Dave S. is one of my favorite humans. He’s a client at our gym IFAST in Indianapolis, but he began his story as a patient in my purple physical therapy room. He was dealing with back pain that began during workouts at another gym. Like many, he wasn’t broken, but pain severely curtailed his ability […]
All Gain No Pain
No Pain Principle #4: Rebuild Capacity
The act of performing aerobic exercise directly influences our stress response. As a side effect of our increasing heart rate during exercise, our heart secretes a hormone called atrial natrieuretic peptide. When this hormone reaches the brain, it directly reduces the impact of the stress response. Additionally, aerobic exercise promotes reduced tension in your muscles, […]
Foundations: Building Resistance
Webster provides us an excellent definition of resistance to lead into the All Gain Principles. Resistance is defined as the refusal to accept or comply with something; the attempt to prevent something by action or argument. I think this is an excellent representation of one of our goals as we age. We certainly can’t stop […]