Fitness Blog

How to Balance out a body that uses one side excessively in work or sport… especially for my tennis and golfers! Do you play a sport or have a job that uses one side of your body over and over and over? This cute gu

Foam rollers. For some, these two words bring thoughts. Of dread. 🙂 Others relish its ability to pinpoint superficial fascial and muscular tightness. Still others haven’t the foggiest notion on what I’m talking abou

How to boost your winter health / Winter Bathing How does jumping in the Baltic Sea on purpose after dark in late November sound? Fun? Exhilarating? Terrifying? Freezing cold?  It was all that, and more!  My husband

How to pick the best cardio machine My standard answer to, “What cardio machines should I use?” used to be: Any that you will do 🙂  My preference would be that the machine requires you to pick up your feet I am not

How to help a rotator cuff Here is a photo of a situation that has embraced Chaos! This Callery pear tree is on the grounds of the 9/11 Memorial. Notice the extra bands around the base of the tree to help support it

How to get your hamstrings to activate – FAST So I was in the pumpkin patch, and noticing lots of little screaming happy kiddos, and one of them had a Brazilian soccer jersey on….which reminded me of a f

How to help your Ergonomics – Top 7 tips! Have you ever thought about the ergonomics of your workspace? I haven’t much other than trying to optimize 90 degree angles, so when I was asked to present on the topi

How to use a squat to determine ankle flexibility Have you ever taken into consideration how flexible or inflexible your ankles might be, and how that might be affecting your overall body posture? Let’s use a squat

Lunges.  One of my favorite exercises, done properly. Most people like to keep their knees fairly close to their body, creating ninety degree angles.  I had my coworker demonstrate the classic lunge below: If you wa