Category: Shoulder Pain Napa

New to Exercising, Shoulder Injury Prevention

The third month of the year is coming to an end.  For those of us who have embraced the tactic of consistently adhering to a new fitness routine and refining our health as a New Year resolution, the results of exercising regularly are probably starting to show.  Following ninety days of exercise one to three …

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Prioritizing Lower Body Strength

Completing a full-body resistance training exercise session introduces a plethora of benefits toward everyday functionality.  Movements featuring productive exercise-induced stress on the lower extremity, core, and upper extremity have historically demonstrated how they assist in optimizing the ability to move more efficiently, avoid injury, reduce physical pain from previous injuries, and bolster the interactions within …

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Eat the Right Foods at the Right Times

“Six packs start in the kitchen,” Felix told me as I was gulping down my protein shake after a two-hour training session and I waited for my dad to pick me up from the gym at seven o’clock in the evening.  One-hundred-pound dumbbell chest press, fifty-pound dumbbell curls, and five-hundred-pound leg presses weren’t an unusual …

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A Brief Tour of The Core Muscles

The nuts and bolts holding together the framework of houses and buildings create a strong structural integrity to stay upright for a very long time.  Looking at the oldest building in Napa, the Old Adobe building has a framework that lasted well over a hundred years.  A building that was built back in the mid-1800s …

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Reduce Stress by Completing the Hardest Part of Your Day

The stress and demands of everyday life can cause our bodies and minds to endure stress of various degrees.  Clocking in to work for an eight to ten-hour shift, putting out a fire at your job, keeping tabs on our children’s progression in a school, or navigating through the intricate labyrinth of financial logistics to …

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Balance to Correct Imbalances

Balance can be defined as the even distribution of weight in which an object can stay upright.  A human’s ability to possess optimal balance is essential to be productive in everyday life.  The skill to correct imbalance is a commonly overlooked theme when lack of balance is an issue to someone’s ability to move.  Losing …

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The Lifelong Journey of Managing Knee Pain

“It’s basically bone-on-bone and there’s nothing I can do.”  said Alphonse during his initial consultation.  “The doctors told me that I’m old and all my cartilage is gone.  So, I’m probably going to have to get knee replacements and give up hiking, golfing, and hunting.” Alphonse reached out to utilize our personal training services to …

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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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A New Year of Strength… Where do we Begin?

The first week of the 2024 calendar year has been successfully recorded.  For a local commercial gym employee, this could be one of the most stimulating weeks of the season.  A young front desk representative is likely to observe the flood of excited humans eager to achieve their New Year’s resolution fitness goals come flooding …

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New Years Fitness Routines for Beginners

The holiday season features a multitude of cultural festivities centered around spending time with loved ones, taking time off to be thankful for what the world has granted us, and enjoying holiday-themed treats is coming to an end.  The new year 2024 is just around the corner and symbolizes a fresh start to many important …

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