Category: Nutrition

New Year’s Resolution: Be Kind to Yourself

Year 2020 is underway, and the new year resolutions are in full force.  What better way to make a new year’s resolution than focusing on the health of your body and mind?  Eating healthier foods, staying away from sweets, laying off booze, and making it to the gym are all fantastic methods to reinforce the …

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Decrease Shoulder Pain: Warm Up!

Over the weekend I had the privilege to attend a regional pickleball tournament in Rocklin, CA.  I not only got to participate in my new healthy addiction, but I also saw how such a simple form of physical activity and fun catalyzed movement of individuals with different skill levels, athletic backgrounds, and fitness levels.  As …

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Muscle Soreness is a Good Thing

There’s no better feeling than finishing an exercise session that challenges your patience and will.  Exercise routines such as resistance training, Pilates, or Yoga put demands your body that take true perseverance to complete.  The sweat, increased body temperature, and heavy breathing feel good after devoting an hour of valuable time to improve our lifetime …

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Regular Exercise Helps Us Avoid Surgery

Car accidents, unexpected injuries, and overuse injuries can lead to corrective surgeries to remedy painful conditions limiting production.  Corrective procedures via surgery are important to fixing physical ailments that affect our lives.  Doctors and surgeons promote orthopedic corrections to repair bones, joints, and muscles when connective tissues are damaged.  We also put our bodies in …

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Stay away from the pharmacy line: EXERCISE IS MEDICINE!

It isn’t a surprise that regular exercise benefits our society.  Multiple studies support evidence that at least 150 hours of exercise per week fends off significant illness such as cancer, diabetes, psychological and emotional disorders leading to depression, and an assortment of cardiovascular diseases.  When we go to the doctor with symptoms from a threatening …

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Plans to Keep Moving when Sick and Hurt

Unexpected injuries and unwelcomed illnesses hold us back.  Heart conditions, the appearance of cancer, as well as upper and lower extremity injuries hinder people’s lives and their ability to perform normal physical activities.  These cases are emotionally scarring because physically active recreational sporting activities and extracurricular social experiences become limited.    Not to mention that recovering …

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Success Story: 4 years= Pull Ups!

A success story occurred recently for one our Napa personal training clients.  After many trials and hard work, this exercise participant was able to perform one complete pull up.  Let’s call this exercise participant who works out at our fitness facility Arnold for confidentiality purposes.  While making our way through a weekly training session, Arnold …

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Taking Walks in the Fall

Another warm and beautiful Northern California Summer is coming to an end in Napa.  Grapes have been harvested to make some of the world’s finest wines.  New restaurants and tasting bars have been opened in downtown Napa to showcase how our amazing wines pair with world renowned cuisine.  The breath-taking summer climate in the Napa …

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Injury Intervention: Research, Professional Help, and Movement

Just like getting a flat tire while driving down the highway, injuries can happen when you least expect them.  Unexpected injuries hurt, decrease our strength, and serve as a inconvenient distraction in our everyday activities.  Being sidelined due to injury is discouraging as well.  Injuries can occur anywhere from poor posture while sitting, unexpected accidents …

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Just like turning over crops, rotate your exercises

Growing up a gym rat and studying to be an exercise physiologist, I would never consider myself a farmer.  However, I do see similarities between the two.  Driving down to Monterey recently, I noticed the abundance of artichoke orchards scattered along the side of the freeway.  To my surprise, there would be random plots of …

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