Having just returned from a long-postponed road trip, I was unceremoniously reminded that car or plane travel can cause us (me) to stiffen up. It’s great to get away, but having no choice but to hold one position for hours on end can mean needing some time to get the kinks out. An area…
This past year has been a tough one, upending many of our lives and habits. We have had to cope with lots of changes, lots of anxiety, and have had to come up with creative ways to keep our heads above water. Along the way, perhaps we were buoyed up by thinking that “this too…
Bad knees are something that happens to many of us (50% at least, at some point in our lives). I don’t need to tell you that it can be a game-changer, stopping many of us from getting around the way we would like to. Thank goodness for the fact that we can now get the…
Yes, it’s thing. Some people respond very quickly to both strength training and cardio, and others literally remain the same. There is actually a whole range of responses. You could think of it as a bell curve, where the ones at one end will struggle to make headway, and the ones on the other end…
WARNING! This blog is a LITTLE snarky at times! Many of us have noticed that our bodies seem to go slower as we get older. And it seems more difficult to keep extra weight off. But now there is some shocking new research. Perhaps you have seen the headlines. Something like, “New research says metabolism…
For those of us who are just starting out or getting back into doing some exercise, the question of whether to go fast or slow may seem moot. Just getting going can be a challenge. Likewise, even for regular exercisers, “go big or go home” may seem out of the question some days. But, since…