Margaret Moore (also known as Coach Meg) has established herself in the world of prevention, health and wellbeing by founding Wellcoaches Corporation. Wellcoaches is widely known for setting the gold standard for training and credentialing of professional wellness and health coaches, and trains more than 1000 coaches per year. Margaret is also the co-director of [...]
Digestion is the way us humans process food into energy. When our digestive system is functioning optimally, it is the biological fueling system that keeps us active and engaged. Probiotics (basically ingestible bacteria) are a well known element in helping most of us improve upon this system. When ingested in the proper proportion, probiotics can [...]
In the health and fitness world we are bombarded with the word weight. Popular diet schemes have “weigh-ins” and mainstream media dramatizes the importance of weight as a success measure far too often. For instance, the network show The Biggest Loser spectacularly showcases people getting on a giant scale to announce to the world how [...]
No matter what area of fitness you are involved in, practicing your breathing and maximizing your oxygen intake is essential. One of the biggest culprits of bad breathing techniques is novice weightlifters. Newbies to the weight room are often witnessed holding their breath while lifting heavy loads. It is true that anaerobic activity uses little [...]
Just like most popular worthwhile endeavors, there is a plethora of information out there about health and fitness. The Internet has a lifetime of information you can consume about various, and sometimes competing, ways to get healthy or start a fitness program. With all this information available to you mere keystrokes away, when do you [...]
This week we are going to discuss making fitness fun. Too many of us drag ourselves to the gym to get in a quick workout because of some sort of self-imposed obligation. While the gym is great, why do we drive 20 minutes to sit on a treadmill for 30 minutes? Fortunately more and more [...]
Enhanced Kinetics will be posting useful health and wellness articles and information biweekly in 2011. There arguably is no better way to start off a new year than by either reassessing or creating goals, so for our first biweekly post we’ll discuss SMART goals. Practice intelligent fitness with SMART goals Creating goals is the cornerstone [...]
Thom Gilligan is the president and founder of Marathon Tours and is a premier player in the endurance and adventure travel industry. He has been distinguished as the top specialist in running-related travel by Condé Nast Traveler magazine for many years. He has also been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Runner’s World, and made [...]
Brodie Burris is the President of the Michigan Association of Oriental Medicine, the Founder of The Lotus Center of Ann Arbor, and a standing member of the American Association of Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine. He is a seasoned acupuncturist, herbalist, and is renowned for his work in the field of Eastern Medicine. Here are my [...]
Gear Fisher is the Chief Operating Officer of Peaksware, a company that has been evolving since the late 1990s to provide coaches and athletes innovative tools to monitor, plan and analyze athletic performance. Gear is responsible for managing all business processes and product development at Peaksware. He is also an recreational cyclist, who in is [...]
