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<\/p>\nThe holiday season is in full swing. No matter what religion you may be (or maybe you don\u2019t have one), statistics show this time of year is more stressful than most other times. While I cannot take the stress away from you, I can give you great tips to help you manage your stress and make this a healthy happy holiday season.<\/p>\n
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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 According to Chin-Hsiang Yang, PhD at Pennsylvania State in University Park \u201cwhen people are both more mindful and more active than usual, they seem to have this extra decrease in negative affect\u201d. Yang conducted a study published in the Journal of Aging Physical Activity <\/em>(2018;20i 10.1123\/japa.2017-0390) found reductions in depression and anxiety and improvement in mindfulness when individuals exercised regularly and watched portion size. The following tips are those that I incorporate and have a number of my clients implement into their life. They can be used throughout the holidays as well as any time during the year.<\/p>\n So this holiday season or whatever time of year you may have more going on than \u201cnormal\u201d use the above tips and you\u2019ll come out on top.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Scott Keppel is the owner of\u00a0Scott\u2019s Training Systems<\/a>, a world-class coaching facility in Chandler, Arizona. He is a nationally certified trainer through NASM and ISSA. His mission is to empower women of all ages and fitness levels. For more information head to\u00a0scottstrainingsystems.com<\/a>\u00a0or check him out on Instagram at @stsnation.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The holiday season is in full swing. No matter what religion you may be (or maybe you don\u2019t…\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":7490,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[72,63],"tags":[689,715,716,28,456,339],"class_list":{"0":"post-7486","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-healthy-holidays","8":"category-workout","9":"tag-healthy-holiday","10":"tag-scott-keppel","11":"tag-scotts-training-systems","12":"tag-stress-relief","13":"tag-using-exercise-to-relieve-stress-and-anxiety","14":"tag-workouts","15":"cs-entry","16":"cs-video-wrap"},"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/health-and-fitness\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/24162007\/gaelle-marcel-563201-unsplash-53x80.jpg\")
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