Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! We hope your 2016 is off to a rocking start already! Your Wellness team wasted no time as we did a backcountry ski outing on a sun-drenched New Year's Day. We often begin the year by talking about healthy goal-setting. Personally, I operate best when I have some clear direction and focus... Continue Reading →

Owie!

If you have kids, or spend time with kids, you are familiar with "Owies" and "Boo-Boos". The nice thing about owies is they are usually short lived. Kids are resilient. After a few tears, they routinely shake off epic crashes and collisions that would probably lay us up for days. As active adults, we get... Continue Reading →

Training for Real Life

I sure am glad I do a lot of lunges in the gym. Last weekend I was invited ice climbing with some friends. We headed up toward Hyalite Canyon as much needed fresh snow piled up around us. The trail up to the icefall was not easy. Like a rookie, I left my trekking poles... Continue Reading →

Great Falls Fitness Video

Last spring MUS Wellness had the opportunity to help Great Falls College upgrade their Employee Fitness Room. The following video demonstrates exercises that can be done with the new free weight equipment at GFC. For those of you not at GFC, the equipment utilized can be found in most gyms, or purchased for home use.... Continue Reading →

Weekend Race Report Part 1 (Boston)

Your Wellness Team had a busy past weekend!  Cristin was in Missoula for her first triathlon, the Grizzly Tri, and Neal was in Boston for the 118th Boston Marathon.  Both had experiences to share.  Look forward to hearing all about Cristin's first triathlon experience tomorrow.  Meanwhile, here is a report from Neal about Boston: Every... Continue Reading →

Montana Moves High Five

When Cristin and I started writing this blog, we decided that one of the first things we should write about were our individual philosophies on exercise and nutrition, and how they relate to health and wellness. We posted our philosophies in October, 2012. When Cristin wrote her philosophy, she neatly broke out her beliefs about nutrition... Continue Reading →

Introducing Montana Moves!

We live in an amazing place.  The Last Best Place.  Big Sky Country.  There is a lot to do, see, and experience in this great state of ours.  Montana Moves is a new program to support that idea.  Here at MUS Wellness, we want you to live healthy, high quality lives, and have fun doing... Continue Reading →

Nice to meet you!

Hi, We're Neal and Cristin, and we're new to the Montana University System Wellness Program.  We thought we should introduce ourselves before inundating you with all the fitness and nutrition information you can stand.  Our goal is to post practical and relevent nutrition, fitness, and health information at least weekly on this blog, so check back... Continue Reading →

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