Want to step forward and plan your trip but not sure how? Check out all of the Alaska Road Trip posts from our trips in 2018 and 2019 which you can find them in the Alaska travel section on my blog by clicking HERE or you can click on the specific links below:
// Hyatt Place Anchorage-Midtown// Room 209 Hyatt Place Anchorage-Midtown //
// Anchorage Travel Guide//
Chugach Mountains (Alaska 1-South Drive): // Seward Highway Drive (Turnagain Arm Drive)//
// Along the Matanuska River on Alaska 1-South// A Beautiful Lake Adventure Near Chickaloon//
// A Cloudy & Beautiful Drive on Alaska 1-South//
Chugach Mountains: // Eklutna Lake//
Cooper Landing (Kenai Peninsula): // Kenai Princess Wilderness Lodge Nature Hike//
// Kenai Princess Wilderness Lodge //
Denali State Park Area: //Talkeetna Alaskan Lodge (Pursuit Collection)// Denali Highway Video//
// One Last Adventure on the Denali Highway// The Denali Highway: Part Two //
// The Denali Highway: Part One//
//The Drive to Cantwell// Mt. McKinley Princess Wilderness Lodge //
Girdwood: // Winner Creek Trail Video// Winner Creek Trail //
Hatcher Pass Area: // Hatcher Pass Video// Hatcher Pass // Little Susitna River //
Homer (Kenai Peninsula) Area: // Homer Video// Homer Spit// Homer Lighthouse// Bishop's Beach//
// A Brief History of Homer //
Kennicott/McCarthy Area: //Root Glacier Hike //Kennicott // Kennicott Glacier //
// Kennecott vs. Kennicott Spelling // The McCarthy Highway //
// An Unfortunate Review of the Kennicott Glacier Lodge //
Seward: //Holgate Glacier// Kenai Fjords Whale Watching Tour//
//A Beautiful Morning Walk in Seward// An Evening Walk at Seward Windsong Lodge//
//Resurrection Roadhouse Restaurant at Seward Windsong Lodge//
//Seward Windsong Lodge// Room 408 at Seward Windsong Lodge//
Seward Highway Area: //Beluga Point// Scenic Seward Highway Drive (Turnagain Arm Drive)//
Talkeetna: //Talkeetna Alaskan Lodge (Pursuit Collection)//
Thompson Pass Area: // Thompson Pass Area Video // Worthington Glacier Hike//
//Worthington Glacier//
// Among the Alaskan Fireweed on A4-S: A Beautiful Symbol of Hope in the Hard Seasons of Life //
// A Brief History of & Drive on Alaska 4-South of the Richardson Highway//Klutina River//
// The Beginning Drive to Thompson Pass//
Whittier: // Whittier YouTube Video// The Town of Whittier //
//Whittier Tunnel (Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel) //
Wrangell-St. Elias Park Area: //The McCarthy Highway // Copper River Princess Lodge //
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Everybody knows that exercising, whether indoors or outdoors, is crucial for maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Some people have exercised their entire lives and cannot envision themselves not going to the gym or hitting the running trail. However, others are not so familiar with exercise, but they want to begin.
Anyone trying to improve their health should be applauded, but inexperienced athletes risk injuring themselves. They do not know their limits and they are not conditioned enough to handle intense activity. So, they need to learn their limits if they want to see results, and here is how to do that.
Listen To Your Body
The most important thing you need to learn when finding out your limits is listening to your body. If you feel tired, in pain, or experience cramps, this is your body telling you to take it easy, to slow down, or to stop altogether. This can be difficult at first, especially if you feel good to begin with. The problem will be the next day where you have aches and pains in muscles you didn’t know you had. If you feel a pull here or there, this is your body telling you to stop. Otherwise, you risk making the problem worse.
Take a Break
You might feel fine after a heavy gym session and then wake up the next day unable to move freely. This is a sign that you need to take a break. The worry here is that you disrupt your fitness routine, but it is essential for getting back to your workout as quickly as possible. You needn't waste this time sitting around. In the meantime, consider researching different fitness approaches to prevent the same thing from happening in the future. Once your recovery is finished, you’ll be ready to try something new that benefits you significantly.
Watch the Weather
Any runner or athlete looks forward to exercising in the sunshine. It’s always better to be outside lifting weights or jogging around the park. However, exercising or running in the heat can be just as dangerous as running on icy ground. The increased heat will make you sweat, but it also poses a risk of heat exhaustion and even heatstroke if you’re not careful. You can also become dehydrated, so if you feel the heat is too much for you, get out of direct sunlight for a while or do your exercise when it’s cooler in the morning or the evening.
Speak to a Specialist
Taking a break for exercise is not enough. You might find that you feel a twinge in your ankle or shoulder even after you feel you have recovered sufficiently. Again, this is your body telling you to slow down, and if the problem persists, it’s best to speak to a specialist. It could be that you have an injury that you didn’t know existed. A doctor can carry out tests or x-rays that will identify possible problems. From there, they can prescribe treatment to help you get back to your best. In specific circumstances, they may advise that you do not push yourself as hard as you used to ever again.
Try Something Different
An injury is never fun, especially as they always seem to occur just as you get into your groove. This can affect your mental health as much as your physical health. But you needn’t resign yourself to the sofa. It is still possible to stay fit if you are injured; you will just need to try different workouts. These are typically low-impact approaches that can maintain a level of fitness, even if it’s not what you’re used to doing, and can give you something to pass the time.
Get Support
If you need to workout or feel that you can get by while carrying an injury, you can always look for support. In the past, people have relied on painkillers to get them through their injury, but this is not recommended as it can risk making things worse. Instead, look for modern approaches. You can check out this electromagnetic pain relief device that provides support for muscles and joints during your activities without the risk of making things significantly worse. As long as you don’t push yourself too hard, you can still push yourself without exceeding your limitations.
Limitless
No one is truly limitless, but knowing the scope of your ability goes a long way towards feeling like you can do anything. If you understand when your body is telling you to stop, you can prevent injuries and maintain a routine that will produce the results you need sooner rather than later.
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A truly 21st Century occupation, becoming a digital nomad affords you a degree of freedom that many employees dream of. Since 2014, in the United States alone, people taking up the life of a digital nomad have increased significantly, with 11 million recorded by 2020 as Covid-19 highlighted just how many jobs can actually be performed remotely.
The mobile nature of a digital nomad means that you are put at more risk than standard office workers or other employees and being largely self-employed, digital nomads don’t get to enjoy the level of safety provided by an employer such as hazard protection; this is the payoff for such freedom of movement and choice of work.
As such, you are ultimately responsible for your entire safety, and becoming a digital nomad means that you may be moving around a lot and working in less-than-suitable environments at times where you aren’t settled into a hotel, motel, or temporary apartment.
Practice Ergonomic Safety
As a digital nomad, it is quite possible that you move around a lot. This means that you may not always be in the most suitable places for working, but work you must as without your digital work you cannot support yourself. However, given that you aren’t at the office, you might be working in a way that could actually cause harm.
Repetitive Strain Injury is largely associated with working at a computer and as a digital nomad you will undoubtedly be using either a laptop or a tablet for your work. Looking down at a portable screen can cause up to 60lbs of pressure to be placed on your neck, causing significant injury over time and using an ergonomic tablet stand will allow you to adjust the height of a screen and/or place it on a surface suitable for working on while staying in a comfortable position.
Beware of Glare
Computer screens, especially smartphones and tablets, are quite reflective and as well as the brightness of a digital screen, artificial light and sunlight can be reflected back at your eyes over the course of your work, resulting in damage to your eyes. This can cause eye strain, headaches, and even blurred vision.
Reducing glare is a relatively easy affair, however, and simple things such as turning down the screen brightness a little, facing away from any lights, and using a glare filter can help with the symptoms and effects of glare. If any of these methods won't work then anti-glare glasses are available that have been specially designed for prolonged screen-time.
Protect Yourself Physically and Digitally
While criminal elements are essentially beyond your control, you can make efforts to reduce the effects of crime upon your person as a digital nomad. Being a digital nomad requires you to carry expensive equipment around with you as part of your job and these could include laptops, phones, tablets, and digital cameras. In the United States alone, laptop theft accounts for billions of dollars in lost revenue while only 4.3% of company-issued smartphones are ever recovered.
Reducing the risk of theft can be tricky but common sense, as always, will prevail. Most devices are stolen while someone is simply walking down the street, standing in line, or awaiting a train at a subway station. The best advice would be to not show your device in public, however, this isn't always possible if you need to work, therefore it is essential that you use a physical lock that can be attached to your device as well as digital encryption in order to prevent access to your work.
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The coronavirus and Covid-19 pandemic has meant that travel has been off the cards for many of us over the past year and a half. This has been disappointing for those struck with wanderlust, but the good news is that the vaccine rollout around the world could speed up the return to international travel. It’s not all too surprising that many of us are looking forward to long and extended trips to make up for lost time. This is great! But at the same time, you need to make sure that you still keep up with your health and wellbeing while travelling. Hopefully, some of the following information can help you to achieve this!
Keep Up With Routine Appointments
When you live in the same place consistently, chances are you have a regular doctor, dentist, optometrist and hearing specialist who send you reminders to check in with them. These appointments are important. They make sure that these professionals can monitor your health and tackle any issues you may be experiencing. While you’re travelling, you may not get these reminders or have a regular professional to check in with. However, it’s important to keep up with these checks and to carry them out wherever you may be. This will help you to keep on top of cavities, recognise comorbidities of hearing loss, ensure any lens prescriptions are up to date and more.
Create a Travel Workout Routine
When you’re at home, you may have a gym membership, sports clubs or fitness classes that you attend. We tend to fall out of an exercise routine while we’re away from home, but it’s still important that you get your recommended one hundred and fifty minutes of moderate aerobic exercise a week wherever you are. Here are some ideas to work into your travels!
Walk, Jog or Run - the easiest, most straightforward and most cost effective way to exercise on your travels is to pick up brisk walking, jogging or running. You don’t need much - just a pair of running trainers - and you can carry this activity out in most places. This activity takes on an extra special benefit when travelling, which is that you can use it as an opportunity to enjoy some time outdoors and see local sights and scenery while you’re away.
Rent a bike - many locations, especially big cities, will often have cycle schemes that allow you to rent a bike. Cycling is a great workout and can be great fun while you’re away too!
Consider Gym Day Passes - if you’re travelling to a location with a gym nearby, you could always consider using a day pass. This means you don’t have to commit to a membership, but can still use the gym’s facilities.
These are just a few suggestions that can help you to keep on top of your health during any upcoming trips you may have planned. Why not work them into your travels? It’s simple and more than worth the effort!
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