Archive for the 'Fitness' Category

Do I Practice What I Preach?

What’s up guys. As many of you know I also teach Physical Education at a middle school and I can’t stress the importance of preparing yourself for success on a daily basis. The last 2 days have been 90 degress+ and I am in the sun and on my feet all day long. For me [...]

Weight Loss

You don’t get healthy by losing weight, you lose weight once you are healthy. Chew on that for a minute.

Do You Have Forward Head Posture

Good morning. Do you have head aches, neck pain, shoulder pain, breathing issues, low back pain, hip pain or constipation. Forward head posture can cause all of those issues. I know you all have seen people who when you look at them their head and neck stick way out front of their torso. Enjoy the [...]

Meet JP Sears/Primal Movement Patterns

Good Friday to you all. Check out this video of JP Sears from the CHEK Institute putting me through a quick primal movement pattern workout. To learn more about JP click here. He has been training me for the past 4 years and he is the best in the business. We will be have a [...]

My Work-”Out” and Work-”In” Schedule

Good morning people. Alot of people ask what do I do for exercise. I definatley like to mix in “working-in” and “working-out”. Below is my last 7 days of activities. I like to stay functional in all the primal pattern movements(push, pull, twist, bend, lunge, squat, gait) which I will be covering in more detail [...]

6 Types Of Stress

Surf/Movement

Inner Unit- Transverse Abdominis(TVA), Diaphragm, multifidus, pelvic floor Outer Unit- Rectus Abdominis( 6 pack), Internal and External Obliques(muscles along the sides of your torso), Erector Spinae(larger muscles along spine) Transverse Abdominis(TVA) -your natural weight belt, stabilizes the core, major stabilizer of the low back. -the transverse abdominis(TVA), multifidus, and pelvic floor muscles are on the [...]

Time To Move People

Did you know that lack of movement can lead to chronic aches and pains. Lack of movement starves the muscles and joints for water, nutrition, and oxygen. It also leads to waste generated by those tissues is not removed very effectively. This makes it difficult for the tissues to repair themselves from the wear and [...]

Working-In While On Vacation

Top of the morning to you. Below is a short video of me working-in on my vacation to Washington and Oregon last week. I made a conscious effort to take a break from working-out and let me body rest and repair for 8 days. During the week I went on slow walks, yoga, stretching, breathing [...]

Weight Loss Shows On TV

I have been watching some of those popular weight loss shows on TV recently and I had to give you my 2 cents on what I see. It drives me crazy when I watch these trainers just kill the participants on the show with tons of cardio, cardio, cardio, weight lifting, and more cardio until [...]