow facilitates recovery and healing faster, get moving every day.” If you’ve read the other blogs I wrote this week and last week, you’ll get this instantly.  For the recap, I’m writing blogs about Basic Lifestyle Guidelines, covering Balance, Purpose, Hydration, Sleep, Energy, Rhythm, Recovery, and Digestion.Continue reading “Recovery”

So, this is probably where you start to figure out that none of these BLGs are actually independent from the others, they’re all interrelated.  Over the past handful of blogs, I’ve talked about keeping a balance between work and rest, about habits of longevity and  daily activities that give you purpose, about hydrating daily, aboutContinue reading “Rhythm”

Last week, I introduced the concept of Basic Lifestyle Guidelines and wrote about the first 4: Balance, Purpose, Hydration, and Sleep. This week, I’ll be covering the next 4 (Energy, Rhythm, Recovery, and Digestion) and writing a summary piece. Today is Energy.  Sometimes we have it, sometimes we don’t.  Where do you think that energyContinue reading “Energy”

I’m doing one Basic Lifestyle Guideline (BLG) per day for 2 weeks.  There are 8 of them, so that leaves one day for an introduction (that was Monday) and one day for a summary (that should be next Friday).  So far, I’ve done “Balance“, “Purpose“, and “Hydration“.  Today, it’s “Sleep”. So much can be saidContinue reading “Sleep”

The next Basic Lifestyle Guideline (BLG) we’re going to tackle here is HYDRATION.  Here’s a little reminder of the stuff we’re working on right now: So, there in the third point on the list, next to the little picture of a water droplet, it says: “Water: 1/2 of your bodyweight in ounces per day, asContinue reading “Hydration”

“You will one day die; get over it and get living.” I’m just gonna let that one sit there for a minute. This statement is the ultimate reality-check.  Processing this reality and the conclusions you draw from it is one of the most important exercises a person can do in their life. I’m writing aContinue reading “Purpose”