Fitness Fridays #7: How to get rid of a pain in the neck

It was the summer of 2003 and I was in Maine on vacation. I sat down with some friends for a meal and picked up a fork with my left-hand and went to eat my salad.  From nowhere the pain in my left shoulder felt like someone had stabbed me with a knife. This pain ... Read more →

Fitness Fridays #6: Can You Last Three Minutes? At the Office?

Can you last 3 minutes?  One hundred and eighty seconds. Five percent of an hour… Surprisingly most of our population can not—or really, will not—when it comes to exercise. I know, nobody has any time. We work lots of hours, commute to and from work. Spend “quality time” with the family. Eat. Sleep. Wake up and do ... Read more →

Fitness Friday Exercise Tips #5: CAUTION: DO NOT BENCH PRESS. It could cost you!

Ever since I started strength training way back in 1983, I’ve been told how the wonderful the bench press was to build your chest and carve your physique. To this day people ask me, “how much do you bench?” It’s clearly a testosterone thing. I was more concerned with my batting average and if I ... Read more →

Fitness Fridays Exercise Tips #4: Holding Stick Crunch for Tightly Trained Abdominals

Since I was a child, I have heard people say, I must lose my gut.  The theory was that if one did sit-ups or crunches, The fat would eventually disappear. Are you kidding me. If it took years to put on that tire that blocks the view to your feet, how in the world would ... Read more →

Fitness Fridays #3: Shoulder Extension Using the Medicine Ball to Build Strength

There are many reasons why you might have had it. The two most common are over-training and under-training. In addition, there are accidents, sports injuries, hereditary problems, age-related issues, and on and on… Allow me to give you some background on the shoulder. The Shoulder this is an example of the ‘ball and socket’ (or ... Read more →

Fitness Fridays Exercise Tip #2: Look up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s your Healthy Back!

If you have, what did you do? See a chiropractor? Visit the medical doctor? Take some kind of medicine, over the counter or prescription? Did you ever try strengthen and stretch your lower-back? Many people do, but then why do so many backs still ache? One Doctor had this to say: Strength and suppleness won’t help ... Read more →

Fitness Fridays Exercise Tip #1: Hip Internal / External Rotation Using the Swissball

The value of establishing proper strength and balance in the trunk muscles (the core stabilizers) when treating or preventing spinal problems is crystal clear. However, the hip muscles are often overlooked. The hip joint is intrinsically stable due to its construction as a ball in a deep socket, and is further enhanced by a very ... Read more →