Fighting Sugar Cravings
Drawing on the advice of my personal nutritionist (Jill), I recently completed a month-long period in which I attempted to totally cut my consumption of refined sugar. I was undertaking … Continue reading
Strong Like Bull.
To combat her hyper-mobility issues, Jill has been given some exercises from our friends at Timberlane Physical Therapy. It was the therapeutic recommendation of Leslie Bell, DPT, that Jill become … Continue reading
Proprioception: Cultivating your Superpowers
Full disclosure here, folks: I first became interested in proprioception because it sounds like something you’s find in an X-Men comic book. And while the realities of proprioception may not … Continue reading
Montage in the Making: Getting Jill in Shape
Jill and I braved the extremely snowy Vermont weather today to get over to our neighborhood fitness and martial arts center, Combat Fitness! I sometimes supervise classes at Combat Fitness, … Continue reading
Gastrocnemius Strengthening!
In my recent post regarding the Gastrocnemius, we learned a little bit about the function of this muscle and one simple method of stretching and relaxing it via autogenic inhibition. … Continue reading
Muscle of the Week: Gastrocnemius
As we pointed out last week with a bit of help from The Onion: bones are cool. We at Level Up maintain our position on this issue, and earnestly hope … Continue reading
A Brief Introduction to Tai Chi as an Exercise Practice
As you can probably tell from the pictures on this blog, I’m a big proponent of practicing Tai Chi. In my experience, the slow, fluid, and circular movements of Tai … Continue reading
