Please enjoy an excerpt from my book, Winning the Injury Game, available on Amazon.

Sports performance is the result of coordinated movements. Casting a fly rod, spiking a volleyball, paddling a boat, skiing moguls, and hiking up a mountain all require multiple muscles that must together in a...

For warm-weather athletes, the start of the fall season, with its shorter days and cooler temperatures, typically marks the beginning of the off season. During this time, we emphasize strength development during our training. However, how you lift weights actually depends on your goals. As the...

Strength training is an important component of your fitness program. The resistance that you use can be in the form of machines, free weights, medicine balls, tubing or bands, and body weight. Regardless of how you apply resistance, here are some tips to keep in mind.

1. Warm-up and...

Use your time in the gym to improve your structural alignment, not ingrain poor posture and compensated movement patterns.

Starting Position

• A staggered stance (1-2 feet apart) accommodates wider hips and larger dumbbells.

• The head, shoulders and hips are vertically aligned with the belly...

Use your time in the gym to improve your structural alignment, not ingrain poor posture and compensated movement patterns.

Starting Position

• Hand position on the bar is wide enough to create a 90 degree angle from the wrist to the elbow to the shoulder at the top of the exercise.

• Linear line...

Although this book review is of the women's version of the book it is applicable to men as well. Men will enjoy the first book, Younger Next Year.

Co-written by internist Dr. Henry (Harry) S. Lodge, M.D. and his patient, 73 year old Chris Crowley, Younger Next Year for Women is...

Starting Position

• Lie down on a bench with your knees bent and feet flat on the bench.

• Distance between your heels and butt is ~ 6".

• Arms extended directly above the chest.

• Weights are facing each other with the palms down.

• Lower back has a natural...

This is the first video in a series on proper strength training technique for better posture.

Starting Position

• A staggered stance (1-2 feet apart) accommodates wider hips and larger dumbbells.

• Dumbbell heads are facing forward to keep the weights close to...