Category: Knee Pain Napa

Finding a stable relationship… with exercise

The new year brings about feelings of revolution in our lives.  Two Thousand and Twenty-Two  is behind us.  Along with all of the time, energy, and emotions we devoted to progressing ourselves last year, those remnants of time become water under the bridge.  As we dust the debris of last year off our shoulders, the …

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New Year’s Resolution: Simple and Effective Tactics

The eventful, yet restful holiday season is coming to an end.  The lights encompassing houses illuminating streets will be taken down.  The Santa Claus, reindeer, and snowman decorations at grocery stores prepare to enter hibernation in a storage shed until next year.  Holiday music and classic television shows convert to normally scheduled programming as we …

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Too Busy to Exercise? Set a timer

My baking hobby ensues at full capacity throughout the holiday season.  One of my favorite baked treats I’ve mastered throughout years of trial and error is the lime white chocolate blondie.  These vessels of mind-blowing lime and rich white chocolate require a refined yet simple recipe I developed throughout years of surfing the internet and …

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Healthy Eating During the Holidays

“A narrow valley between hills or mountains.”  “The action of eating a large amount greedily; fill oneself with food.” The term gorge can be defined in many ways as nouns or verbs.  Regarding overeating and indulging in decadent food, the term “gorge” can fit our status appropriately during the holiday season. The holidays bring a …

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Developing effective exercise plans

The journeys throughout everyday life impose trials on our bodies and minds.  Everything from sitting too much, making phone calls, or being hunched over a keyboard to the complete opposite of performing knuckle-dragging physical labor required for landscaping, painting houses, or framing doors in a home.  If the body doesn’t consistently recover from strenuous bouts …

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Advanced Age Fitness: The Body Doesn’t Heal as Fast

The other day, I talked with a few friends at Napa’s new Las Flores pickleball courts.  Tyler was sixty-five years old and Todd was forty years old.  They knew of my trade as a professional in the fitness industry and asked what I was doing there.  I told them I wanted to get some much-needed …

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Benefits of inclined walking

Taking a morning stroll on one of our brisk winter mornings has been a tradition for many people as an energizing and uplifting start to the day.  This is an opportunity to hang out with your spouse, family member, or friend could be a neighborhood walk after dinner.  Walks are great ways to clear the …

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Improving Balance with Exercise Progressions

There are many everyday life scenarios in which we find ourselves being pushed off our center of gravity.  Whether it’s a slight stutter step to the outside or tripping over an object on the ground, regaining our balance and center of gravity is frequent interaction with our environment.  Activities as simple as getting out of …

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Treats and Healthy Habits

“If I’m going out, I’m going out riding a dragon.”  This is one of my favorite quotes regarding dedicating a day of treating myself to my favorite “guilty pleasure”: decadent food.  After a week’s worth of clean eating, practicing healthy lifestyle habits, playing competitive pickleball three times per week, and participating in meticulously designed exercise …

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Out of Breath From a Flight of Stairs

I had the opportunity to visit our nation’s capital this week, Washington, DC.  My first time in this part of the country offered picturesque views of the trees changing colors, of leaves from umber orange to crimson red.  Businesspeople clad in warm coats, scarves, and beanies steadily kept a rigorous walking pace up and down …

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