Tag Archive | "Exercise"
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As wellness doctors we are constantly encouraging our patients to eat well, exercise, etc, etc. – maybe to the point that a few of patients get just a little sick of hearing about it (that’s ok, but we’re going to keep trying). I sure that some have even asked themselves, “Yeah it’s easy to say [...]
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We’re excited to announce that Wellness Bootcamp is back and better than ever! This year’s theme is “Challenge Yourself to Accomplish Something BIG this Summer!” We’ve designed this bootcamp to help you do just that. It will start August 9th and run through Sept 3rd. Each week we will challenge you with three workouts (2 [...]
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Ravenswood Run 5K! We are so PROUD of everyone who ran with us! The rain held up, the sun came out, and we had 18 brave souls join us for the 2010 Ravenswood Run. We are very proud of everyone who participated. It wasn’t easy, it was a definite challenge for some, but that is [...]
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Is Your Ab Workout Hurting Your Back? By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS This article pretty much sums it up. Many of you are working on deadbugs, birddogs, etc. core strengthening exercises. Stuart McGill, the expert quoted in the article, developed these exercises (and I stole them). The most important thing to take away is this: ab [...]
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Run Club Workout Race Week!!! It’s Race Week!!! You’ve put in the hard work and the pay-off is almost here! The training schedule for the last week is easy. There is no changing of speeds, Tempos, fartleks, Yassos, etc. You’ll do one long run / walk between now and Tuesday. Try to do about 2.5 [...]
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Run Club Workout Week 6 This week’s run club is on! I’ll meet everyone tomorrow morning at the gazebo at 8:30 sharp! This week we are going to continue with our series of tempo runs. The workout goes like this. 5 minutes – warm up jog or walk 4 minutes at Speed 1 6 minutes at [...]
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Join us for the 1st Annual McKinley Chiro Open Saturday, May 9, 2009. We’ve have a day of activities planned culminating in a 9 hole, 4 man scramble at Robert Black Golf Course in Chicago. We’ll start the day with brunch and a golf specific flexibility clinic. We then move to the course were we’ll [...]
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Lie on your back with both knees bent, and the foot of one leg flat on the floor. Rest the ankle of the other leg over the knee of the 1st leg. Grasp the thigh of the 1st leg, and pull that knee toward your chest. You will feel a stretch along the buttocks, and [...]
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Wow, what great weather we’re having! It’s been a great week to start the Run Club. I hope that everyone has been able to get out and enjoy the beautiful weather. I love driving down Lakeshore Drive during days like today and see everyone out on the path running, biking, jogging, rollarblading, etc. Remember, Dr. [...]
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Welcome to our Run Club 5K Training Program. This program is designed to increase your speed and stamina, preparing anyone from beginning to intermediate runners achieve your goals in completing a 5K race. The training program will work like this: you will pick two speeds, Speed 1 (S1) and Speed 2 (S2). Speed 2 is [...]
