Something that I hear quite often as a personal trainer is “I am an all or nothing person.” Usually the message is from a client who believes they either they must eat perfectly and exercise every single day, or they will be unable to keep from gorging themselves and skipping
I noticed a common theme this past week. Many people, including some of my clients, were in defense mode about Thanksgiving. They were concerned about how to avoid as many of the ‘bad’ foods as possible. They were preoccupied by how they could best offset the inevitable disaster that Turkey
This week I came across an interesting article from Mayo Clinic about sugar vs. artificial sweeteners. You can read the article under Artificial Sweeteners and Other Sugar Substitutes. I was looking specifically for a comparison of sugar against the various substitutes because I was confronted with the question: Is it
Calf stretching is pretty common out there. Runners in particular love to do a little stretch off the fence before they hit the road. Something I have noticed is that there does not seem to be much awareness about the fact that there are two calf muscles. Depending on how
This is a collaborative post with Marissa Joseph, CSCS, PN1 – www.workinglines.org Dancers and weight lifters should sit down and compare notes. Though they may think there is not much to talk about, they would be surprised at what they find. Each athlete excels in certain atheltic traits and their
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