Fitness Testing as Motivation
... pushed to the side. A technique I try to use to motivate my clients and classes, is to do fitness testing every 6 weeks. If you're on your own, schedule some time to do fitness testing. Try and do ...
The quick and dirty shoe test!
... y to fold the front of your shoe in half (almost like a tortilla). What you're trying to do here is test the midsole of the shoe (typically the white foam like stuff that's in the MIDDLE of the shoe). ...
Quercetin Improves Immunity
A number of recent endurance exercise studies have looked into the possible benefits of the supplement quercetin, and several have produced intriguing results, says a news item on Runnersworld.com. On ...
Iyengar Yoga Helps Breast Cancer Survivors
Wahoo! We all know yoga is the best exercise ever! Right? Well now it's official. The American Physiological Society reported Monday that Iyengar yoga promotes psychological well-being (we knew th ...
Mad as Hell? Get Over It!
This shouldn’t be news but researchers studying 313 healthy Vietnam vets found that anger and hostility make increased the risk for heart disease, diabetes, and high blood pressure. Apparently those ...
Fish for Health
A recent study that was published in the journal Medical Science Monitor assessed the relationship between fish-eating and a variety of health markers in a group of Mediterranean individuals aged 65-1 ...
Cataract Falls...a great hike
I went up hiking at Cataract Falls, which is near the Mt. Tam watershed in Marin. It was spectacular. 2 hours, a very steep climb, and seven waterfalls, with a perfect picnic spot at the far end. I ...
Top 5 Ways to Renew Your Energy
Here are my basic strategies for renewing energy at the physical level. Some of them are so familiar they’ve become background noise, easy to ignore. That’s why I’m repeating them. If any of these str ...
