Jun 16
It’s been a refreshing experience seeing the Napa community outside enjoying the sun and participating in numerous forms of outdoor physical activity. The thirty-something-year-old parents can be seen throwing a ball to their offspring with their under ten years old kids. Volunteer parent coaches stand behind the rambunctious youth as they teach them how to …
Jun 05
“How much water should I be drinking?” After completing a seventy-five-minute training session, one of our personal training clients, Ken, asked. “How much do you normally drink each day?” I replied. “Oh, about two of these.” Ken said after holding up a twenty-ounce portable water container. Before delving in further to a conversation covering advanced …
May 26
As the weather gets warmer, daylight fills the sky longer, and the first quarter of the year concludes, people begin to settle into new habits. New jobs, a fest set of classes at school, and new hobbies start to be ingrained in people’s lives. Along with new year habits, exercises are usually a new tactic …
Apr 17
Possessing a developed upper shoulder, chest, and triceps region means more than having the ability to sport a tank top on a seventy-eight-degree, sun-filled day in northern California. The musculature of the upper extremities has many valuable functions. In particular, the muscles responsible for arm extension are at the top of the list of essential …
Apr 13
One of our personal training clients was preparing for a ten-day vacation to the beaches of the Algarve in Portugal. As the aquamarine water surrounding cities threaded with historical roots awaited her arrival, she mentioned she wanted her body to feel and look spectacular for this monumental adventure. Shedding ten pounds and trimming up her …
Mar 28
Coming down with an illness is the last thing someone wants to be added to their life. If we turn on the news, we get reminded of every last number and data point of how sick our world is. A Pickleball colleague and I were practicing at the pristine Yountville Pickleball courts the other day. …
Feb 08
“I’m wound up so tight, you could play me like a violin.” exclaimed one of our personal training clients at the beginning of an exercise session. This client was a busy and successful insurance sales representative. In a life that was “pedal-to-the-medal” and required a “can’t stop, won’t stop” attitude, he developed tension in both …
Feb 03
Finals week. The week where time doesn’t exist. The only thing present in a college student’s mind during the last few weeks of school are the insurmountable emotions of anxiety and pressure to complete a ten-thousand-word essay, solving of timed calculus equations, and a few in-class presentations in front of peers enduring the same mental …
Feb 01
In a world where nutritionists, exercise physiologists, and award-winning biologists have filled our archives of knowledge with countless amounts of valuable dietary and food documents to refer to. It’s challenging to know what decisions to make on choosing foods that best support our quality of life. Scientists have proven that diets consisting predominantly of red …
Jan 02
“Weight loss is made in the kitchen, not the treadmill.” I overheard this comment during the start of my personal training career while working at a local gym many moons ago. To a degree, this was an accurate statement. The context of this conversation referred to the logic of consuming foods aiding weight loss by …
