Month: November 2022

For the third consecutive year, sailors will participate in one physical fitness assessment cycle in 2023.

Historically, two cycles were held each calendar year, but that changed in March 2020 when the Navy called off all physical fitness assessments due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The tests didn’t resume until July 2021 as part of a single PFA cycle.

The PFA for next year will run from Feb. 1 to Nov. 30.

Due to the single cycle, the Navy is not granting any exemptions to sailors who’ve previously earned overall performance levels of excellent or above. That was the case last year, as well.

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“There will be no excellent or above incentive exemption for CY23,” a naval administrative message said. “… Commanders, commanding officers, and officers-in-charge are encouraged to use incentive programs for the physical readiness program (special liberty, award certificates, etc.).”

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The new Social Health Network (SHN) provides space to connect with other patient leaders. In August, we posted several prompts to the Social Health Network Facebook page to act as springboards for understanding one another and forming connections. Community members had many insights to share!

How summer heat affects them

One of the questions we asked was about surviving the summer heat: “We’re having never-ending summer here on the east coast of the United States. Does heat affect your health condition?” Overwhelmingly, the response was “yes!”

“Yes, very much, especially for my Lupus. Too hot can trigger a flare, so I have to stay cool.”

“Yes!!! My mast cell disease doesn’t allow for great temp control. The heat increases my chronic dehydration and affects the wear time of my ostomy bag.”

“Heat only affects CLL (chronic lymphocytic leukemia) patients if they’re already experiencing ‘night sweats,’ which some have. Add on

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Shweta Tripathi is a fitness enthusiast. The actor keeps slaying fitness goals like a pro with snippets from her workout diaries on her Instagram profile on a regular basis. The actor swears by yoga, high intensity workouts and kickboxing. From her workouts with calithenic ropes to her yoga sessions, Shweta’s fitness routine is varied and repeated with health benefits. The actor keeps serving us with all kinds of fitness inspo with regular glimpses of her gym routine. Tridev Pandey, fitness trainer to several Bollywood celebrities, is known to train Shweta as well. The trainer keeps sharing glimpses of Shweta’s fitness routine on his Instagram profile. The videos are proof of the amount of hard work and dedication the actor puts into his routine.

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Are your menopause symptoms impacting your daily life? From night sweats to low mood, Healthista finds out why exercise may be the solution you’re looking for

Menopause is a natural part of ageing that can have a huge impact on daily life and can often be difficult to come to terms with.

Presenting itself with various symptoms that can last from months to years, many women struggle with reducing the side effects and can often find themselves at a loss on what to do.

For this reason, Healthista spoke to Rachael Penrose, Trainer at F45 Paddington, who provides her top tips on why it helps to be physically proactive when managing both physical and mental menopause symptoms and why exercise could be the solution menopausal woman have been looking for.

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It’s no secret that Malaika Arora is a yoga enthusiast. Setting fitness goals on social media, the actor and model is often seen acing difficult yoga poses on the regular. In one of her latest videos, she was seen doing a different kind of yoga, one that involved a prop: a stick.

Taking away the weekly blues, Malaika called it a “fantastic Monday workout” in the caption to a video (also shared by Sarva Yoga Studios), in which she was seen working out with a bamboo stick.

Wearing a lilac colored sports bra and a pair of matching gym pants, the 49-year-old lifted her hands while holding the stick, and stretched her body sideways before coming back to the starting position. She also lifted one of her legs and placed it back on the yoga mat, before assuming a squat position, all the while holding the stick.

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