Why does functional strength training matter and why is it called functional strength training or resistance training? It’s called strength training because it makes you stronger and more capable of overcoming life resistance. Strength training for youth and vitality Who doesn’t want an increased capacity for doing life and living out the full number of […]
Category: Active Life
How to breathe for abundant health
The main reason I think breathing often gets overlooked (even though we’re doing it 20,000 times a day) is that we don’t give credence or respect to our autonomic nervous system or limbic system. The limbic system is always working for us whether we are working, sleeping, playing, or eating. We have failed to realize […]
The 10,000 Step Rule
In general, I’m not a fan of blanket rules because rules are meant to broken and numbers are meaningless unless they are personalized. However, acquiring 10K steps per day as a matter of promoting your health trajectory and building health momentum is a great plan. One that I would back up 100%. The average American […]
Community: The key to reaching your fitness goals
If you desire fitness to be a natural part of your life, then it is going to be crucial that you get into a community with likeminded people who already have an established fitness routine. If hitting the gym, doing a home HIT workout, going for a walk is not part of your routine, then […]
Exercise: Keep it simple
What is the best exercise? How do I get the most out of my exercise? Often exercise is complicated to the point that people completely stop exercising because they fear they may be doing it wrong. I am about to clear this up for you. All exercise and physical activity have benefits. However, there is […]
Parkinson’s Disease Prevention with the Elite Eight
Parkinson’s Disease is devastating. Most of the time when patients come in with Parkinson’s they have already been battling it for a number of years. I often wonder what they were like, how they moved, the energy they had before Parkinson’s set in. If you have Parkinson’s or know somebody who has it, you have seen the […]
10 Reasons Goat Whey is the Best Whey Protein
Goat Whey has the highest biological value of any natural food source, including cow sourced whey. Goat Whey’s biological value is 104! This means that Goat Whey is extremely digestible and absorbable. The protein you drink is the protein you keep. Goat Whey is the most digestible whey protein on the planet. Goat Whey has the highest concentration […]
5 Recommendations for Building Muscle
Muscle is always on my mind. Building muscle and maintaining muscle are direct signs of youthfulness. I put together 5 recommendations that I wish I would have paid more attention to when building muscle. They would have kept me from having to take breaks from resistance training and allowed me to year after year […]
Wildfire Season and Your Respiratory Health
Wildfire smoke may make the sky look cool, but it is also very dangerous to your respiratory health. Wildfire smoke contains a mixture of carbon monoxide, particulate matter, and volatile chemicals. The amounts will depend on what is feeding the flames but none of these elements are to your benefit. Particulate matter smaller than 2.5 […]
What to do about Osteoporosis, Osteopenia and Low Bone Mineral Density
Have you had multiple fractures? Or have you noticed that your bones are becoming brittle? You may wonder why you’re losing your strength? The first thing to recognize is that there is nothing normal about aging and your bones becoming brittle. You can age and have strong bones that withstand life and allow you to […]
