Athlete in the Game of Life

11/22/2025

Being an entrepreneur is tough sledding! To be a product of your product in owning a health food company, work 12 hours a day, AND stay lean and fit has got to be impossible! I'm tired typing about it...

In this episode I speak with KG Food Company founder, Fahad Ahmad, about his journey from a bucket and no money in the car business, to founding a health food company in Napa, CA. Fahad shares his story of working long hours and the need for protein snacks that taste good and are good for you. I'm sure you can relate to his journey!

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Being an entrepreneur is tough sledding! To be a product of your product in owning a health food company, work 12 hours a day, AND stay lean and fit has got to be impossible! I'm tired typing about it... In this episode I speak with KG Food Co founder, Fahad Ahmad, about his journey from a bucket an...

11/20/2025

Sitting all day forces your hip flexors, quadriceps, and abdominals to become overly tight. Use this sequence to stretch those muscles and help relieve low back pain.

11/18/2025

Have You Experienced Persistent Shoulder Pain?

I know I have! Why do you have shoulder pain if you're not playing a sport or fell on it?

"Approximately 21% of the population experiences shoulder pain (Bongers, 2001), with 40% having pain that persists for at least one year (Van der Heijden, 1999). Shoulder impingement is the most prevalent diagnosis, accounting for 40% to 65% of reported shoulder pain (Berget et al., 2006), while traumatic shoulder dislocations account for an additional 15% to 25% of shoulder pain reports (Borsa et al., 2008)." - NASM

Most shoulder pain does not require falling on it or contact with an object, like the wall. It's from activities and motions you're overdoing on a daily basis.

"The persistent nature of shoulder pain may result from degenerative changes to the shoulder’s capsuloligamentous structures, articular cartilage, and tendons (Bergert et al., 2006). Degenerative changes may also affect the rotator cuff by weakening the tendons over time through various risk factors (Carpenter et al., 1998; Yamaguchi et al., 2006)." - NASM

If you play tennis, golf, bowling, or beer league softball, your shoulders take a beating and could be experiencing degenerative changes.

Are you taking time to warmup and strengthening your rotator cuff on each shoulder?

11/13/2025

Use these 3 moves at the gym or home, to strengthen your glutes. Stronger glutes improve your posture and reduce .

11/11/2025

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11/11/2025

Your hamstrings take a beating from long hours of sitting by becoming weak and over lengthened. Instead of stretching them, strengthen them to reduce lower back pain.

I have more great moves with my online program called “Strengthen at Your Desk” 👇🏽

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11/08/2025

You twist an ankle, strain a hamstring, or even tweak your shoulder, you know what I'm talking about. We all beat ourselves up going through life and have to recover from injuries. What actually happens during the healing process and why does it never seem to be healed when we want?

In this episode I discuss the physiological processes our body has to go through to get you back into your game of life. You can't take shortcuts no matter how badly you think you're ready to. Learning these steps can help you heal faster and more completely before you test the waters and chance hurting yourself again!

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You twist an ankle, strain a hamstring, or even tweak your shoulder, you know what I'm talking about. We all beat ourselves up going through life and have to recover from injuries. What actually happens during the healing process and why does it never seem to be healed when we want? In this episode....

11/06/2025

Have You Sprained Your Ankle, then Did it Again Not Long After? 🦵

Regardless of if you play sports, recurring injuries are common. Ankle injuries are prevalent just by stepping off a curb wrong, much less in a professional game.

While these stats discuss athletes, they also correlate to you in your daily life:

"Ankle sprains are reported to be the most common sports-related injury and the number one injury in terms of time lost from sport participation (Caldemeyer et al., 2020). Approximately 47% to 73% of individuals who suffer an initial ankle sprain will reinjure their ankle (Gribble et al., 2014). Ankle trauma and a history of ankle sprains are also associated with the development of osteoarthritis (Bagherian et al., 2018), chronic ankle instability (Doherty et al., 2016), a reduction in activity level (Saltzman et al., 2005; Valderrabano et al., 2006), and impaired quality of life (Koshino et al., 2020)." - National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM)

To stay out of the ER or Urgent Care, take care with stretching and strengthening the calf and shin muscles regularly. Even if you're a top-level executive or entrepreneur, you don't want to walk around the office in a cast or boot!

11/04/2025

The L is perfect to warmup your rotator cuff before a workout or reduce neck and shoulder pain from leaning into your devices. I do this before every upper body workout to get my shoulders ready for lifting.

If you play any racquet sports or golf, prepping your rotator cuff is mandatory! Use this move before every match and practice.

10/31/2025

ADHD affects millions of people worldwide, maybe even you. It's more than feeling scatter brained and out of sorts. People with ADHD process information differently is all.

In this episode I speak with Shama Akram, who has ADHD and is lifestyle coach specializing in working with others that have it. She talks about the differences in processing like an iPhone compared to an Android. Both accomplish the same tasks just differently. This is an enlightening interview I know you can relate to.

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ADHD affects millions of people worldwide, maybe even you. It's more than feeling scatter brained and out of sorts. People with ADHD process information differently is all. In this episode I speak with Shama Akram, who has ADHD and is lifestyle coach specializing in working with others that have it....

10/27/2025

more videos I make and edit, the more tight and painful my shoulders are from using my phone. If mine are, I know yours are too.

Try this stretch to alleviate your pain, stiffness, and discomfort. It works! I promise. For more amazing stretches, click 👇🏽

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