Category: Napa Tenacious Fitness

Simple Exercises to Improve Life as we Age

As humans circle the sun, adding another year to their lives, some things remain the same, while others change. Thanks to the discovery of our buddy Isaac Newton in the late 1600s, we know that the presence of gravity remains constant.  Until our sun goes into a supernova a few million years from now, we’re …

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Weight Loss Goals and Focusing on What is in Reach

Reduction of subcutaneous fat mass, decreasing cholesterol, looking sleek and trim to fit into your best friends brides maid outfit she intends for you to wear in three months at her wedding, getting ready for a cruise through Greece in the Mediterranean basin, or simply losing some pounds to feel better physically, emotionally, and mentally …

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Regaining Confidence after a Knee Injury

Our knees are one of the most critically important components of our bodies, allowing us to perform a vast number of human functions throughout the experiences we participate in while we exist on Earth.  Along with the ability to eat, breathe, see, and hear, humans are granted an ability that we depend on more than …

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Refinements in Balance Using Safe and Effective Exercises

              Have you ever felt a little imbalanced first thing in the morning?  For instance, bending down to put your socks on followed by tying your shoe laces might be a little slower than normal, traversing a set of stairs might seem like your body is shifting more lateral than usual, or bending down to …

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Strength Training Using Gravity and Bodyweight as a Form of Resistance

              Research has shown that strength training helps people be more productive, live in less pain, and mitigate the detrimental effects that aging may have on the body.  Adhering to a consistent and effective form of resistance training can be beneficial to humans at any point in their lives.  Whether it be a young child …

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Keeping Fit in a Foreign Land

A few months of telling clients, fellow coaches, and friends that I’d be leaving the continent for three weeks to embark on a much-desired trip to a faraway land have finally come to fruition.  Being fortunate enough to be able to travel and take a hiatus from my normal daily work life has been a …

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More Like a Gift, Less Like a Chore: Sustainable Cycles of Exercise

Eating healthier, getting more sleep, being more productive, and reducing stress in all aspects of life, including family, professional, and recreational sectors, are essential components that support our most cherished goals and responsibilities.  Health-related goals, such as maintaining a reasonable body weight and regulating metabolic parameters, including optimal insulin and cholesterol levels, help support people’s …

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Becoming Comfortable Getting Up From the Ground

Before the time chairs were invented and humans needed to get up and down from the ground, in the time when dinosaurs roamed the Earth, I would assume that activities requiring a flat surface, sitting, and sleeping mainly happened on the ground.  I’m sure cavemen and cavewomen probably had the sense to use rocks to …

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Managing Arthritis and Osteoporosis- Strong Muscles Lead to Strong Bones

“My joints make some exciting noises when I get out of bed in the morning,” commented one of our personal training clients, Natalia.  “See?  Watch this,”  Natalia added as if demonstrating a magic trick.  Natalia bent down to pick her exercise mat off the ground, and a few grinding and popping sounds could be heard …

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Finding Time to Exercise when Time is at a Premium

Acquiring a membership to a local gym, attending small group fitness classes, or signing up for personal training has proven time and time again to aid in refining an individual’s health and fitness.  Building muscular strength, redistributing fat mass to lean muscle, enhancing mood, staving off risk factors for metabolic disease, managing stress, and contributing …

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