by Butch Phelps | May 11, 2022 | Stretching
Is it stretching or strength training? It sounds like a very simple question that most people feel they know the answer to, including professionals. I love it when clients come in and share with me the stretching they have done in the past, are doing currently, or...
by Butch Phelps | Apr 26, 2022 | Stretching
Learning how to stretch and breathe through the stretch correctly takes some practice. The stretching techniques we have been taught throughout our lives attempt to stretch our body with the hopes of improving our flexibility. As a certified personal trainer, I was...
by Butch Phelps | Apr 19, 2022 | Stretching
Many times, I am asked which stretch is most important because people are so busy, and they want to be efficient. It’s the daily calf stretch. This one area of the human body can affect every activity of the human body including balance, walking, running,...
by Butch Phelps | Apr 12, 2022 | General Health, Stretching
What? Can my diet screw up my stretching? The average person has never imagined there is a direct correlation between diet and stretching. As humans, we tend to put everything into buckets, or compartments. We think of diet as separate from strength training and...
by Butch Phelps | Mar 18, 2022 | Stretching
I recently received an article from one of my clients about the explosive growth of stretching in America. There are many franchised stretching companies across the country that have grown exponentially. The article discussed the debate about assisted stretching...
by Butch Phelps | Feb 23, 2022 | Stretching
Anyone who has ever worked with me will have heard me say, “You will unlearn more than you will learn.” The other favorite saying is, “It isn’t about the pressure, but the release.” The question is, what does that mean? Both sayings are about the inaccurate...
