Welcome to Health and Fitness 101, a blog for people who enjoy the Montana lifestyle.
The aim of our blog is to interpret, distill, and then deliver to you the threads that bind physical medicine with applicable health and fitness ideas and principles.
It's all about helping to connect the dots that foster optimal human function and, ultimately, superior performance. Feel better. Perform better.
In previous episodes of this series, I’ve covered the science and practicality of using high intensity interval training. It’s fast and effective.
The reality is that most people simply don’t have time to exercise for an hour or more a day. So getting an even more effective work out in 16 to 32 minutes a [...]
In previous episodes of this series, I’ve covered the science and practicality of using high intensity interval training. It’s fast and effective.
The reality is that most people simply don’t have time to exercise for an hour or more a day. So getting an even more effective work out in 16 to 32 minutes a [...]
In previous episodes of this series, I’ve covered the science and practicality of using high intensity interval training. It’s fast and effective.
The reality is that most people simply don’t have time to exercise for an hour or more a day. So getting an even more effective work out in 16 to 32 minutes a [...]
In Part 2 of this series, I encouraged you to utilize a stationary bike and do maximal bouts of exercise as follows:
Warm up for a couple minutes at a comfortable pace and resistance. Increase the resistance on the bike to a reasonable level. Pedal as hard and fast as you can for 30 seconds. [...]
In Part 1 of this series, I described the frustrations that many people experience when they are not successful in achieving their weight loss goals with moderate and continuous exercises.
There are a few factors that weigh in as to why this is so. First, there’s a body of research showing that moderate and continuous [...]
All too often, people tell me they exercise but still can’t burn the fat. Others say they used to exercise, but it took too much time for what little results they got. Both groups were “mythified” (aka sold a false bill of goods) that doing moderate and continuous exercise is the best method for burning [...]
Mission accomplished! Scott Woods successfully reached the top of Mt. Rainier, a goal that he set to help raise funds for the Missoula-based Fit to Fight program and its inspirational message that participants can be “Stronger than Cancer.”
Here’s a play-by-play of Scott’s successful climb, taken from Tuesday’s Missoulian.
Ongoing pain or problems in your shoulder may suggest the need to seek help for it. Notably, issues in the shoulder commonly stem from faulty actions in the muscles that support and move the shoulder blade. Left untreated, these problems tend to get worse, not better.
The scapula, or shoulder blade, plays a key role [...]
Mission accomplished! Scott Woods successfully reached the top of Mt. Rainier, a goal that he set to help raise funds for the Missoula-based Fit to Fight program and its inspirational message that participants can be “Stronger than Cancer.”
Want a strong and pain-free shoulder? A reasonable place to begin is to learn about the anatomy of the shoulder.
Take a few moments to learn about the key parts of the shoulder. My document on shoulder anatomy is easy to read and has remarkably clear graphics that make learning fun and easy.
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