Tri Valley Trainer

Working with young athletes is extraordinarily rewarding. Seeing them just as they're approaching or while they're at the peak of their age-related performance capacity provides a great vantage point for a standard of physical vitality and sports performance potential. And student athletes often display a level of self-discipline and goal-oriented focus that are both rare among many mature adults. But over the years, as the focus on specific sports skills has demanded more ti

Bodybuilders lift heavy and put in many hours of strength training, even though the strength and size gains diminish with each successive set. Why? That's how they excel in their sport. Powerlifters go very heavy and do large muscle, compound, explosive lifts. Why? Because that's how they excel in their sport. Competitive tennis players and swimmers lift lighter with longer sets and work hard to maintain balance and flexibility in their major joints, over building size and ex

Over the past 20 years I've been training clients and teaching wellness practices, one thing has always fascinated and intrigued me – Why don't more people exercise regularly? Haven't the relationships between the dramatically lowered risks of cancer, heart disease and diabetes been well-documented? Isn't our culture littered with images of vitality modeled by those for whom exercise and diet are of primary importance? And don't we shell out piles of cash in sometimes despera