Fitness Blog

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

What Shoes Should I Buy? I often get asked about shoes:  which shoes to buy, which shoes are the best, which shoes would work under this or that or the other circumstance. My favorite answer used to be: just get sho

With 6 weeks to go in this year’s snowboarding and skiing season, it’s never too late to balance, strengthen, and warm up  your muscles before hitting the slopes. Really, you could be in your kitchen or

Streaking Streaking, you say? What exactly does she mean by that? Well, let me tell you a story about the Raven. Not to be confused with the Native American story about the raven, this involved a certain man who 

One wintery day last week, my two rascals wanted to go sledding. However, I wanted to go running. We compromised! I would walk them to the sledding hill, and run around the track while they were having fun sledding.

What to take with you on a plane trip. On a recent trip to Santa Barbara, I found myself thinking about travel and how it wears the body down. I did a quick inventory of what I had with me, and what I had forgotton.