Category: Fitness Habits

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 […]

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 […]

Get Fit Challenge: Simple Exercises to Increase Your Fitness

Most of us know that exercise is important for all aspects of our health, but the idea of getting fit, more than just taking a walk at lunch; can seem intimidating or downright unnecessary.  You might be thinking, “what kind of exercises would I need to do or how long or often would I need […]