by Jessica Kisiel | Aug 2, 2013 | Personal Wellness
“We can experience wildly strong emotions (provoking our bodies into an accompanying uproar) linked to mere thoughts.” In other words, we activate the stress-response in our minds in response to our thoughts. This is the message shared by Stanford...
by Jessica Kisiel | Jul 26, 2013 | Posture and Technique
This is the first blog entry in a series on sitting health. We are at war with sitting! And the research is mounting. The risks of sitting too much were likened to smoking in the Los Angeles Times Article, Don’t just sit there. Really. that appeared last month....
by Jessica Kisiel | Jul 24, 2013 | Sports Training
In case you missed my article in The Weekly Sun of the Wood River Valley (pdf), it is reprinted below. Sports performance is the result of coordinated movement. Pedaling a bicycle, casting a fly rod, swinging a tennis racquet or golf club, and hiking up a mountain all...
by Jessica Kisiel | Jul 17, 2013 | Sports Training
Strength training is an important component of your fitness program. The resistance that you use can be in the form of machines, free weights, medicine balls, tubing or bands, and body weight. Regardless of how you apply resistance, here are some tips to keep in mind....
by Jessica Kisiel | Jul 9, 2013 | Posture and Technique
This is the third and final blog entry in a series on sitting health. If you have read my previous blogs on healthy sitting, you now realize that prolonged sitting is a health risk factor with negative consequences similar to smoking. Additionally, if you sit for an...
