by Andrew Schaeffer | Aug 5, 2019 | Fitness
“Oh, I’m really not so sure about that,” she said. ‘She’ is my eighty-four-year-old client and that’s what she said to me in our first session together. We had just finished a set of deadlifts at twenty-five pounds, which felt like a lot to her, and I had announced...
by Andrew Schaeffer | Jul 14, 2019 | Fitness, Social Good
I have an over seventy, female client who owns three kettlebells that she keeps in her building’s gym. They weigh thirty-five, forty-five, and sixty-five pounds. So when one of her fellow tenants complained in a board meeting that the kettlebells in the gym are too...
by Andrew Schaeffer | Jul 1, 2019 | Fitness, Social Good
By Keith Allaway At eight years old I made the first of many poor life decisions. Standing in the middle of our kitchen I took a stab at establishing some independence, telling my mother, who was lecturing me over some minor infraction, that she should “get stuffed.”...
by Andrew Schaeffer | May 27, 2019 | Fitness, Social Good
When you view health and wellness as a journey towards being better, rather than an either/or proposition, you give yourself the chance to finally get somewhere with your fitness endeavors. You Must Learn What Doesn’t Work As my clients all know, I have recently begun...
by Andrew Schaeffer | May 22, 2019 | Fitness, Social Good
When it comes to movement, athletes get all the glory in our society. But the fact is, everyday life is filled with movement and just like in sport the smoother, stronger, more powerful it is the better! This is why training can make such a difference in your life. It...
by Andrew Schaeffer | May 19, 2019 | Fitness, Strength
There is a lot of interest in being strong out there. More people are engaging in weight training, be it in the barbell vein like Crossfit, or free weight exercises in the gym, or group fitness. The growing popularity is a good thing because strength is a hugely...
