The brain works in interesting ways. Have you ever had the best intentions to stick to your eating plan, and then suddenly, you choose to eat something so far off your plan that you thought you’d never recover? Here’s what I mean. You’re out with friends for dinner. You look over the menu to create […]
Bill Hartman
What is good posture?
My second grade teacher, Mrs. Krewson, was rather militant about sitting at one’s desk with “good posture.” One was to sit on the front half of the chair, feet flat on the floor, spine upright, and fingers interlaced with palms and forearms down on the desk. (Oh, yeah… 45 years later and I STILL can’t […]
Breathing Exercises: Using your abdominal muscles for a successful inhalation [video]
Abs Move Air for Better Movement The influences of gravity and our anatomy establish a path of least resistance of airflow to the lower front of the lungs and ribcage. Your ability to exhale effectively is dependent on your ability to expel the air from this area. It is the abdominal muscles that strongly influence […]
Overcoming Resistance… The mental kind
The battle must be fought anew every day. – Steven Pressfield The War of Art is a book written by Steven Pressfield originally intended for writers, artists, and creative types to overcome the issues associated with starting and completing any new work or activity. The first third of the book (and most of the remainder) […]
One Arm Pulldown Variations
The ability to control and manipulate the pressures inside your body allow you to work against the external forces associated with gravity and those created by the demands of the task at hand in any daily or athletic movement. The better we are at pressure control, the better we tend to move. Asymmetrical and unilateral […]