Nutrition DIY - Introduction in How to Sprout I find that sprouting is a super easy nutrition DIY project. If you have children or grandchildren, it's a fun activity to learn about how seeds grow, and very affordable to do. I am going to talk you through how to sprout...

Stretching is good for everyoneIn high school I could not touch my toes. It was a real struggle, but I was incredibly active. You name the sport, I played it. Then one day I picked up a yoga book by Beryl Bender Birch called "Power Yoga". I was flipping through books...

Nutrition Matters Nutrition is about energy balance. We gain weight when the energy consumed is greater than our energy needs. Conversely when our energy needs are greater than our energy consumed, we lose weight. Our weight stays the same when the energy consumed is...

Stress, Recovery, Adaption Training is based on the process of applying physical stress, recovering from that stress, and thereby adapting to the stress such that life may continue under the conditions that include the applied stress. The human body is remarkably...

A "Functional Approach" to fitness? A functional approach to fitness is training your muscles to work together and preparing them for better movement quality when at work, home, etc. For example, I don't train clients to use their body solely to learn a set of random...

Things You Can Do To Help Back PainI am always reading books on fitness and one of the leading experts on spinal health and rehabilitation is Stuart McGill. Here are some great tips to help with Back Pain. If you experience back pain, here are some things that you can...

My Favorite Exercise for Building Total Body StrengthThere are different schools of thought as to how to continue to build muscular strength called resistance training. There is the use of body weight exercises only as a form of resistance and there is the use of...

Movement is LifeEverything in my mind as far as fitness is concerned breaks down to movement. If you are a power lifter, you perform movement. If you are a dancer, you perform movement. Also, if you are a yogi, you perform movement. You name the fitness craze, chances...