Tag: habits

A Roadblock to Health: The All-or-Nothing Paralysis

A common roadblock to health is an all-or-nothing paralysis. Just think would you tell your child to quit playing basketball because they don’t dribble the ball well or they don’t always see the open teammate? Of course not. The same applies to our health. Maybe you want to lose 5 lbs a week but you […]

Why Does Functional Strength Training Matter?

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 […]

Benefits of Intermittent Fasting

The majority of people who ask me about intermittent fasting are wanting to lose weight and not eating seems like the quickest route to achieve that goal. Sure you can lose weight through intermittent fasting. I have seen it happen time after time. However, there are so many more benefits of intermittent fasting than a quick weight […]

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 […]