This week is National Health Week. As far as I am concerned - every week is national health week!
Newsweek recently featured a compelling cover story entitled “Exercise and the Brain.” Yes - it’s true exercise can make you smarter. This is something that I have always suspected. I suggest that you read the articles in […]

1.  “Training is hard work.”
Training can certainly be hard, but it should not be perceived as work! Good training is challenging, appropriate and enjoyable. For example, I am doing 6 repetitions of 30 second side planks as part of my physical therapy program and it is hard. I am exhausted by the last one.  However, I am getting results […]

6.  “I have to train hard or long to get results - no pain, no gain.”
response: I want to debunk this myth right now, unless you are an elite athlete and you need to do so safely and wisely with the aid of a coach or an athletic trainer! In fact, overtraining is unhealthy and pain is […]

My brother arrived on Saturday morning from San Francisco eagerly anticipating his first Boston Marathon. As he carefully unpacked and showed me his gear, we conversed at length over what to wear, considering the severe weather alert on the forecast. We even made a special trip in the hard rain to Marathon Sports to consult with one […]