Fitness Blog

Don’t wear orange or black, especially if you are on a team. Those are official Tough Mudder colors and you will blend in. We stuck out distinctively in green and found each other easily. If you are doing Warr

Don’t blame the sport. Blame the body you take to the sport. Continuing on the theme of if you can’t tell me if a muscle is working, it isn’t; please don’t blame the sport you love on why you

I can promise you this: When I ask a client if he\she can tell me definitively if a muscle is working, and the answer is, “I think/guess/assume so,” or “well, shouldn’t it be?” or ̶

I would like to explain the difference between positional hip flexor tightness and functional hip flexor muscle tightness. What??? I’m getting way ahead of myself, so let me take a step back, and explain why I

Yes, it is true. Is it a meme? This isn’t just a meme (an idea, behavior, or style that spreads from person to person within a culture) or a passing fad. According to a BBC News Magazine article, “a rece

Let’s pretend you have just walked into Club Sport for an appointment with me. This is how the opening conversation usually goes. “Hi, Mike, how’s the _________ (fill in the blank: knee, foot, back

So let’s talk core muscles. I think the fastest way to explain this is to give you a visual presentation of what exactly I’m talking about. Let’s look at Mr. Muscle guy here. The top most layer of

I had the opportunity to try out a home version of a pretty cool new treatment called cold laser therapy. This particular unit uses a combination of cold laser (versus a hot laser that would be used in a surgical si

One of the funniest compliments I ever got was from a friend who picked his daughter up from my daughter’s birthday party. He said, “Becky always comes home from your parties tired and quiet!” Appa