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• December 12, 2011

  Scary Squats

  From a young age, I was an easy scare.  I’d watch certain movies or television shows with the lights on, and those were usually thrillers.  Horror movies?  I couldn’t handle them.  Do you remember being 5 years old, turning off the basement lights and then sprinting up the stairs, thinking that you cold possibly run…

• December 12, 2011

  Thoughts on Group Exercise

  Most ‘fitness centers’ and ‘gyms’ offer some basic sets of equipment for people to chose from.  There is usually  a bank of cardiovascular equipment for the folks that like the distraction of a television while they exercise; most places have treadmills, ellipticals, stepmills, a variety of bikes.  I’d be willing to get that 99% of…

• December 11, 2011

  Suspiciously Like Marcellus Wallace

  I’ll try to make this enticing: How would you like to go on a coffee date?  We can pick up our favorite seasonal flavors, then do whatever you want; want to find a cozy corner in the coffee shop to chat about the neural adaptations that London’s cabbies experience, how beautiful these pictures are, or…

• December 5, 2011

  Perform Better’s One-Day Learn-By-Doing Seminar: Fair Lawn, New Jersey

  I wrote THIS post a few weeks ago about a statement that my Mom made about ‘real’ gyms not having TV’s.  She was pretty excited that a whole post was dedicated to something she said, while I was excited that she actually listens to me ramble on and on about scapular stability and glute function. …

• December 4, 2011

  You Were Right, Alex*

  You know those days when you’re just ON?  Everything is going according to plan, things feel great; you definitely woke up on the right side of the bed?  Well, Thursday was one of those days.  My classes went well throughout the day, I had two great conversations with professors, and really enjoyed working on the…