(Easter Egg: = That photo is my actual office)
This article is what you call the “listicle” of BehaviorFit (its first)
I had to redo a bunch on links…boring tech (“backend”) stuff.
So, in case you had a bad link…or want to scan the FIRST 42 BLOGS all in one place, well here it is.
They are in chronological order….and cover all blogs written from October 2015 – October 2018.
…with a brief sentence or two about each blog here they are:
(#1 is the oldest, #42 is the most recent)
1. The Top 15 Things I Learned from a Conference about Sitting!I went to a conference about sitting (haha!) and learned this stuff. |
2. Exercise Isn’t Everything: How do you spend the other 23 hours of your day?You have to exercise AND sit less to have the best health outcomes. |
3. Time to Pop Everyone’s Office Stability BallsHere, I argue that you shouldn’t sit on exercise balls at work. |
4. Will ‘Black Friday’ Make You Fit? 5 Tips For Buying Fitness TechThings to consider before buying fitness gadgets. |
5. Why Your Next Promotion Will Be Bad For Your HealthMain idea: Climbing up the ladder takes you away from more active work = bad for your health |
6. 2015 in Review: BehaviorFit’s First 5 ArticlesReview of the first 5 articles (could probably be removed now…haha). |
7. Please Leave Your Office: The Danger of a Standing DeskI love standing desks but you can’t stand at them all day |
8. Health Missing at Work? 4 Tips for You or Your OrganizationHow to bring health into your organization. |
9. A Book About Sitting…DESKBOUNDDetails on a book I love that gets the issue of sitting (and offers cool stretches). |
10. 2 Keys to Health Motivation: Who Cares About Your Health?A behavioral take on motivation and health behavior change. |
11. What “Diabetes Here I Come” Can Teach UsA reaction piece to a Starbucks incident. |
12. Stop Counting Calories: 6 Reasons Why Calorie Counting is Bad Health BehaviorI am not a nutritionist, but I highlight the technical side of calorie counting. |
13. 8 Ways To Be Active At WorkSelf-explanatory |
14. How to Hack Physical Activity for Your Next ConferenceUseful tips if you travel to conferences or enter rooms with lots of chairs (and observe lots of sitting |
15. The World is Not Ready For You To Stand UpOur modern culture can’t have everyone, standing up, every time, everywhere. |
16. CORRECTION! Exercise IS Everything! Why the RIGHT Exercise Fixes All-Day SittingJust work out hard enough. Raise your heart rate. |
17. Do You Need 10,000 Steps Every Day?A common target to hit 10K/day. But it’s not that important. |
Have you seen The Standing Initiative? |
18. But Can I Sit At Work? The Sitting Problem & How To Fix It!You sit a lot. Here’s your guide. |
19. Have Type II Diabetes? Experts say MOVE EVERY 30 MINUTESSelf-explanatory |
20. If Sitting Is So Bad, Should I Stand All Day?Standing the opposite of sitting? Not exactly… |
21. How To Have An ACTIVE New Year with the “Know Your Guidelines” Series!Review article of the previous guidelines. |
22. 3 Core Principles Shared By CrossFit and Behavior AnalysisI love CrossFit and Behavior Analysis. Learn their common links. |
23. Sitting is the New Smoking: Understand The Numbers Behind The CatchphraseJournalists invented the phrase, and I explain it. |
24. A Pain In Your Neck: 7 Hacks to Fix Your Text Neck!If you look down at your phone…EVER!, then read this. |
25. Beware: The Unicorn Frappuccino and Its Sugary DescendantsA reaction piece on the Starbucks sugary menu. |
26. BehaviorFit + MobilityWOD: 18 Things I Learned In A Course About MovementTips that you may like if you prioritize mobilization, stretching, and a good warmup. |
27. Daily Sugar Budgets: How Will You Spend Yours?There’s a recommendation. Most of us go above it. Every single day. |
28. How I Use Behavioral Strategies To Stay Productive At The GymA few tips (or “hacks” if you will) that might work for you. |
29. School is back in session: How the gym became my professor, changed my behavior, and gave me a glorious life.Just a reflection piece on the discipline that exercising brings to your life. |
30. How ‘Natural Athletes’ Are Made & Why Our Environment Matters MostBig idea: There’s no such thing as a “natural athlete”. |
31. How I Used The Apple Watch For Fitness: What I Liked, and What I Would FixI bought an Apple Watch (series 2) and offer my opinion. |
32. My Breakfast, My Routine, and 5 Things I Learned From Eating The Same Thing For 4 YearsI am not a nutritionist but learned these things. |
33. New Year’s Resolution Stalled or Slow to Start? Let’s Hit The RESET Button & Overcome Some of Your BarriersHelpful tips on how to harness your motivation in January. |
34. Use the Internet? Here’s Why You Can Ignore Most Health Research, Social Media, and My AdviceThere is a big difference between what happens in research and in real life. Here are my thoughts about it. |
35. Dissecting The Anatomy of Your Feed: 10 Distractions Found In Most Health BlogsThings I’ve noticed about the health blogs that are churned out from major news outlets |
36. Case Study 1: Putting Soft Drinks Down and Drinking Less SugarShe drank fewer sugary sodas. |
37. Case Study #2: From Couch Potato To Running 38 Days Straight!He ran, and ran, and ran, and ran… |
38. Case Study #3: How A Self-Employed Business Woman Worked From Home & Doubled Her Exercise.I helped a busy lady find more activity in her day. |
39. Case Study 4: When Should I Fire My Running Coach?I worked with a runner, crunched her data, and figured out her coach wasn’t serving her very well. |
40. Are You Training With Purpose? 4 Steps To Evaluating Gains!You train, but are you using your time wisely? |
41. What Is Powered Clothing? 7 Concerns For Mechanical MusclesSeems like a cool idea, but I do not know about the longevity of it. |
42. 5 Things To Know About The Latest Standing Desk ResearchI love standing desks, but they are not super-drugs! |
There is the list.
Enjoy!
Keep moving and let me know if you have any questions!
-Nick
