Category: Strength and Conditioning Napa

Unbalanced Situations

Balance is a component of fitness that isn’t touched on until the realization that suboptimal balance affects our lives.  We need balance for many activities in our everyday lives to be productive.  Once balance is taken from someone, movement is significantly impaired.  Simple movements like getting out of the car, walking around the neighborhood, gardening …

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99 Years Strong

“I didn’t have time for that.”  This is what my then 93-year-old grandpa told me as we took a trip down highway 5 to a strength and conditioning workshop in Orange county.  This is a phrase that a lot of us say when our jobs, stress, and laziness get in the way of taking care …

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Unbalanced Situations

Balance is a component of fitness that isn’t touched on until the realization that suboptimal balance affects our lives.  We need balance for many activities in our everyday lives to be productive.  Once balance is taken from someone, movement is significantly impaired.  Simple movements like getting out of the car, walking around the neighborhood, gardening …

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Managing Sciatica

Physical pain throughout the body elicits a nuisance to our lives in many appearances.  A decrease in productivity can occur because we are apprehensive about how a specific physical activity will result in pain for days to weeks.  Psychological and emotional health can be affected from focusing on pain, diverting our attention from enjoying our …

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“Dad, can you play catch with me?”

It’s an immaculate Sunday morning.  The weather has been starting off in the high 50’s and fluctuating into the low 60’s as you open your eyes and arise from your slumber.  As the summer solstice of June yields the longest day of the year over the weekend, birds can be heard performing a symphony of …

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Exercise Physiology Knowledge

Understanding the unique nature behind how muscles contract to create force during muscular interaction is beneficial to the human body.  Muscle cells have two primary proteins called myosin and actin that act like Velcro, grabbing onto each other when the brain sends a message to move bones closer or further away from each other.  These …

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Understanding Exercise Progressions

Understanding the unique nature behind how muscles contract to create force during muscular interaction is beneficial to the human body.  Muscle cells have two primary proteins called myosin and actin that act like Velcro, grabbing onto each other when the brain sends a message to move bones closer or further away from each other.  These …

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Strong and Healthy Shoulders

The general populations everyday functional activities involve multiple movements that the upper body is responsible for.  Opening doors, reaching overhead, writing, and postural support are just a few actions involved in the usage of the upper extremities.  Inadequate shoulder strength or previous injuries to the should joint can limit movement significantly.  Imagine a world in …

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Summer Time Veggie Healthy Cooking!

Welcome to May in Napa, California.  Other than a few showers at the conclusion of April, the hot and sunny days are just around the corner.  Expect to enjoy your breakfast in the warm mornings as the sun peaks its head around the horizon.  During sunset, dinners are waiting to be enjoyed in the heat …

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Napa Valley Hiking for Fitness

The Napa Valley is graced with stunning hills and hiking trails begging to be ventured.  Outskirts of the city and trails strewn about a 25-mile radius of Napa possess overlooks of the city lights and velvet laced vineyards along the landscapes.  Pair that with the pastel gradient of blue, grey, and orange hues from a …

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