Category: Fitness

Quick questions… What do the most successful people spend over a third of their day doing? Answer:  Sleeping! In his best-selling book, Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell made famous the idea that 10,000 hours is the amount of practice time it takes to achieve mastery in an area of interest. This is based, in part, on a study conducted … Read More

In the last post of our Fitness Foundation Series, we learned about how crucial breathing is to not only survive, but to cultivating a body thriving in health and wellness. Truthfully, proper breathing is essential to being as healthy and fit as you can be. Equally as important in achieving your health, fitness, and weight loss goals … Read More

Part I – Breathing We’re a couple of weeks into 2016, so why not ask yourself, “Am I seeing signs of success with my resolutions to lose weight and get fit?” If it’s “NO”then definitely keep reading! If it’s “YES” then also keep reading because you are about to learn valuable information that will keep you structured in your … Read More

Part III – Injuries This subject is as individual as fingerprints. The most common complaint I get is knee pain. And more times than not, after a week or two of slowly building into a walking and conservative strength training program, the knee pain begins to ease. There’s just something miraculous about movement. Our bodies are … Read More

Part II – Footwear I think it’s safe to say, that these days a lot of us have some type of dysfunction with our feet.  Since our bodies are one continuous chain of energy, if there is dysfunction at the foot or ankle level, it will cause increased stress in other joints up the chain such … Read More

Part I – Pace In a time where the majority of fitness experts and exercise coaches are so caught up in functional exercises (some for good reason), I would like to take a moment and discuss hands down the most functional exercise of all… Walking. Do you want an exercise that will prepare you for … Read More

When it comes to losing weight—or not becoming overweight in the first place—every little bit of exercise can help. New research suggests that micro-bouts of activity—shorter than 10 minutes—can lower one’s risk of obesity as long as the intensity level is sufficiently high. Furthermore, those who focused on shorter bouts were much more likely to … Read More

There were 87 women, 60 years and older, assigned to water-based exercise, land-based resistance training or a control group. After 12 weeks, women in the water-based program improved in dynamic strength similar to those in the resistance training group. People in the water group improved in isometric peak torque (force that causes rotation) around the … Read More

Vary your workouts. Continuously doing the same workout can result in eventual burnout no matter how much you love it. Changing the exercise mode not only stimulates you and challenges you mentally, but physically your body is challenged in different ways. Your body can get acclimated to the same workout so that benefits and physical … Read More

Heat Exhaustion: Heat exhaustion is the body’s response to an excessive loss of the water and salt contained in sweat. Those most prone to heat exhaustion are elderly people, people with high blood pressure and people working or exercising in a hot environment. Warning Signs of Heat Exhaustion: Heavy sweating Paleness Muscle cramps Tiredness and … Read More