In some cases, any movement is better than none. In most cases, however, combining imbalanced and misaligned movement with resistance eventually leads to discomfort and injury. As a health and exercise professional, you can help your clients avoid this pitfall by knowing how to cue both inner-body awareness and outer movement when guiding your clients…
Just like the ABCs of a language, there are the ABCs of physical activity. The fundamental movement skills that make up the ABCs of physical activity can be broken down into three categories: 1. Locomotor skills: Running, jumping, hopping and skipping 2. Object-control skills: Catching, throwing, kicking and bouncing 3. Stability skills: Balancing, twisting, rotation…
Energize your body and awaken your mind— no caffeine required. Start your morning off right with this time-efficient and thoughtfully designed at-home yoga routine. With a combination of invigorating breathing techniques and dynamic variations of postures, this sequence is designed to enhance stability and mobility, heighten awareness and prepare you for whatever your day may…
March is National Nutrition Month, an annual campaign sponsored by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics to provide education around the pivotal role nutrition plays in overall health. The 2017 theme is “Put Your Best Fork Forward,” which helps inspire us to strive to make every bite count. Small changes can add up to big…
By Design takes a closer look at the world of design, in moments big and small. IN 1919, THE Czech American architect Antonin Raymond and his wife and creative partner, the French-born American artist Noémi Raymond, traveled to Tokyo to help Frank Lloyd Wright construct the Imperial Hotel. While working on the project, they decided…
Do you tell your clients to “squeeze those glutes” or “tighten that core” during the execution of an exercise? These cueing techniques are spoken everywhere from physical therapy clinics to high-performance facilities across the globe. Presumably, the goal is to ensure that the participant is appropriately using the target movers and/or stabilizers for the task…
Your genes don’t tell your story—what is between them does. Your genetic make-up is a little like being given a car that you didn’t get to choose. Your genes might determine what kind of car you get, its quality and some of its specific features. All cars have a steering wheel, four tires, an engine,…
February is American Heart Month—a great time to learn more about behaviors that can keep your heart strong and healthy. It’s also the perfect time to enjoy a heart-centered yoga practice. Yoga philosophy suggests that there are seven major chakras (or energy centers) in the body that affect not only the physical self, but also the…
Hunger is the body’s signal indicating the biological need for food, but most of us often eat for reasons that reflect other forms of hunger. Have you ever walked into a movie theatre and ordered a large popcorn, even though you’re still full from lunch? Or soothed a broken heart with a tub of rocky…
For as long as humans have been making bread, we’ve been looking for ways to use up the leftovers. In medieval Europe, thrifty cooks began softening stale ends with boiling water, adding sugar and spices and baking the mixture into bread pudding. In the time since, nearly every culinary culture has developed its own spin…