How to Support Your Body During Breast Health Awareness Month

How to Support Your Body During Breast Health Awareness Month

October is Breast Health Awareness Month, but it’s not just about awareness—it’s about action. For women, this is a powerful time to reconnect with what supports the body most: movement, strength, circulation, recovery, and resilience.

Whether you're looking to improve daily energy, support healthy hormone balance, or just feel more capable in your body, foundational habits matter. What you do consistently—how you move, how you recover, and what you put in your body—makes a difference.

And for the men reading: this is your reminder that supporting the women in your life—your partner, your mother, your sister, your friends—starts with understanding what wellness means for them, too.

Let’s talk about the physiology, the habits, and how ENDUR™ supplements fit into it all.

Why Movement Supports Women's Wellness

Women’s bodies are biologically dynamic. Hormones, metabolism, energy production, and stress response systems are all influenced by lifestyle—and movement plays a central role.

Here’s what the science tells us:

  • Supports Lymphatic Flow: The lymphatic system helps the body manage fluid balance and cellular waste. Unlike blood, lymph doesn’t have a pump—it relies on muscle movement to flow. Regular physical activity, especially that which engages the upper body, helps encourage this essential process.

  • Promotes Healthy Estrogen Metabolism: Balanced movement routines, including both aerobic and resistance training, have been associated with more efficient estrogen metabolism, supporting hormonal balance in women

  • Encourages Oxygen and Nutrient Delivery: Movement increases blood flow, delivering vital nutrients and oxygen to tissues—including those in the chest and upper body. This supports cellular health and circulation.

  • Helps Maintain a Normal Inflammatory Response: Moderate-intensity exercise supports healthy inflammatory markers and metabolic balance, key components of long-term wellness.

  • Supports Mitochondrial Energy Production: The body’s energy factories—mitochondria—respond positively to movement, especially aerobic exercise. Training can enhance mitochondrial function, leading to more efficient energy production and reduced fatigue.

In short? Movement is powerful. For women navigating busy lives, hormonal changes, or simply trying to feel better in their skin, it’s one of the most supportive tools available.

Why Push-Ups Matter (Even Modified)

Tried and true, push-ups should never be dismissed. This simple move strengthens the chest wall, arms, shoulders, and upper back. More importantly, it supports lymphatic movement through the axillary region (underarms), which is rich in lymph nodes.

Key benefits of push-ups:

  • Support upper body tone and posture

  • Encourage lymph movement in the chest and underarms

  • Activate the fascia and muscle groups involved in circulation

  • Require no equipment—only your body and consistency

Start from your knees, use an incline, or add a weighted vest if you’re ready to level up. The goal isn’t volume—it’s control, breath, and proper form.

Suggested Movement Goals for Women

These are not rigid rules—they’re flexible, realistic targets to help support energy, strength, and vitality.

Weekly Targets:

  • 150–180 minutes of Zone 2 movement
    Think: brisk walks, light jogs, gentle cycling, dancing—activities that elevate the heart rate but allow for conversation.

  • 2–3 strength sessions per week
    Focus on functional moves: push-ups, squats, rows, resistance bands, or light dumbbells.

  • Daily recovery or mobility work
    This includes stretching, breathwork, foam rolling, walking in nature, or heat/cold exposure—activities that encourage circulation and restore balance.

Push-Up Progression by Age:

Age Group

Full Push-Ups

Modified (Knees/Incline)

20s–30s

15–20

25–30

40s–50s

10–15

20–25

60+

5–10

10–15

🟣 Form > Reps. Breath, control, and alignment are the real goals.

How ENDUR™ Supplements Support Women’s Energy and Recovery*

Daily movement builds the foundation—but targeted nutritional support can amplify energy, stamina, and recovery. That’s where ENDUR™ supplements come in.

ENDUR™ supplements are formulated with ingredients that help support mitochondrial energy production, oxygen transport, and physical resilience.* It’s for women who want to feel strong, sharp, and steady—especially under stress.

What ENDUR™ Supplements Support: *

  • Energy metabolism via nutrients that support mitochondrial function. Our RIAGEV-SR formula supports cellular energy, brain function, and antioxidant defenses to help you feel and perform your best as you move through life.*

  • Healthy circulation to optimize oxygen and nutrient delivery throughout the body. Healthy circulation helps optimize oxygen and nutrient delivery throughout the body. Supporting blood vessel function with targeted nutrients can help you feel more energized, clear-headed, and grounded—so you can keep showing up with strength and ease.*

  • Adaptation to stress, using formulas that support nervous system balance and hormonal health—

    Omega-3s play a vital role in supporting hormone balance, cellular communication, and a calm, steady mood—especially during times of stress or hormonal fluctuation. Choosing a more bioavailable form, like krill-sourced omega-3s, helps ensure your body gets what it needs to stay in rhythm.*

  • Workout recovery support by helping muscles recharge and bounce back with less fatigue. Adding Electrolyte-SR in the evening gives your body steady hydration and key minerals while you sleep—an effortless way to replenish and restore as part of your nighttime ritual.*

  • Support for cognitive clarity and stamina during physically or emotionally demanding days.  Choline SR provides sustained-release support for cellular health, fat metabolism, and cognitive function, making it especially valuable during times of high demand or life transitions like pregnancy and postpartum.* 

And yes, it’s made clean: no artificial fillers, no unnecessary additives—just nutrients that work with your body’s natural systems.

* These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

For the Men Who Are Reading

If you're here to better support the women in your life, you’re already doing something meaningful. Share this with them. Ask how you can help. Encourage movement, recovery, and healthy routines. Offer support, not solutions. And if you're training with them? Bonus points.

The Mind-Body Connection: Why Mindfulness Matters

Supporting physical wellness is only half the picture—mental clarity and emotional balance are equally important in building resilience.

For women, stress often impacts the nervous system, hormones, sleep quality, and even how the body recovers from exercise. That’s where mindfulness can play a supportive role.

Practicing mindfulness may help:

  • Promote a balanced stress response by supporting healthy cortisol rhythms and nervous system regulation

  • Improve focus and cognitive clarity, especially during demanding or overstimulated periods

  • Support healthy breathing and circulation, which influence both energy and recovery

  • Enhance emotional regulation, helping the body stay in a more restorative, parasympathetic state

Studies show that breath-focused practices, meditation, and present-moment awareness can shift heart rate variability, reduce perceived stress, and help maintain homeostasis within the nervous system.

Simple Ways to Build Mindfulness Into Your Day:

  • Begin your morning with 2 minutes of deep breathing—inhale for 4, exhale for 6

  • Use movement as meditation: notice your breath, your body, and your pace while walking or stretching

  • Try box breathing after workouts to aid in recovery (4 seconds in, 4 hold, 4 out, 4 hold)

  • End your day with a 5-minute body scan or gratitude journaling

Mindfulness doesn’t need to be complicated—it just needs to be consistent.

Pairing movement with mindful practices creates a powerful feedback loop: you train the body to be strong and the mind to stay calm. That’s real resilience.

Final Takeaway: Resilience Is Built, Not Born

This Breast Health Awareness Month, let this be a reminder:

  • Movement supports more than muscles—it activates systems that keep women strong, clear, and capable.

  • Recovery isn't optional—it’s essential.

  • Supplementation isn’t about shortcuts—it’s about support.

Whether it’s five push-ups in the morning, a brisk walk after work, or showing up with consistency and care—every action adds up.

ENDUR™ supplements are here to support that journey.

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