Apr 25
Before the time chairs were invented and humans needed to get up and down from the ground, in the time when dinosaurs roamed the Earth, I would assume that activities requiring a flat surface, sitting, and sleeping mainly happened on the ground. I’m sure cavemen and cavewomen probably had the sense to use rocks to …
Apr 19
“My joints make some exciting noises when I get out of bed in the morning,” commented one of our personal training clients, Natalia. “See? Watch this,” Natalia added as if demonstrating a magic trick. Natalia bent down to pick her exercise mat off the ground, and a few grinding and popping sounds could be heard …
Apr 11
Acquiring a membership to a local gym, attending small group fitness classes, or signing up for personal training has proven time and time again to aid in refining an individual’s health and fitness. Building muscular strength, redistributing fat mass to lean muscle, enhancing mood, staving off risk factors for metabolic disease, managing stress, and contributing …
Apr 02
Entering a career as an apprentice after trade school, acquiring a paid internship after graduating from college, or starting a company as a self-employed proprietor or independently run business are impressive accomplishments in one’s career. The substantial investment of time and energy required to develop a valuable skill set and forge a life where talent …
Mar 14
What inspires you? What motivates you? What makes you excited? These questions can help us get up in the morning and get the most out of the time and energy we dedicate to activities throughout our day. How? If we answer these questions in a few sentences, perhaps we can either remind ourselves of what …
Mar 06
“What’s the sport where the super athletic crazy guys jump on walls and scale them like a lizard?” Asked Ophelia at one of her morning training sessions. “You know, you see stunt men do it in Jason Bourne and John Wick movies. They hang off walls, drop from cliffs, and land like cats after a …
Feb 28
Hobbies, traveling, completing weekend projects, and spending time with friends, family, and significant others require the ability to move and interact with the environment around us. Retired and career-driven populations looking to start a family or who are already raising children depend on efficient human movement. Whether it be working on refinishing a side table …
Feb 19
The never-ending hamster wheel of stress hits us from all angles in portions of our lives where we spend most of our time. An example might include spending eight to ten hours per day devoting our time and energy to our jobs, whether on our computers, phones, commuting in the car, or parked in chairs …
Feb 13
Generalized “wear and tear” from enduring the stress of life for over fifty years elicits repercussions to our joints. The articular surface of joints can get scuffed after being used for manual labor, the stresses of an athletic career, or recovering from a traumatic injury. As the surface of joints wears down, they become rough …
Jan 23
“How’d you feel after the last workout?” I asked Thor, one of our long-time personal training clients, before beginning his first of two weekly training sessions. “I feel pretty good except for some knee pain I’m experiencing.” I looked at Thor with a gaze of concern as he continued sharing how his body reacted from …
