One of our aspiring young coaches recently completed an ultra-endurance event known as the Spartan Race. This is an event that includes eight miles of professionally designed obstacles one would see in a military boot. The only difference is a creative twist with the addition of obstacles including long distances of monkey bars, ice cold …
Category: Older Adult Exercise Napa
Oct 07
We all have enough time for exercise
Time is a piece of reality in life we can’t fully control. After reading the previous sentence, that moment will be stored in the archives of history along with the many other events we have participated in throughout our lives. The idea of time can be limiting for us. We have twenty-four hours in our …
Sep 20
How Does Stretching Make you FEEL?
Flexibility and mobility are terms that contribute to an efficient, pain free, and productive body. Functions such as reaching over the head to acquire objects, bending down to pick objects off the ground, or rotating the torso to get in and out of cars are common movements that require joints to be able to move …
Aug 27
ABC’s: Feet, Stability, and Balance Exercises
Last week, we reviewed the young Olympic phenom, Simone Biles and her ability to display the extents at which the human body can move in various presentations of imbalance. We concluded that Simone is a generational phenom of athletic performance that arises once a decade to set new world records in sports. While the rest …
Aug 19
Why do I have poor balance?
The Olympic gymnastics anomaly, Simone Biles, put on another spectacle of elite human performance at the recent Olympic trials. Events such walking along the balance beam with precise steps, like that of a dove hopping along a telephone line, seems as simple a task as brushing her teeth. As she bounces off the ground to …
Aug 08
Healthy Knees and Strong Hips
A productive and enjoyable experience to our everyday lives is what most of us strive to achieve after we wake up in the morning. A critically important factor to a fulfilling day is our physical well-being. We can have a to-do list with the power to supercharge our world. However, we cannot make these life-enhancing …
Jun 01
Give Pain Your Full Attention
Hinges, knobs, handles, screws, nuts, and bolts are instruments used throughout our daily lives. We see them as we open doors to our homes and cars. Metal hinges held on by screws attaching doors to planks of wood ensure a door operates efficiently. Handles attached to our kitchen utensil drawers are fastened by screws. The …
May 11
Exercise to focus on yourself
Many daily obligations require our time, emotions, and energy. Relationships, jobs, and family can easily occupy a substantial number of hours throughout the day. We all have twenty-four hours in our day. The revolutionary finance expert Warren Buffett has the same amount of time in his day as an eighteen-year-old associate starting his first job …
Apr 22
The Art of Putting Socks On
They cover our feet. They prevent blisters. We even make an extra effort to wear the type that have cute cats on them. These soft, warm, protective layers of woven cloth are the next most worn object on our bodies, aside from underwear. We are talking about the trusty pair of socks that envelop feet. …
Mar 24
A Reminder for Sunny Day Physical Activities
Following the winter solstice a few months ago, we have the privilege to look forward to our longer hours of daylight. We get to experience the sun illuminating the ground sooner in the day and observe the sunset descends below the horizon later in the evening. Daylight savings time is a few days away. The …