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Often we hear in fitness that most of our movements in sports and life involve rotation, bending, flexing, and making circles to warm up our joints. After all, we are dynamic beings, doing all sorts of things, and need to be able to move appropriately for whatever it is we…
By now most of you know squats are one of the basic, human moves that we make. We do them several times a day, every day. Up and down from a chair, off the toilet, and possibly picking things up off the floor. Because of that, squats are considered a…
I don’t know about you, but as the winter and the pandemic drag on, I find myself climbing the walls. I feel like I don’t have to elaborate. We are all in “Plan B” (and probably C, D and E) and have been for a long time now. Perhaps we…
If you have been hanging around fitness information for a while, you will know that your CORE is super important. After some dithering about what is included in “the core”, now it is generally recognized to include all of your torso, butt, shoulders, and hips. Given that definition, it should…
As I started looking back at 2020 (amazing that someone would want to do that I know!), I picked out the most widely read and popular blog post. Turns out it is about backs/back pain/ and solutions. So I am re-releasing this one as this is obviously a very common…
Fat is good for us. It provides fuel for our activities, including thinking. Some fats contain omega-6 and omega-3 fatty acids that help our bodies fight disease and inflammation. Fat is there to help protect our organs, keep our bodies heated to a fantastic 98.6 degrees, carries around vitamins like…
If you take a look at fitness magazines here and there, you will almost always see featured articles about getting flat abs and a great butt. Clearly, these are focused on aesthetics, playing into dreams of a great body, starting with a couple of “key” areas. This type of thinking…
Disclaimer: I am not talking about running marathons, lifting weights to exhaustion, or even making sure you glisten with sweat as seen on TV. I am not even talking about making sure you eat a supersize ANYTHING after a workout. No no! This time it’s about range of motion –…
I think that most of us go through our days without paying much attention to how much curve we have in our low backs. For sure, this is not something that is a real attention-grabber. Even if we suffer from some stiffness or dull pain in that area, we don’t…
What are you trying to do when you strength train? Get stronger, of course! Many of us imagine our muscles growing, our bodies becoming more defined, and becoming able to leap over tall buildings. All these things can happen (except for the tall buildings part). But how does it work? …