Health and wellness are fundamental components that help make up a healthy, happy life. That’s why we can look across the globe and find unique ways to stay physically fit at every stop along the way. Let’s observe some of the different ways individuals around the...

One of the primary keys to staying healthy is to keep up with our fitness throughout our lives. Regular exercise helps us grow healthy and strong both physically and mentally! However, we're all at different stages along our fitness journey, and we should create our...

Whenever she decides to hang up her cleats, Megan Rapinoe will long be remembered as one of the greatest American soccer players to ever take the field. Her dedication to greatness doesn't stop when she leaves the pitch, however. When she's not winning gold medals and...

March is Women’s History Month! We’ve asked two of our women coaches to share a little about their journey, what hurdles or obstacles they’ve experienced during their journey, how they overcame them, and what advice they might have for the next generation of women....

At this point in 2021, the COVID-19 pandemic has been present in all of our lives for nearly a year now. It’s been a tough time, and some harsh statistics are being released about the impact the virus has had on mental health across the community. Specifically, Johns...

Happy New Year! We’re so glad to have made it through another year of strengthening Baltimore’s youth through our positive fitness environment. At the start of every new year, we like to focus on creating new goals for the year ahead so we can emphasize continued...

Way back in the early 1990s, the physical education curriculum's primary purpose was to provide students with the knowledge, abilities, skills and confidence they would need to make physical exercise a part of their lives for years to come. This concept is excellent,...

MissionFit is based in Baltimore, Maryland, but we believe that you can and should look all over the globe for key life lessons. In this blog, we take a look at the longest-living place on Earth. The town’s average life expectancy of over 80 years is a testament to...

In 2018, 15 Baltimore city public schools started implementing restorative practices to overcome discipline challenges and improve the surrounding community. The methods have been in place for over a year now, and we’re happy to report that they’ve created noticeable...

If you checked out our blog post from earlier in the month, you learned that exercising physically strengthens the part of our brains responsible for creating and storing long term memories. Scientists are discovering hidden benefits of exercise all the time. This...

Exercising has many obvious benefits for our bodies. It helps maintain a healthy weight, improves our cardiovascular health and strengthens our bodies. There are several benefits of exercising that aren’t so well known, however. In this blog, we explore the impact of...

Building muscle is easy, right? Not always! Pairing resistance training with a healthy diet is among the most popular methods for increasing muscle growth, but you shouldn’t necessarily expect those large gains to appear instantly when you’re new to training....

*The above picture was taken during Community Day 2019 In late June, it will have been a full three months since Governor Larry Hogan initially announced the Maryland shelter in place order. A lot has changed over the last three months, and we’re happy to be...

Every type of exercise is beneficial in one way or another, as physical activity is necessary for us to remain healthy and strong. What are some of the benefits of yoga that span beyond physical health and include mental health? Brain Power Boost One study found that...