by Tanya | Jan 12, 2017 | Healthy Lifestyle
Each of us has strengths and weaknesses in our personality, and our bodies. Unfortunately, most the time it is our weaknesses that we talk about. Why? Why only talk about our weaknesses, the things we’re not so proud of or the things we want to improve? Not in a...
by Tanya | Jan 6, 2017 | Functional Training, Healthy Lifestyle
Recently I spent the day with my brother and sister and their families. My brother and sister and I all have the same parents and grew up in the same house, yet we’re all different! Our DNA would suggest that we’d be more similar than we are, yet we are...
by Tanya | Dec 31, 2016 | Functional Training, Healthy Lifestyle
Torque simply means rotational force. Simple, yet complicated, yet simple. LOL! Our body is a system of levers that move in all different directions. Your hip and shoulder joints are ball and socket joints so they can move in all directions. Think, “loosey...
by Tanya | Dec 30, 2016 | Functional Training, Healthy Lifestyle
Such a complicated group of words for a simple concept. Load order sequencing teaches you how to create tension and organize your body into a good position to avoid movement errors (doing it wrong). Basically, the joint you move first will carry the biggest share of...
by Tanya | Dec 29, 2016 | Functional Training, Healthy Lifestyle, Video
Often you will hear me say “tighten your core” or “tuck your butt under”. That’s my version of BRACING. It all means the same thing: aligning your spine and the rest of your body so that you can create a strong foundation from which to...
by Tanya | Jul 27, 2016 | Healthy Lifestyle, Nutrition
Before I left Boston in 2009, a client gave me a book called Omnivore’s Dilemma byMichael Pollan. It was an absolutely amazing read!! Since we were opening the Pizza Barn, it was perfectly timed! Michael Pollan is MY food guru about revolutionizing how we think...
