We now know, without doubt, that sitting for prolonged periods of time is devastating to our health and longevity. Our sedentary lifestyles are taking a toll and many people can no longer perform basic, functional, natural movements without suffering pain or inviting illness. Believe it or not, the natural resting position of a person [...]
There are numerous ways you can approach resistance training but one version that seems to work well for lots of people is called “slow weight training”. This kind of exercise fits the description of a complete exercise. The benefits reach across the board to bodybuilders, those wanting to lose weight and those wishing to [...]
Over the years, I have been privileged and honored to interact with, learn from and observe men and women who have been weight training for thirty and even forty years. These dedicated fitness buffs do it because they have built exercise into their lives not just for the health benefits. Exercise is no longer [...]
In the late 1800’s a newspaper advertisement promoted a simple exercise machine called the Health Lift which claimed to be the only physical exercise a person needed to boost health, strength and fitness – instantly. Today that particular exercise has another name, the dead lift and it's still considered the “king” of all exercises [...]
Essential to staying strong and vital during our lifetime is participation in regular strengthening exercises that help prevent muscle weakening, osteoporosis and frailty by stimulating the growth of muscle and bone. Strengthening exercises are easy to learn and have been proven safe and effective for both men and women of all ages through years [...]
Sitting for extended periods of time every day along with avoiding a proper exercise is the ideal recipe for back, neck and hip pain to develop that only increases as time goes by. Unfortunately, our "easy" modern lifestyles promotes this type of living and by the time we've reached age 50, we've developed such [...]
Just how damaging is it to be fat? Is there really a risk to your life if you are not living at your ideal size? Yes. The physical discomforts of carrying excess weight, are too numerous to list, to say nothing of the mental anguish experienced when trying to return to a healthy [...]
Our bodies once received enough physical activity simply through the act of survival. It was natural and built into our daily actions/needs, and provided an automatic way for us as humans to be fit. But times have changed. How many people do you know that currently sit at desk jobs all day? The numbers [...]
Before the advent of modern gyms offering a wide range of free weight and resistance training machines those who wanted to improve their strength and fitness did so using their own body-weight. Body-weight exercises are strength training exercises that do not require free weights or machines as the individual's own weight provides resistance against [...]
Our bodies once received enough physical activity simply through the act of survival. But times have changed. How many people do you know that currently sit at desk jobs all day? The computer is definitely expanding our mental awareness and activity but is no pal to our physical fitness. Sitting for hours on end [...]
