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Key to Top Performance | Correcting Muscular Imbalances

July 31, 2011

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(re-posted from my performance training business site, prokineperformance.com) If a car has one tire that is misaligned, the car can drive with you putting extra pressure on the wheel to keep it straight. But over time, that action will wear down the car more, affecting everything from the frame of the car to gas mileage.… [Read more…]

Aren’t you thirsty?? Hydrating for life & for fitness

April 30, 2010

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 There’s a statistic for everything these days. And that’s good, they tell us a story about who we are, what we’re doing (or not doing), and even what we are value-ing these days. Apparently we don’t value one of the most critical life-giving things on this planet – water. 3.4 is the number of glasses of water… [Read more…]

RK Tip of the Week|Excuse me, but your fuzz is showing…what’s keeping you from moving well

April 28, 2010

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Did you know that you have fuzz on you? And not just in your belly button. Yeah, you know you just wondered if there’s any fuzz in your belly button right now, I’ll wait a minute if you want to check. Ok, ready now? So you ever go to workout but then hate it because you’re… [Read more…]

RK Tip of the Week|Charlie Sheen is your new workout buddy-New Workout for you!

January 13, 2010

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We make time for that which we value. And we overcome hurdles to ensure we have time for those things that valuable to us. We re-arrange things to get to spend more time with longtime friends in town for just the weekend…we scramble to finish work projects to make it to our kids’ band concert (no… [Read more…]

It hurts here…where you should foam roll

September 10, 2009

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Knees hurt: 1. stop wearing the ridiculous heels ladies or…2.roll calves, IT Band, inner thigh, quad, hamstring Low back hurts: 1. make sure you’re not a desk jockey for 12hrs straight &…2. roll glutes, erector spinae (the muscles that run vertically on either side of your spine from tailbone to neck Ankles hurt/ache: 1. stop… [Read more…]

Not just stretching – foam rolling!

September 10, 2009

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On your way to being optimally fit, you’re going to find your body getting achey on you. No – this is not “old age” as one 27-year-old thought as she sat in front of me wondering about her fitness level. Sigh. How does a 27 yr old think that their body is already on the… [Read more…]

Optimal anything starts with posture

September 10, 2009

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If there is one thing I have my mother to thank for, it is my basal need for myself and those around me to have perfect posture. I will never forget this music teacher mother of mine coming up behind me and pulling my shoulders back with the loving reminder, “no slouching!” What she instilled in… [Read more…]

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