Feb 29
“Six packs start in the kitchen,” Felix told me as I was gulping down my protein shake after a two-hour training session and I waited for my dad to pick me up from the gym at seven o’clock in the evening. One-hundred-pound dumbbell chest press, fifty-pound dumbbell curls, and five-hundred-pound leg presses weren’t an unusual …
Feb 21
The nuts and bolts holding together the framework of houses and buildings create a strong structural integrity to stay upright for a very long time. Looking at the oldest building in Napa, the Old Adobe building has a framework that lasted well over a hundred years. A building that was built back in the mid-1800s …
Jan 17
Our fitness center had the privilege to expand another fourteen hundred square feet this past year. The addition of a hallway, another bathroom, two office suites, and about eight hundred additional square feet to utilize for one-on-one personal training activities gave our coaching team the potential to invite more people into our business and offer …
Dec 15
The magnificent spread of Thanksgiving food dishes we recently shared with our family, friends, and loved ones displays an image of food akin to a celebration one might see at a royal wedding. Mashed potatoes are laced with butter, heavy whipping cream, and sour cream, and for those of us who want to apply more …
Dec 01
The last two months of the year lay claim to the most relaxing times. Gatherings of friends, families, and loved ones occur frequently throughout our society as the year comes to a close. Along with the joy the end of the year brings and the anticipation the new year has on the horizon, people come …
Nov 16
Gymnasts have some of the most impressive body mechanics in the athletic world. Standing on top of a thin beam with their arms projected out elegantly, their legs are positioned in a precise manner to ensure an undisturbed sense of balance, their back maintains an upright position demonstrating anatomical alignment, their head sits atop their …
Nov 03
Enduring a bout of sickness is one of the least desirable states of existence to be in. Whether it be food poisoning, a bout of the latest strain of the coronavirus, or the newest edition of the flu floating around in the air, coming down with an infection that hinders our physical well-being affects our …
Oct 20
Light gray clouds brush across the sky during the brisk, damp winter mornings of Napa as we enter the year’s closing months. “This year just flew by,” can be heard from our peers when Halloween concludes. Following the celebration of dressing up in creative costumes and as the trick-or-candy hits the clearance rack at grocery …
Oct 12
The never-ending, perpetual downward scrolling of Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok douse our minds with stimulating content like the velocity of water coming out of a ruptured fire hydrant valve. As we scroll through our social media feeds, peering down at the three-by-six screen of our cellular devices, we have the privilege to view whatever content …
Oct 04
Engaging with the numerous methods of electronic entertainment is a prominent part of our culture. Our phones, tablets, computers, and televisions have become integrated into a uniformed presentation of digital media so that we look at a variety of screens present in our lives at any location and circumstance. Whether it be watching a series …
