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Just Move

How often have you had a minor injury or pain in your body and felt unable to workout? Even something as common as a cold, or you slept wrong and had a "kink" in your

Take Nothing for Granted

The other day, I heard the list below, read to me by one of my teachers. I don't know if I was in "that" space to where it hit me hard, or it's just a

What is Functional Training

Functional training...what does that mean? In my career, I see that if someone doesn't "function" well with their body's actions and reactions, ..they are going to have a difficult time functioning in general; especially as

The magic of Epsom Salt

Recently, I have fallen in love with Epsom salt...do you know what it is? I found some great articles which I compiled together below. Read through this and it might help break down a little

Facing the Wind

As I was driving in to work the other day, the wind had the flags flying at full extension. The trees were leaning a few degrees and there were leaves scattered everywhere. As an outdoor

A New Body

When I was younger, I was much heavier and fairly sedentary. It took a long time to discover how much I love activity and it took even longer to get healthier and love nutritious foods.

What can we control?

So much of what happens in our lives are out of our control, however much we try to change that. We angst about the weather, the mood of someone in our life, the health of

Positive Potential

The other day I came across a workbook from a seminar (in 2009) a friend of mine attended. The speakers were Shawn Achor and Elizabeth Peterson, both with a company called Aspirant, an applied research

Body Tune up

I cycle a lot. When I gather with my cycling friends and clients we always check to make sure our chain is lubed, we check air in our tires, see if the breaks are working,