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Strength Training for Better Posture: Chest Press
Starting Position Lie down on a bench with your knees bent and feet flat on the bench. Distance between your heels and butt is ~ 6". Arms extended directly above the chest. Weights are facing each other with the palms down. Lower back has a natural curve, relax...
Making Successful Transitions
The month of January is a time of natural transition where we say goodbye to the previous year and excitedly enter into the new year. It is the one time on our calendar that as a society we vow to make positive changes and take action. If the timing is right and...
7 Reasons to Try Cross-Country Skiing
1. No Lift Lines and Cheap Trail Passes With multiple trails all accessed though human power there is rarely an opportunity to be slowed down by others. The solitude, beauty, quiet, and undisturbed snow creates a magical environment. Over the holidays several years...
Keep Your Fascia in Shape with Foam Rolling
Although we all learned anatomy as separate muscles doing individual jobs recent research is showing this may not be the way our bodies work at all. Tom Myers, a leader in this field and author of the book Anatomy Trains contends that the body is an...
Practice Extreme Self-Care this Holiday Season
During the holidays when the pace of our lives accelerates with more commitments and longer to do lists the first sacrifice we often make is ourselves. Many of my clients have difficulty exercising regularly, eating healthy, and managing stress at this time of year....
Align Personal Values with New Year’s Resolutions
In case you missed my article in the Los Alamos Daily Post it is reprinted below. Every April in New Mexico I observe hundreds of people walking many miles on Good Friday before Easter to El Santuario de Chimayo Shrine. As I scan the crowd it is clear...
Plan Your Holiday Training Camp
For athletes with a day job the holiday break away from work can provide extra training time. A training camp is simply consecutive days of participating in a sport(s). It is an excellent way for master athletes who generally have limited training time...
Strength Training for Better Posture: Back Rows
Back Row on Commercial Strength Training Machine Starting Position Sit tall with straight vertical alignment from the hips to the ears. Neutral spine with a slight arch in the lower back. Feet hip width apart and flat on the floor. Shoulders at 90...
Express Gratitude and Attract Happiness this Thanksgiving
According to Martin E. P. Seligman, Ph.D., a leader in Positive Psychology, and author of "Authentic Happiness" one cause of low life satisfaction and contentment is failure to express gratitude and taking things for granted. "Gratitude is an appreciation of...
Meet Jessica!
I believe we are designed to move and play throughout our entire lives. I don’t buy into the idea that we should slow down with age, or that pain, injury and physical restrictions are unavoidable aspects of growing older. So, here’s my philosophy. Our mental mindset, combined with the physical position and condition of the body that we bring into any activity (from walking to skiing to everything in between), determines our chance of hurting when we move. If we have a positive mindset, and if we have proper positioning and move with correct body biomechanics, all activities should be possible.
This is the goal I have for everyone: to overcome pain and limitations so you can Stay in the Game for Life!
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