From Running Shoes To Lifting Shoes – What You Need To Know
Determining what shoes to wear for exercise can be tricky. The best way to approach it is the same way you think about training—ask yourself what the goal is. With that in mind, here are three common shoe types, what they do, and why you may or may not want to use...
What You Need To Know About Your Feet
Do you ever wonder how to take care of your feet? Are running shoes with lots of cushion best, or minimal shoes? What’s the deal with barefoot running? How about insoles? These are common questions, and good ones, but to understand the answer you need to first know a...
Healthy Aging Isn’t Just Maintenance, It’s Also Growth
As more people live into their seventies, eighties, nineties, and beyond it is important to view our health and fitness not merely as a way of keeping disease (and love-handles) at bay. Healthy aging is also about growth and development. The World Health Organization...
Balance Training Requires Strength, Power, And Mobility Work
If you’ve ever spun around in a circle until you were too dizzy to walk straight then you understand the role of the inner ear when it comes to balance. But did you know that balance is not just related to this system? It also has to do with your body’s physical...
What’s Good About Your Bad Habits?
In fitness we are used to talking about “good” and “bad.” Foods, workout routines, sleeping patterns, lifestyle habits—they all get categorized as either “good” or “bad.” But what if the things that go in the “bad” box also have something good about them? Would that...
Posture Is The Real Reason Sitting Is Bad For Your Health
There have been a lot of studies and articles declaring how bad sitting is for you. Sitting is the new smoking, they say. It’s all probably a bit over-sensationalized, however, there is one thing that is undeniable: sitting is not helping your posture. And it isn’t...