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How to Build the Perfect Golf Swing

In order to create a solid impact position, a golfer need to make a mechanical action that reaches various positions.  One of the top swing flaws is ‘paralysis by analysis’ which destroys the natural flow of the swing.  Many golfers make the critical mistake of trying to manipulate the golf club into certain positions on [...]

ExerGames: Not Just Another Health Craze!

Active video games otherwise known as Exergames are being touted as the ultimate cure for obesity. Refreshing, since everyone is still looking for that magic diet pill!  In contrast to traditional video games, this “active entertainment gaming system allows players to experience various activities such as bowling, fishing, tennis and golf in a virtual world” [...]

The Tennis Serve Technique

The Tennis Serve Technique

The tennis serve is a complex stroke which requires a sequence of motions executed in the correct order. Basic fundamentals are critical if you want to be an excellent server.  These fundamentals include; tennis grip, position of feet, ball throwing method, and position of body prior to impact with the tennis racquet.  An accomplished Tennis [...]

Skiing Fitness-Why Fitness for Skiing Is So Important

Skiing Fitness-Why Fitness for Skiing Is So Important

Most of us would go skiing a lot more often if we could. But mainly due to the seasonal nature of the sport there are usually long gaps between each visit to the snow. And when we do finally get there we are so often under-prepared. Most people don’t do any skiing conditioning exercise and [...]

How Much Of A Factor Can Inclement Weather Have On Your Golf Swing?

As I watch from my window to the outside world, I’m only dreaming of the warm spring days that won’t becoming to New York for at least another three months.  You see we were just hit overnight with 4″ of snow on top of the snow we received from the last snow storm. Where I [...]

You Don't Have to Be Frosty The Snowman to Go Out For a Run

When it turns cold outside, it get tougher to get out the door and put in the miles. But marathon training doesn’t have to end just because its cold outside. These tips from San Francisco’s foot and ankle expert and marathon runner will help you stay warm and motivated to train this winter.  In spite [...]

Why Is It Important To Warm Up Before Playing?

Why Is It Important To Warm Up Before Playing?

Golf is played by humans and there’s times that even the best golfers will feel pain. Golf injuries is a largely untapped resource for chiropractors.  Like millions of golfers it’s a sport that can be played throughout your lifetime. Injuries in golf is common because it is one of the few sports commonly played by [...]

Heart Rate Monitors Help You Run

Heart Rate Monitors Help You Run

If you train with a heart rate monitor, you can simply get run faster with less training. The primary reason elite marathon runners are fast is huge aerobic capacity. If you train with a heart rate monitor, you too can reap the rewards of smart endurance training.  Heart rate monitors were originally created to observe, [...]

Confessions of a Personal Fitness Trainer

Atkins was in the media again because of new study results indicating lowered cholesterol. I went to the Atkins book yet again with a more open mind, and decided to try the diet. I liked the contrarian view point to the current AMA position of the low fat diet, which seemed to be producing a [...]

Golf Irons and Clubs which can Improve a Beginner Golfer’s Game

So many things can affect your game out on the golf course. The course could be wet from rain, the wind could be blowing this way and that, or the group in front of you could be taking their time, killing your momentum. Considering the many factors on the golf course that are out of [...]