Aug 21
“You don’t know what you got ‘till it’s gone.” It couldn’t have been said any better than when I listened to the 80’s hair band playing this song out of the Alpine speakers in my stepdads car on the way to school many moons ago. When I have a headache, upset stomach, or a bad …
Aug 16
After a long week of work, chores, and the demands of being a human in today’s society, the weekends gifts us with a few extra hours to sit back and relax. Kicking your feet up and tuning into a ball game is just one of the many bonuses the slower-paced Saturdays and Sundays allows. There …
Aug 13
The trials and tribulations of life present themselves in various ways where we can expect to prepare for them or randomly when we least expect it. Our society consistently manages the scales of financial status, human relations, and psychological health. A few top contributors requiring a substantial amount of time include paying the bills, maintaining …
Jul 19
As I drive north bound up Highway 29, I always take a deep breath and notice how nice I have it. Vineyards lace the countryside with a gradient of vibrant green and umber rows of grape vines. The eastern hills offer majestic rocky formations below the tip of the Stag’s Leap hiking trail. To the …
Jun 08
“Wait, stop. Can you hear that?” Standing at the end of the quarter-mile hike up to the peak of Westwood Hills in Napa, my friend instructed me to halt my steps and listen. A wide-eyed look of bewilderment formed on my face, “Hear what?” I replied. She looked at me with a smile of satisfaction, …
May 26
“Back in ’82, I could throw a football a quarter mile. How much you wanna bet I can throw this football over them mountains?” Uncle Rico, a character in the movie Napolean Dynamite, stated this. Rico was in his mid-forties and hadn’t let go of his high school football dreams of being drafted into the …
May 04
Balance is a unique aspect of our physical activity affecting many interactions in our everyday lives. For example, the ability to get up from a seated position, get out of bed in the morning after a six to eight-hour slumber, or disembark from our car seats require an impressive combination of movements occurring simultaneously to …
Apr 30
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 …
Mar 12
“I don’t like to sweat.” “Why would you want to inflict pain on yourself?” “There’s weird people at my Yoga class.” “I don’t want to be around all those young kids at the gym taking pictures of themselves.” An alarmingly prevalent reason people veer from fitness is the physical discomfort exercise can impose on a …
Mar 02
Society has evolved into an innovative community, mastering the ability to manage our everyday affairs through electronics. Along with phones, computers, and tablets offering instant gratification comes a position where we physically conform our bodies to a resting position requiring little to no movement. In other words, we sit a lot. In fact, six to …
