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Why Is Bad Posture So Bad?

Sitting at a computer is one of the worst things you can do for your back.  Even with great posture, sitting puts the most amount of pressure on the discs in the lower back.  Unfortunately, I haven’t...

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Lower Back Pain and Poor Sitting Posture

My previous blog posts targeted the slouched shoulders and hunched upper back due to bad computer posture.  Although doing the shown exercises will help a bit with the lower back, they are not enough....

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The Kettlebell Swing

In early 2000, I injured my lower back, repetitive use injury from bending over people day after day.  I did everything I could think of to rehab it.  Yoga, TaiChi, weight lifting, Pilates…. but my...

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Shoes, Shoes, Shoes

I, Wendy Schauer, am a shoe addict.   Here is my shoe story.I was a normal shoe buyer until I started working out with ketttlebells.  Working out with kettlebells requires that you wear flat soled...

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Baby Steps To Health

We all want change and we want it NOW! We want to lose weight, be healthier, be happier all in an instant. You and I both know that lasting change doesn’t happen overnight. It is the little consistent...

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Vitamin D – The Sunshine Vitamin

The best source of Vitamin D is the sun but unfortunately where I live (Pacific Northwest) we don’t get a lot of sun.  In order to get enough Vitamin D from the sun you must have 30% of your body...

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Paleo Chili Recipe

It is cold here in Olympia, Washington.  It is supposed to be 39 degrees tonight and, for a person who loves the heat, I am freezing.  I love soup when it is cold, which means I eat a lot of soup from...

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Happy Mother’s Day

I have an amazing mother. If I could have picked any mom to have I would have picked her. She is loving, kind and very thoughtful. I credit her (and my dad but this is mother’s day) for starting me on...

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Good Better Best

I think many of us get hung up on being perfect with our eating and exercise program.  We have to eat organic, no sugar, no alcohol, no this and no that.  We have to exercise an hour every day.  This...

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Blended Salads

Everyone out there knows that we need to include vegetables in the diet.  Carrots, Potatoes, lettuce and tomatoes (technically a fruit) are the most common eaten vegetables by the average American....

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