Category: Hiking in Napa Valley

Starting a Fitness Journey, Take Small Bites

Our fitness center had the privilege to expand another fourteen hundred square feet this past year.  The addition of a hallway, another bathroom, two office suites, and about eight hundred additional square feet to utilize for one-on-one personal training activities gave our coaching team the potential to invite more people into our business and offer …

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Holiday Leftovers-Portion Control

The magnificent spread of Thanksgiving food dishes we recently shared with our family, friends, and loved ones displays an image of food akin to a celebration one might see at a royal wedding.  Mashed potatoes are laced with butter, heavy whipping cream, and sour cream, and for those of us who want to apply more …

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Managing Weight Gain Over The Holidays

The last two months of the year lay claim to the most relaxing times.    Gatherings of friends, families, and loved ones occur frequently throughout our society as the year comes to a close.  Along with the joy the end of the year brings and the anticipation the new year has on the horizon, people come …

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Muscles of Scapular Stabilization: Take Care of your Shoulder Blades

Gymnasts have some of the most impressive body mechanics in the athletic world.  Standing on top of a thin beam with their arms projected out elegantly, their legs are positioned in a precise manner to ensure an undisturbed sense of balance, their back maintains an upright position demonstrating anatomical alignment, their head sits atop their …

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Lower Back Pain Solutions 101- Pelvic Tilt Exercises

Lower back pain is one of the most common physically debilitating ailments experienced in today’s society.  Symptoms such as pressure and tightness in the thoracic and lumbar regions of the spine affect the population in a variety of presentations.  Dull pain in the lower back when getting out of bed in the morning, stiffness when …

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Staying Active to Reduce Stress

“I’ve been busy” Is a common term in response to the question “How’s life been?”  Our everyday lives include a plethora of activities that keep us occupied.  Whether it be the busy life of a parent, forty-plus hours a week of dedication to our jobs, or a sleep-deprived student staring at a pile of assignments …

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Fun and Safe Exercises to Keep you Going

Light gray clouds brush across the sky during the brisk, damp winter mornings of Napa as we enter the year’s closing months.  “This year just flew by,” can be heard from our peers when Halloween concludes.  Following the celebration of dressing up in creative costumes and as the trick-or-candy hits the clearance rack at grocery …

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Managing Chronic Pain and Overcoming Fear of Exercise

Chronic pain presents itself in a wide range of symptoms throughout the general population.  Degenerative bone disease, recovering from significant orthopedic surgeries, or joint misalignments are some conditions contributing to prolonged periods of pain.  Chronic pain can be defined as a symptom of unresolved physical pain that has negatively affected the productive functionality of a …

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Back Pain and Everyday Life

The trials and tribulations of life present themselves in various ways where we can expect to prepare for them or randomly when we least expect it.  Our society consistently manages the scales of financial status, human relations, and psychological health.  A few top contributors requiring a substantial amount of time include paying the bills, maintaining …

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Hot Summers and Hydration

As I drive north bound up Highway 29, I always take a deep breath and notice how nice I have it.  Vineyards lace the countryside with a gradient of vibrant green and umber rows of grape vines.  The eastern hills offer majestic rocky formations below the tip of the Stag’s Leap hiking trail.  To the …

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