Have you noticed that your comfort zone has created a discomfort zone? Maybe you’ve had a recent weight gain and you feel the extra pounds mostly in your knees? Maybe you’re experiencing how difficult it is to stand up from your chair? Maybe your recent bloodwork alerted you to the need to change your eating …
Are you making plans to travel during the winter holidays? Perhaps your best friend just called to say she wants you to join her in the spring as she walks the endless cobblestone streets of San Miguel de Allende. Come January, maybe you’re planning a visit to a Disney Park with your grandchildren. And as …
Let’s Play Footsie: How to Flirt with Your Feet As an advocate of exercising barefoot indoors, or wearing a minimalist shoe when outside, I’ve experienced that when the foot can spread and react to movement, and have better contact with the ground, there’s greater proprioception and overall foot health. And for anyone who’s active it’s …
Strength training goes by a few names. Some call it resistance training, or weight training. Others go off to the gym to pump iron. Regardless of how you say it, let’s learn why we all should be doing it at least twice a week. First, let’s define strength training. Strength training is using weights …
What if I share with you an exciting approach to fitness programming and athletic training, an approach that delivers, over-time, improved daily function, enhanced performance at the gym and in sports, and often gives relief from recurring and nagging injuries. Rest assured, it’s not a fad, not a trend, and certainly not a pill. It’s …
As a fitness educator, I enjoy sharing how regular exercise and physical activity improves life, fitness, and overall health. To make it super easy for you to learn of the many ways in which regular movement is beneficial, and therefore, essential, I’ve compiled a short list. Print out this page and tape it to your …
Over the summer, I traveled to the coast of Maine to study at Anatomy Trains, a school dedicated to Structural Integration training for movement and manual therapists. While there, between eating lobster rolls and hiking the deep wooded paths along the Damariscotta River, I attended workshops on designing and implementing exercises for scoliosis and osteoporosis. …
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You’ve decided it’s time to pay closer attention to your health and wellness, and you want to begin exercising as part of your new focus. You’ve heard about exercise testing to determine fitness levels, and you may wonder if these tests are right for you. Any exercise enthusiast who’s seen the benefits of testing before …
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