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Strength training for older adults is essential to a healthy lifestyle

Athleticism, Back Pain, Exercise, Fitness, Golf, Health, Health & Wellness, Hip, Personal Training, Pickleball, Posture / Kevin Chiddister / June 21, 2023 / active aging, Healthy Lifestyle, Movement, senior fitness, Strength training

Strength training for older adults is essential to a healthy lifestyle: It helps you stay fit, maintain independence, and reduce symptoms related to chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, arthritis, osteoporosis, and obesity. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends 150 minutes of moderate endurance activity per week. This can include cardio, as well as weights or bodyweight […]

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See What The Experts Are Saying About Strength Training..

Exercise, Fitness, Health, Health & Wellness, Heart, Personal Training, Physical Therapy, Posture, Uncategorized / Naples Personal Training / March 3, 2023 / Athletic Performance, Fitness, Health, health and wellness, Healthy Lifestyle, mindset, Strength training, Wellness

While older men and women needn’t become powerlifters, athletes who lift massive weights, experts say strength training — using weights heavier than you might expect — can be an important component of a healthy future. Beginning about age 30, men and women lose muscle mass at about the rate of 10 percent per decade until

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You Need To Hear This

Diets, Exercise, Fitness, Health, Health & Wellness, Heart, Hip, Hydration, Personal Training, Physical Therapy, Pilates, Posture, Uncategorized, Yoga / Naples Personal Training / October 6, 2022 / Athletic Performance, Fitness, Health, health and wellness, Healthy Lifestyle, mindset, nutrition, recovery, Sports Performance, Wellness

This morning I was thinking… There are only 3 months left until the new year. Which got me thinking about 2023 and goals for next year. Then I paused… There is still 25% of THIS year to go! While it’s great to set goals, nothing beats doing the work. Right now. Yes, I have goals

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Do this Every Day!

Diets, Exercise, Fitness, Foods, Health, Health & Wellness, Hydration, Personal Training, Physical Therapy, Posture, Rehab / Kevin Chiddister / August 6, 2022 / Athletic Performance, Fitness, Health, health and wellness, Healthy Lifestyle, mindset, nutrition, recovery, Sports Performance, Wellness

What is one thing that you should do every day? There are probably many that you can think of. I believe that this one makes a HUGE impact on your life. Plan your day the day before. Before the end of your day, could be right before you leave work or at the end of

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Consistency: The Key to Fitness

Diets, Exercise, Fitness, Foods, Health, Health & Wellness, Heart, Hydration, Personal Training, Physical Therapy, Pickleball, Posture, Rehab, Running / Kevin Chiddister / March 23, 2022 / Athletic Performance, Fitness, Health, health and wellness, Healthy Lifestyle, mindset, nutrition, recovery, Sports Performance, Wellness

There is one ingredient that keeps people from reaching their fitness goals – consistency! Learn why and how it relates to losing fat! Through my years in the fitness industry, I have noticed the one main ingredient that keeps people from reaching their fitness goals. That is consistency! People tend to be impatient when it

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How to Practice Self-Care

Diets, Exercise, Fitness, Health, Health & Wellness, Personal Training, Physical Therapy, Posture, Yoga / Kevin Chiddister / October 28, 2021 / Health, health and wellness, nutrition, recovery, self-care, Wellness

Now more than ever it is important to ensure you are taking care of yourself. Studies have shown that individuals who practice self-care have a better quality of life, are shown to check-in at the hospital less and have longer lifespans than those with poor self-care. So it’s not selfish, it’s vital. The question is,

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Ready for the Next Level?

Diets, Exercise, Fitness, Foods, Health, Health & Wellness, Personal Training, Physical Therapy, Pickleball, Pilates, Posture, Rehab, Running, Tennis, Uncategorized / Kevin Chiddister / May 24, 2021 / Fitness, goals, Health, Healthy Lifestyle, mindset, Wellness

It has been a rough start to the new decade. Let’s take some time to reset your mind and body to accomplish great things. You are at the starting line of a brand new chapter. The air is charged with possibility. Opportunity is all around you… This decade will inevitably pass quickly. In a flash, it

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Workout Smarter

Ankle, Athleticism, Back Pain, Diets, Exercise, Fitness, Golf, Health, Health & Wellness, Heart, Hip, Hydration, Neck, Personal Training, Physical Therapy, Pickleball, Pilates, Posture, Rehab, Running, Tennis, Uncategorized, Yoga / Kevin Chiddister / May 13, 2021 / personal training, resistance training, Strength training, warm-up, weight loss

All workouts were not created equally. Sadly, many people simply waste time in the gym. Here are 5 tips to ensure that every minute of your workout is well spent burning fat and toning your muscles… Workout Smarter Tip 1: Use More Resistance In order to get the most from each rep it’s important to

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Dry Needling

Ankle, Back Pain, Exercise, Fitness, Golf, Health, Health & Wellness, Hip, Neck, Personal Training, Physical Therapy, Pickleball, Pilates, Posture, Rehab, Running, Scoliosis, Tennis / Otto Jaasko / December 19, 2020 / achilles tendinopathy, carpal tunnel, dry needling, golfers elbow, hip pain, low back pain, neck pain, nueropathy, osteoarthritis, piriformis, plantar fasciitis, sciatica, shoulder pain, tennis elbow

Dry needling has various, well-documented positive effects on the body including increased blood flow, reduced inflammation, improved tissue healing, desensitization of peripheral and central pain mechanisms and activation of the body’s pain modulation systems (reduction of pain), reduced inflammatory markers, and improved endocrine function. The physiological effects of needling are significant, and the literature/evidence suggests that dry needling can serve as an extremely effective therapeutic intervention for various musculoskeletal pain syndromes with extremely good outcomes.

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Over-Medicalization and Medicalization of Normality

Exercise, Fitness, Golf, Health, Health & Wellness, Hip, Neck, Personal Training, Physical Therapy, Pickleball, Posture, Rehab / Kevin Chiddister / June 15, 2020 / Adapt program, cashed based physical thearpy, Physical Therapy, PTFirst

What is over-medicalization and medicalization of normality? Over-medicalization, like the name suggests, refers to excessive use of medical diagnostics and procedures for conditions and complaints that don’t warrant such cost- and time- intensive practices. Many conditions and complaints, especially those of neuromusculoskeletal nature, have more efficient, cheaper, and safer alternatives available. Overuse of medical diagnostics

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Pilates 100’s with Dr. Susan Mann

Athleticism, Back Pain, Exercise, Fitness, Golf, Health, Health & Wellness, Hip, Personal Training, Physical Therapy, Pickleball, Pilates, Posture, Rehab, Scoliosis, Tennis, Uncategorized, Video, Yoga / Kevin Chiddister / June 8, 2020 / 100s, corefit, corefitness, Health, healthy back, low back pain, performance, pilates for physical therapy, Wellness

The Pilates 100 is an exercise that uses the method of Pilates to strengthen the abdominal muscles while teaching your body stability and strengthening your lower back. Pilates is a method of exercise designed to strengthen the core by using gentle, but powerful but controlled movements. In the early 1900’s, Joseph Pilates began to design his technique, which concentrates

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Your Daily Habits Create Your Body

Athleticism, Back Pain, Diets, Exercise, Fitness, Foods, Health, Health & Wellness, Heart, Hydration, Personal Training, Physical Therapy, Pilates, Posture, Rehab, Running, Scoliosis, Tennis, Uncategorized, Yoga / Kevin Chiddister / May 25, 2020 / daily habits, Health, Health and Fitness, health and wellness, Health Coaching, Healthy Lifestyle, Wellness, wellness and peformance, wellness coaching

Every Little bit counts

There’s something that the fitness industry doesn’t want you to know…

In fact, I believe that this is the biggest secret to attaining that perfectly fit body that you’ve wanted for so many years.

It’s not that you aren’t trying to workout and eat right, it’s just that you haven’t been able to find that one thing to take you all the way to success.

Now, finally, I’m going to share that one thing.

It’s quite simple, and yet stands as the truest and most important fitness advice you’ll ever receive…

The big secret is that…Your daily habits create your body.

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