One Muscle to Avoid Back Pain and Help Stability – the Psoas

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I rarely pick a single muscle to focus on at Aging_with_Piazzazz, so you might wonder why the exception here. If you’ve ever spent any time at the gym, with a coach or yoga teacher, I suspect they have mentioned the psoas muscle. (It can be pronounced as “so as” or “so-ezz” just in case you … Read more

Flamingo Challenge – Test your Fitness

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Can a flamingo help your fitness? Actually, no. Can acting like a flamingo help your fitness? Again, no. Can we derive personal information from the flamingo based on their behavior? Yes, indeed. Many things change as we age, thinning of hair, spotting of skin, how we digest our food or the ease of muscle function. … Read more

Quick & Fun Balance Training

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A couple months ago I noted a few leaders who have stumbled, fallen and hurt themselves to one degree or other. See “Don’t Fall… in Line with Leaders.” We visited the dozen dangers to avoid those slips and falls. Those leaders are famous, we may not be. We still want to learn to circumvent those … Read more

Do the Benefits of Rebounding go Up and Down?

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Update 2019: Since writing this post, I found a great website, which includes a good deal of information about rebounding and related products. I am sharing it here: http://www.hoptrampoline.com/   — I am posting this around “Happy Heart Day” — okay, okay, it is generally known as Valentine’s Day; still this second section on Rebounding has … Read more