At 70 It Is Time to Manage the Inevitabilities of Aging, Robin Johnson – Testimonial At the age of seventy I retired from university and hospital practice: it was clearly time to realign mind and body to manage the inevitabilities of aging. I needed a personalized fitness experience to meet me where I was, get me…
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Holiday Eating Strategies Now that Thanksgiving has passed and Christmas season is in full swing, I thought it might be time to talk about holiday eating strategies to help you get through the holidays. Let’s start pre-party. Before you show up at a party, eat at home. That way you won’t be as hungry when…
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Ready for the Holidays? The holiday marathon season is here. Are you ready for the Holidays? This time of year is always full of family, fun, and food! All are great in moderation, but I think we can agree all are also painful when not done in moderation. And the holiday season makes it so…
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Appreciate What You Have and Realize Your “BETTER” Life With everything that occurs in this world, it is easy to become so numb and affected by the bad news you hear almost daily and not appreciate what you have. It is easy to get down on yourself and others, being the “Negative Nellie” at work…
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The Vertex Shuffle Its called the Vertex Shuffle and it goes something like this: After completing a set on the Leg Press, the client emits a dull whimper and slides her legs slowly off the footplate and onto the ground. After 15 seconds, they reach a position resembling standing and begins to go to the…
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Are You Working Hard Enough? I actually had something else in mind to write my blog about this week, but Dwayne sent something out to the Vertex team that really inspired me and I wanted to continue the discussion. What he sent was a video of an interview with Mavericks owner and self-made billionaire Mark…
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Practice Makes Perfect or Nature or Nurture? This has been something that has puzzled me for years; Can hard work and determination overcome God given natural ability? I’m sure when you can remember being young, trying something new and wondering why someone was better at something that you were? Heck that’s something I still look around and…
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Spondylolisthesis Spondylolisthesis is a condition in which one vertebra slips either forward or backward on an adjacent vertebra. There are three types of spondylolisthesis:congenital spondylolisthesis (means your were born with it), isthmic spondylolisthesis (overuse-think football lineman and gymnasts), and degenerative spondylolisthesis (by far the most common type). The most common symptom is generalized lower back…
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Success in Wealth and Health: More Similar Than You Think At an early age my parents taught me the importance of saving money and investing for the future. These conversations, although the best advice and information they could give me at the time, never really resonated. Why you ask? Lets face it, kids and long-term…
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The Importance of Work Ethic in Maintaining Your Health To succeed at anything, you have to work for it. Nothing of value comes easy. Whether its a higher paying job, weight loss or muscle growth, the value of work ethic still applies. You have to work through the rough patches to achieve the goals you…
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