At the beginning of September, I wrote about what it really means to get a “fresh start,” and offered some suggestions for how to get back into a fitness routine. I’m curious, how did it go for you? With the kids back in school and summer vacations over, are you where you’d like to be…
I had a longtime client in a training session recently, and she kept working after the bell rang and her full workout was done. “I need to make up for the week when I was on vacation and I couldn’t be here,” she said, in mid-burpee (extra burpees?). Now, while I appreciated the effort, I…
If you’re like me, you’ve grown tired of all the “National xxx Days” and “National _____ Days.” It seems like a day doesn’t go by without someone telling us it’s a day for something, or in some cases, many things. Supposedly, there are 1,500 “national [fill-in-the-blank] days” a year. There are only 365 days in…
I don’t want to oversimplify things but, OK, never mind – I’m going to oversimplify things. When a new client comes to me and asks why their shoulders hurt, I immediately begin exploring their upper back strength. Almost always, I can tell right away that their upper back is weak. Thus, their shoulders hurt because…