Archive for August, 2008

CORE FITNESS PART 2

Monday, August 4th, 2008

Without a trained set of core muscles, bad things may happen. In The Second Coming, the poet Yeats said, “Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold”. Physically, when the “centre cannot hold” things literally do fall apart. An entire litany of complaints - back, neck, shoulder, hip, knee, and ankle problems ...

CORE FITNESS PART 1

Monday, August 4th, 2008

Core fitness and core strengthening provide the cornerstones on which all fitness activities are based. Yet until a few year ago, core training was a well-kept secret known only to dancers and gymnasts, who were totally unaware the routines they’d been doing all their lives were about to go mainstream. No ...

Total Lifetime Fitness Manifesto

Sunday, August 3rd, 2008

We all want to be healthy and well and we want this for our kids, too. We also want our parents to be healthy and well, so our kids can enjoy being with their grandparents for a very long time. How to get there? How to reach the holy grail of ...