By Lisa Borden
In an effort to achieve maximum performance for the entirety of life, I have delved deeply into the world of human movement, performance dynamics, and the other pillars that support our physical wellbeing, as the platform from which all things human can be built. Without a solid foundation that comes from a fully functioning body we are destined for failure on many levels.
After all, if you don’t take care of your body, where will you live?
BLOGS and NARRATIVES
What Doesn’t Kill Us………
What doesn’t kill us makes us stronger. The human body is incredibly adaptive. We cheat, shortcut, conserve and circumvent anything that is not obviously in our best interest. We are always keeping enough in the tank to flee from the sabretooth tiger and will happily default to ‘screensaver’ metabolism just in case the next meal…
Be Quiet And Listen.
I am scared. The state of the worlds’ health and fitness scares me. The progress of technology has decreed that the human race no longer needs to be able to move. The food industry has done an exceptionally excellent job of training human beings to be addicted to their products by the addition of sugar…
Drumroll Of Clichés
Who else feels like they are living a cliché, aphorism or quotation? I guess I should feel comforted that mine center around resilience,“What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger”“When one door closes another door opens”and of course, the one that says.“The reason the rearview mirror is small, and the windshield is big is because where…
Movement is Joy
When you carve out valuable time in your day to head to the gym is your goal to punish a body you hate, or reward a body you love? Children should not be punished with running a lap or doing sit-ups, but should be given them as rewards so that we see the potential of…
Food is Fuel
How and when did unhealthy become the new acceptable norm. Who is to blame for the gluttony and sloth epidemic? We can blame the food industry. We can blame the legislators. We can blame big Pharma. Or can we work out how we go about taking some ownership of our own health, or unhealthiness? As…
The Body Unbroken 