I haven’t been blogging as much this summer. The heat must be getting to me. Today I am exhausted. Luckily I am able to take a break and stay cool in my air conditioned bedroom/office! I am long overdue for some R and R. The most important thing to be certain of on hot summer […]

Everyday I see people at the gym working out on the cardio machines with incorrect form! There is the gal who holds the handles on the treadmill, raises the incline to it’s highest and walks while reading - yikes! She is not working balance, proprioception and stability if she is holding on! Then there […]

I am off to the White Mountains later this afternoon for some weekend hiking and swimming. As far as I am concerned, exercising in the great outdoors and being in nature is the best experience to rejuvenate oneself! Although yesterday was a good day to exercise indoors at the gym or take a day off […]

I took a TRX Suspension Training Course today! A navy seal invented this convenient training system to prepare for the rigors and demands of combat. I don’t need to prepare for combat, but I am always looking for ways to kick my workout up a notch or two. I had been meaning to take this […]

Ah - there is something sweet when your coveted pair of old and tight jeans fit once again! I dug through my drawer and pulled out an old pair that I had out grown. No I didn’t get taller - a bit wider I’d say in the butt!!! Damn - is this what happens to […]

My golf lesson last Friday paid off as I tested my new grip at the driving range today. With an easy grip, a relaxed body and mind, I hit a bucket of balls only to miss a few. “Wow,” I thought to myself in disbelief, as I watched the balls land straight and far. I […]

It’s always interesting to notice people’s beliefs and attitudes about fitness. Some people think that optimum health and fitness are out of their reach, that one must be fit to exercise, an athlete, that it’s work, it’s too hard, it’s no use, it takes too much time and energy or it’s an investment etc. These […]

Many of us have been guilty of focusing on the external rewards of exercise such as looking good, or muscular or the ability to wear a tight fitting pair of jeans. One of the most important and often overlooked aspects of the exercise payoff are the emotional rewards.
I work with clients who suffer from […]

May is the month that my mother died at the age of 59. On May 19th, it will be 21 years since her death. She died of a stroke. This was an unexpected and devastating loss. My mother was a brilliant, multi-talented and passionate woman who suffered from debilitating depressions. The kind of depressions that […]

During the month of May I am going to blog about mental health. Let me start by saying that there is a connection between mental and physical health. What manifests itself as depression - an emotional state can create inertia in the mind and physical body. What I am trying to say is that an […]