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Staying Consistent When you Travel
Ever get back from a trip and think, "ugh, I really don't want to get on the scale"? Travel and/or vacations are often on the top of our...
Lisa Magnuson
Oct 19, 20213 min read
Using Sunlight to Help You Sleep
Podcasts are awesome. If you have to commute or like to go on walks alone, listening to podcasts is one of the best ways to keep yourself...
Lisa Magnuson
Oct 12, 20213 min read
How Important is Foam Rolling Really?
A great article came out this week from Dr. John Rustin regarding the myths and truths about foam rolling. If you are someone who swears...
Lisa Magnuson
Oct 6, 20211 min read
Improve Your Virtual Training Experience
When we started out using Zoom a year and a half ago we had never trained anyone online...... ever. It was a quick and steep learning...
Lisa Magnuson
Sep 28, 20214 min read
In A World Full of Hacks......
"10 things you can do to lose weight now" "5 quick ways to get in shape for summer" "Eat these 5 foods and you will shed belly fat fast"...
Lisa Magnuson
Aug 31, 20212 min read
Settling in and feeling grateful
We did it! After months of searching for the right home, weeks of prepping for the sale of our Newcastle house, and days of packing, we...
Lisa Magnuson
Aug 10, 20212 min read
It's gotta be a quick one this week.....
BUSY! Life is starting to pick up steam again. Kids are returning to sports; adults are going back to the office and people are going out...
Lisa Magnuson
Aug 2, 20212 min read
A Different Kind of Bucket List
We can use "buckets" for all sorts of analogies and idioms. There is the tried and true "bucket list', where your bucket is filled with...
Lisa Magnuson
Jul 26, 20213 min read
How to Fix a Shoulder Tweak
We often have aches and pains and minor tweaks that cause us to limit our range of motion for a while within a particular joint. This...
Lisa Magnuson
Jul 19, 20211 min read
Stay the Course
With vaccination rates rising and COVID-19 hospitalizations dwindling, our world is slowly and carefully opening back up. For the last 17...
Lisa Magnuson
Jul 6, 20212 min read
A New Phase
As most of you are aware, our family is making some BIG changes. We wanted to reach out this week through our weekly blog/wellness...
Lisa Magnuson
Jun 29, 20213 min read
Eat the seasonal bounty
It's that time of year again..... the fresh local strawberries and raspberries are popping up in flats for sale at your local farmer's...
Lisa Magnuson
Jun 22, 20212 min read
Recovery Training- Is there such a thing?
I have been doing a little blog writing on the side for an amazing company called "Fit My Foot". They specialize in making customized...
Lisa Magnuson
Jun 14, 20211 min read
Simple Exercise to Increase Shoulder Flexion
Last week we posted a video showing range of motion limitations in my shoulder flexion. This week we have a very short video that shows...
Lisa Magnuson
May 24, 20211 min read
The Shoulder is the Burden....
There is an epidemic of cranky shoulders and we want to help! Here is a quick video where Myles does a shoulder flexion and rotation...
Lisa Magnuson
May 17, 20211 min read
The Importance of "Dot Days"
Perhaps you remember this in the gym; prior to COVID shutting us down we had a spreadsheet print out up front with client's names on it...
Lisa Magnuson
May 10, 20212 min read
Add some "spring" to your step
You may have noticed the sun doesn't set until after 8pm now. This is a great time of year to go out and take a walk after dinner. Even...
Lisa Magnuson
May 2, 20212 min read
How to Address the Complexity of your Shoulder Joint
This week's challenge involves developing better motion through your shoulder joint. Your shoulder is a complex joint and is more...
Lisa Magnuson
Mar 29, 20211 min read
A year ago everything changed.......
Had you asked me a year ago if I thought all of our clients would willingly transition to virtual workouts I would have laughed and said...
Lisa Magnuson
Mar 15, 20212 min read
The dreaded second vaccine shot........
A year ago this week our world shrunk. Businesses started to close, travel bans were put into effect, and the spread of COVID-19 became a...
Lisa Magnuson
Mar 7, 20213 min read
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