6 Simple Strategies To Build a Strong Foundation for Your Health and Fitness Success (part 2 of 6) Are you confident that you have good Posture habits? Are the curves of your spine in the right places? Do you have any annoying aches, pains, or chronic injuries? ...
Exercise and Fitness
Health and Fitness Success: 6 Simple Strategies To Build a Strong Foundation
(part 1 of 6) What Are Your Specific Health and Wellness Goals? The foundation of achieving health and fitness success involves several key strategies to ensure your workout program is lifestyle friendly and effectively getting you the results you desire. Whether your...
Abs vs. Thighs: Maximizing Effective Pilates Ab Work for Core Conditioning – Oblique’s vs. Quads
Part 6 of 6 in the series of articles about Abs vs. Thighs If you've been following the series of articles I've written on Abs vs. Thighs for improving Pilates exercise technique and core conditioning, this is the final post in this series of articles on Abs vs....
Chin Up Exercises Aren’t Just for Men – Everybody Needs Strong Arms & Shoulders
I love how things pop up when you least expect them! I made a commitment to myself to get strong enough in 2012 to do ten chinup exercises! It’s the middle of April and so far with my own training plan, I’m up to four reps. Slow and steady progress…I’m going to...
Abs vs. Thighs: Preparatory Exercises to Help Find the Abs & Relax the Hip Flexors for Effective Core Strengthening
***This article is the 2nd in a series of Abs vs. Thighs to improve core strengthening. Click on the link, If you missed the first article “Abs vs. Thighs: Which Muscles Are Really Working To Strengthen Your Core”to start at the beginning of this series for all the...
ACSM Top 20 Fitness Trends for 2012
According to an article in the Huffington Post, the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) has ranked the top 20 fitness trends for 2012. A survey was completed by 2,620 ACSM certified fitness professionals. While some things have remained the same, Pilates is...
The Benefits of Using a Fitness Journal to Track Your Exercise Consistency
Have you ever used a Fitness Journal to log your exercise and fitness workouts? It can be so helpful to keep an exercise log to document your progress and help keep you accountable to reach the goals you’ve set for improving your health & wellness. Workout...
Avoid Knee Pain – Patella Tracking Exercise Tips
I posted a video on the Centerworks YouTube channel: Knee Exercises to Strengthen Muscles Around the Patella to Avoid Knee Pain, and it's been one of the highest viewed videos on my channel. Thanks to everyone that's tuned in for this knee exercise tip! Today, I...
The Pilates Method
Pilates is whole-body-commitment to improve whole-body health for Every Body! A Pilates workout program is one of the best ways to improve your whole-body health and in a very unique way it can help you get in touch with your body, mind, and spirit. As a mind-body...
Stretching and Flexibility
When you plan time for your fitness workouts, do you take the time to stretch? It seems like the priority for exercise is always to get a good long cardio session in and make it all the way through a strength training routine in the amount of time "blocked off" for a...