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3.21 – Got Tight Calf/Ankles/Feet? Here’s your Troubleshoot! (part VI)
Hey all, my apologies for the hiatus, I’ve been swamped with clients, finishing off 2011 tax return stuff, car shopping, and in general trying not to tear hair out of my head! The result? – Client success rates still remain high – Tax return has been filed – Batta-bing, batta-boom: Yours truly is the owner of a 2010 Toyota 4Runner! I bought it for about $5000-$6000 less than the Kelly Blue Book value, and honestly, I couldn’t be happier with it… rides like a dream, fresh pair of brake pads, tinted windows, power everything, and it fits all my gear…
Read MoreGot Tight Calf/Ankles/Feet? Here’s your Troubleshoot! (part V)
We’re back to business with our series on the calf/ankles/feet. HERE we talked about some SMR techniques to ease pain and tension in compressed areas: Part IV Today we’ll talk a little about mobility and stability. If you ask me, these are the key players to consider when rehabilitating any injury, or even addressing training in general. Although they are on two sides of the spectrum, it is imperative that we: a) Assess the individual b) Find out what their limiting factors are in terms of relative mobility/stability in each plane of motion, c) Determine their degree of mobility/stability relative…
Read MoreGot Tight Calf/Ankles/Feet? Here’s your Troubleshoot! (part IV)
Aaaaaand were back again to continue our discussion on troubleshooting the foot/ankle/calf. But, before I begin, I was looking through some old posts that I had put up on the AG website, and I wanted to share a couple oldies but goodies that are similar to the topic on hand, only the focus was more solely on the foot. Some of the videos in there are very similar to the ones I’m putting up here, but using a different soft tissue implement. Here they are so you can check them out: Do Your Feet Look Like This? (part I) Do…
Read MoreJust Do It!
Let’s face it… for most people, getting back in shape is not easy, no matter who tells you it is. You can count on: -things getting tough, – muscle soreness – general discomfort as your body adapts to the new stresses you are placing on it. While pain is a subjective term for another blog post, and should be avoided while training, if you’re not uncomfortable, you’re most likely not growing (or losing). But guess what? There’s a light at the end of the tunnel, because you’re gonna make it. And, if you continually making a concerted effort to get…
Read MoreBelieve, Passion, Success.
Three powerful words indeed. For most people, the only thing that stands between a person and their goals is the will to try it and the faith to believe it can happen. Belief will fuel enthusiasm and enthusiasm ignites passion. Perseverance means showing up again and again, even if the distance between where you are now and where you want to be is overwhelming. Having simple, clearly defined steps along the way will maintain your perseverance, which will sustain your passion, and subsequently lead to successful outcomes. Let’s put that together a different way: Will + Faith = Belief Belief…
Read MoreWeight Management, Part V: If You Fail to Plan, You Plan to Fail (part B)
Back on track with our weight management series. In case you missed out, here are the previous four parts of our series: Part 1: “If You Do What You Always Did, You’ll Get What You Always Got” Part 2: Setting Emotional Goals Part 3: Start Easy, Build on Success Part 4: Mastering the “Basics” Part 5: If You Fail to Plan, You Plan to Fail (part A) So we’re continuing today talking about contingency planning, and how applying the concepts of “S.M.A.R.T.” to your contingency plan can have a tremendous impact on your success. Let’s go ahead and breakdown this…
Read MoreWeight Management Part V: If You Fail to Plan, You Plan to Fail! (part A)
Continuing our series today, we’ll talk about how to appropriately plan for goal achievement. In case you missed out, here are the previous four parts of our series: Part 1: “If You Do What You Always Did, You’ll Get What You Always Got” Part 2: Setting Emotional Goals Part 3: Start Easy, Build on Success Part 4: Mastering the “Basics” So, you’ve taken a long look at yourself in the mirror, and have come to the following conclusions: – You don’t like what you currently see – You realize that your current strategy is not serving you or getting you…
Read MoreWeight Management, Part IV: – Mastering the “Basics”
Hey all, hope the weekend went well. We’ll hop right into it today, continuing our series on weight management, today talking about what I consider to be “the basics” of weight management. Just like in anything else involving in life involving mastery, if you don’t have the basics down, you have no reason at all to go onto something more advanced. Before we begin though, in case you missed out, here are parts 1-3: Part 1: “If You Do What You Always Did, You’ll Get What You Always Got” Part 2: Setting Emotional Goals Part 3: Start Easy, Build on…
Read MoreWeight Mangement Part III: Start Easy, Build on Success
Anyway, today we’re gonna continue our post series on Weight Management, and in case you missed out, here’s part 1 and part 2. So here’s a question. How many of you have a friend** that, in a conscious effort to lose weight, decides to: – Cut dietary carbohydrate consumption in half – Immediately cut total caloric consumption to half of what they normally would eat – Start taking L-Carnitine, or other metabolism boosting supplements – Increase exercise training volume from 45 minutes 3x/week to 90-120 minutes per day, 5x/week – On top of that, add in an ADDITIONAL hour a day of cardio…
Read MoreWeight Management, Part II – Setting Emotional Goals
We’ll continue our series on weight management today (last time we talked about recognizing health behaviors that lead to less than stellar outcomes). Just think for a second about the last time you accomplished a significant goal that really meant something to you. What were your driving factors? Chances are, you had a lot more motivation coming from intrinsic factors as oppose to extrinsic factors. It goes like this: Extrinsic motivation has to do with goal achievement behaviors that are external, or outside of yourself. The driving force can come from approval from others, trophies, prizes, money, and other external factors.…
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