During all the excitement that comes with traveling adventures, it’s important to care for your body. There’s nothing like neck pain or low back pain to put a damper on a fun trip, or to create a difficult distraction while traveling for work. As a physical therapist, I often hear from patients that they want
I am often asked by athletes (not coached by me) to evaluate & comment on the training plan that they have chosen to use. Since I’m a coach, you’d think this would be a no-brainer: take a look & give a quick opinion. And you’d be correct – it’s fairly easy for me to opine
You only have one body. Are you taking care of it? I don’t know about you…but I want to do everything I can to take care of my body in order to minimize the problems later on down the line. Why wear sunscreen? To prevent skin cancer. Why brush our teeth & go to the
Did you enjoy your BIG Thanksgiving dinner? I sure did! In my family we split the meal up so it lasts longer, is less hectic & we don’t feel quite so stuffed! Our afternoon went something like this: 1:00PM – Appetizers & Drinks 2:00PM – Soup 4:00PM – Main Course 7:00PM – Dessert It was
Walking is substantially underrated. When I suggest to folks that they do more walking, here’s what usually comes back: Walking isn’t “exercise”. If I want real “exercise” I’ll run! Walking is a waste of time. Walking is so boring! (My teenager has said this to me many times!) Before you write off walking as what
Silly question, right?! I mean…who doesn’t want better results from the time they spend exercising? So how do we get better results? You know some of the factors: proper workout structure gradual increase in intensity or volume adequate rest & recovery. But there’s another factor you might not have considered…and, if done regularly, it’ll improve
A few posts ago I published the weight programs (upper & lower body) that I did that week. In the last couple of days, I repeated those two programs again…but with progressions. I got to thinking that it might be interesting to look at how I progressed those programs & to examine some of the
We all need inspiration at times. Believe me…I get it. I’m always looking online for interesting exercise ideas, new swim workouts, you name it! So, in the spirit of sharing, here are my weight workouts from this week! I do Lower Body on 1 day & then Upper Body on another. Give a try &
A client asked me an interesting question the other day. We were discussing strategies to successfully Negative Split in a race situation. Real quick…a “Negative Split” is where you get faster as you go. In other words, you do the 2nd half of the event faster than the 1st half. It’s a time-honored method to
Oh, to sleep like a baby…or a kitten (as the case may be)! Do you wish for better sleep? I know I sure do. I don’t have a sleep disorder (like insomnia or apnea), but I do find that my sleep quality is irregular – some nights it’s great, some nights it’s not. While our