by Tanya | Mar 6, 2017 | Functional Training, Healthy Lifestyle, Nutrition
With all my activity it’s no wonder my body aches – some days more than others. I was telling my health care practitioner and she recommended apple cider vinegar to help with muscle aches/pain. I completely forgot how she told me to take it and rather than...
by Tanya | Mar 3, 2017 | Functional Training, Video
Got your attention? LOL! The F-word! In the studio, the F-word is “foam rolling”. HaHa, had you wondering didn’t I? Foam is a nasty 4-letter word if your muscles are tight or you have pain. You might even let out some other 4-letter words while you...
by Tanya | Jan 29, 2017 | Functional Training, Healthy Lifestyle
I was doing laundry and noticing that I have an array of sizes in my drawers. No lie – I have a SMALL, MEDIUM, and a LARGE in my workout pants and shirts! How can one body, the same body, fit into all three sizes? I wonder that often myself! That’s why...
by Tanya | Jan 16, 2017 | Functional Training, Healthy Lifestyle
Body mass index (BMI) and body fat are very different measures of obesity/health. Unfortunately they are all too often used interchangeably. Last year my Doctor told me I was borderline Overweight (based on BMI). Based on height and weight measures, I do weigh...
by Tanya | Jan 14, 2017 | Functional Training, Healthy Lifestyle
I learned a new word recently, body diversity. BODY DIVERSITY. Think about it for a minute. Body diversity. That’s a great word! That wording promotes acceptance of differences in bodies! While the media embraces individual differences in many realms, body...
by Tanya | Jan 10, 2017 | Functional Training
Last week I talked about bracing. Bracing aligns your body properly. Thus, bracing is a part of maintaining good posture. Most of the time we don’t think about our posture until we hear someone say “stand up straight” or “pull your shoulders...
