Memo to myself: don’t forget to roll, scrub, stretch, or compress my quads so that my quad tendon doesn’t RUPTURE! This is a heartbreaking story. On Mother’s Day, I was treated to the gift of two Portland TImbers ti
Do your knees turn in, or twist in, or do your legs whip around when you run like an eggbeater on land? Do you look like you are an equestrian and you don’t ever ride horses? I call this syndrome horseback rider-iti
Have a mini stretchy band lying around? Need a really quick strength workout using it? Read on! Do all exercises for 90 seconds, and then move on. Total workout time: 7.5 minutes….. GO! First we have speed ska
Your hip flexor is a major muscle that you need on your brain’s available muscle radar…but that begs the question of how do you know exactly where it is? How do you get it to work? It is brought onto the brain
Ever throw your back into a spasm by taking part in the Olympic sport of lifting dishes out of the dishwasher? How about that time when you tried to lean over to pick up a leaf off the ground and next thing you know
The other day I was delighted to hear from my dear friend Gwen. She and I worked at Club Med together, and had later worked out in San Diego together at the very beginning of my career. We have stayed in touch mostl
It’s time to quit relying on willpower, because that can be fleeting. It’s time to quit forcing yourself into discipline or motivation. It also wanes. I just read a blog by another trainer in Australia who completel
In the spirit of Play Tennis Day on Feb 23rd, we are using tennis balls to get after trigger points. What exactly are trigger points? Do you ever find spots that when released seem to get the entire muscle to settle
Ever wondered what the famous beach volleyball women’s team of Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings were wearing on their shoulders in the Olympics? Yep, it was kinesiotape. Growing up, I had athletic tape to