The Body & Movement
Wrist Exercises
Who wants to do wrist exercises when we could be working our abs, butt, and thighs, right? Unless they hurt our wrists are not the first body part we think to workout. And when I was younger, you’d have a hard time convincing me I should waste any workout time on my wrists. Ah, youth! But it’s like any part [...]
National Disability Independence Day
July 26th commemorates the day the American Disabilities Act was signed. It reminds us of actions put in place to help create independence for people with disabilities. According to the CDC 1 in 4 US adults has a disability while 1 in 7 has a physical disability that impairs mobility. Those are the statistics, but people are more that data. [...]
Forest Bathing
Last week some of the Personal Euphoria instructors went forest bathing. I didn’t know what to expect. Really, it has a terrible name. For me it brings thoughts of nudity, a bit of hokeyness, or potential images of cleaning the forest with sudsy bathwater. I know it’s none of those things, but the name does the practice no real service. [...]
Squats and Lunges safe for the knees!
A number of people are afraid to do lunges and squats because they think the moves are bad for their knees. If you have knee issues, you may need to modify, take precautions, or starts slow and small, but you don’t want to cut lunges and squats out of your exercise routine. We need to keep those muscles strong because [...]
Treadmillls are for Torture!
You may already consider the treadmill a torture device as you walk or run on the spinning band beneath your feet getting nowhere fast. You’d be right. The original treadmill was designed as a form of torture. Called a treadmill, it looked more like a Stairmaster. By the mid 1800’s nearly half of all prisons in England had treadmills. They [...]
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