ALL GAIN, NO PAIN has been out a little over a month now, so it’s time to take a look as your measures of progress, or as described in the book, Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s for short, Chapter 20). What KPI’s are you currently tracking to measure changes and progress? Food intake? Assessment tests? […]
All Gain No Pain
Dr. House + The Batman, Anchors, and Triggers
On the weekends, The Gorgeous One and I will sit quietly and read for a few hours together with 70’s greatest hits playing the in the background. Every once in a while, a song comes on that triggers a fond memory of my childhood. I never realized how many of those songs I know quite […]
Learning (AKA Behavior Change) Occurs at the Point of Struggle
I recently had a patient who was also managing recovery from PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder). As part of his recovery program, he was prescribed exercise and meditation. I had to smile as this may be the most brilliant of prescriptions on many levels and for many reasons, not mention that it reinforces the No Pain […]
What book would you gift to someone trying to improve their life?
Changing your lifestyle is more about how our brain works, how we learn, and our behaviors than it is about the workout, the diet, or any of the specifics. That’s not to say that the specifics don’t have importance as they are the executables that ultimately represent the change. One of the keys to making […]
ALL GAIN, NO PAIN Knee Pain Solution for Lunges and Split Squats
If you experience knee pain during lunges or split squats, it’s often not tight quads or hip flexors. Many times it that the quads are working overtime to stabilize the pelvis because your hip musculature is incapable of doing so. Foam rolling and stretching will typically fail or provide only a partial or temporary solution. […]