David Piggott

Types of stretching, Why stretch, When to stretch, and How to stretch. *BEFORE STARTING ANY OF THE STRETCHES PLEASE SEEK APPROVAL FROM YOUR PHYSICIAN" Types of stretching: Dynamic Stretching- Usually done before exercise as a warmup. Gently taking a joint through movement ranges gradually incorporating more demanding movement patterns, small movements to larger patterns. This type of warmup should progress to mimicking the particular activity you are warming up for. Active St

Take time, get a healthy snack, cut your reading tunes on, and enjoy the knowledge I wish to share with you. As you read I want you to think about how this information can apply to you and how it can help you achieve your goals. Health Benefits Of Running Aides in disease prevention Boost Immune System Improves Aerobic Efficiency (Central, Peripheral) Weight Loss “Positively enhances metabolic makeup” Relieves Stress / Fights Depression Bone Integrity (Weight Bearing Benefits

STOP doing it! Damn straight, stop putting your WEIGHTon that SCALE. Often we value the weight on the scale, it determines our happiness and success in health and fitness. I wish for everyone to stay away from scales. A pound of muscle weighs more than a pound of fat. FALSE. A pound weighs a pound. One of the reasons muscle is beneficial is because it takes up less space. Fat on our bodies tends to take up more space. Here is an example, 45-15% body fat. What is important is

"RELAX IN THE MOMENT. YOU WILL NEVER GET THIS TIME BACK" It's simple, a healthy mobile body will allow you to enjoy the vastness of life. Foam rolling is a tool you can use in the leisure of your home to help prevent injury and nullify tight muscles. It takes 5-10 minutes and is a great way to decompress. The techniques we are focusing on today are simple. You pass over the muscles with the foam roller, When you feel tightness or tender spots simply rest your body and focus

It's fair we all have experienced calf tightness or pain at one time or another. The lower leg "calf" is a complex group of many muscles, today we will focus on some of the posterior muscles that are common sore spots. There maybe many reasons why you are having calf pain and if you are, you should seek professional medical guidance, like right now. Calf pain can be as nasty as a blood clot in disguise or something just as simple as muscle soreness. I take these things very s

Today's national yearly cost to treat back pain is over 20 billion dollars. If you have injured your back once you are more than likely to injure your back again. There is no one cause for back pain. Muscle weakness due to lack of exercise, poor exercise form, sedentary lifestyles, bad lifting mechanics, muscular imbalances and genetics all play a role in the onset of pain. OUCH! We have all heard it, "I was just reaching to pickup something off the floor and I felt a sharp s

Today's national yearly cost to treat back pain is over 20 billion dollars. If you have injured your back once you are more than likely to injure your back again. There is no one cause for back pain. Muscle weakness due to lack of exercise, poor exercise form, sedentary lifestyles, bad lifting mechanics, muscular imbalances and genetics all play a role in the onset of pain. OUCH! We have all heard it, "I was just reaching to pickup something off the floor and I felt a s