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 come as no surprise that…
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 problem and always relevant. Catch…
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 A, D, E, and K.,…
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 does a disservice to people…
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 – big MOVEMENTS when you exercise,…
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 tend to focus on what…