Fitness Blog

How to Balance on a Ball Ever wanted to run away and join the circus? I did after my first attendance at a Cirque du Soleil performance. What incredible feats of balance and strength and flexibility! Balance is some

How to fix one hip flexor that is sore and tight Once upon a time there was a hysterically funny (with the most contagious laugh) lady named Bonnie. She and I worked together over the years on various muscle things

The other day I was standing on a balcony in a tiny Croatian village called Rovinj, and I looked down at my feet. Normally, I look down at my feet and see that they are straight ahead, and the weight is essentially

Once upon a time, there was a girl who played in six soccer games over a period of four days. She had not attempted such a feat in years, and at the end of the tournament she found that her right foot hurt. She figu

This is a love letter to my adult soccer teams, but really, any adult playing on any team anywhere. First of all, please take into consideration the concept of sport specificity. If you regularly train in a pool, yo

Once upon a time there was a little girl turning nine years old, and she wanted to have a birthday party for her friends. We happened to have a ton of frozen blueberries, and thus the Blueberry Olympics were born. “

This morning at the Club I noticed a man with a kettlebell doing a very powerful exercise called a swing. The swing (think swing in your backyard, as opposed to a squat) is the hallmark of kettlebellers everywhere,

I am super excited to hear when clients are going away on vacation. Most Americans on average actually don’t take all the vacation time they are allotted, so please go away and take a break!  Your best bet to s

How to help tight calves and walk on the beach comfortably. Isn’t the idea of walking barefoot on a tropical beach so fabulous? Add in some gently lapping waves, a couple of palm trees, not a cloud in beautiful blue