No. That photo was taken on a bright sunny day and I am extremely sensitive to light. That being said, I do often demonstrate "resting gump face," especially when I'm concentrating or thinking. I assure you, however, I am perfectly pleasant (and I will update that photo when time allows).

Absolutely. While in-person training is often optimal (at least at the beginning of a program, or for those who need a little more accountability), our modern age of technology provides a plethora of tools that make virtual or remote coaching a cinch.

No. This is a fear that plagues many people. Let me say this, general exercise will not make you into a bodybuilder. That being said, being strong and building muscle is important for overall general fitness and injury-risk reduction. Being strong and building muscle, however, does not mean becoming a bodybuilder. Without deliberate practice and a lot of hard work, most general exercise will simply produce lean body mass and the ability to perform day-to-day tasks without injury.

Improving fitness for daily living isn't always going to be easy, but it doesn't have to be time consuming. Best of all, our focus is on working hand-in-hand with each client to build a sustainable program that matches your goals while also working to meet the needs of your busy life. In the beginning, that could mean designing a program that only takes fifteen or twenty minutes two days per week. Something you can do from the comfort of your own home without a lot of equipment. We can do this because Fit 4 Life isn't about having the largest muscles or being able to lift the heaviest thing or even running the fastest. It's about helping you break through some of the barriers that have been holding you back from living your best life. The bottom line is: No exercise or nutrition plan is worthwhile if you aren't willing or able to actively engage with it. That's why we're committed to working with you to create a program that fits your specific needs.

None of us can escape the effects of time. As we age, we tend to become more sedentary and fall prey to repetitive movement patterns. This, in turn, causes stiffness and pain, which causes us to become more sedentary and succumb to more (or different) movement patterns. We become caught in a vicious cycle of diminishing health, which then robs us of our abilities to live our lives the way we like. Fit 4 Life focuses on breaking those unhealthy repetitive movement patterns and building up strength and endurance for the sole purpose of helping you live the life you want to live. For some, that means simply being able to carry the groceries from the car to the house without pain. For others it's about being able to play with the kids or grandkids without fear of getting hurt. Whatever goals you have for living a healthy life, Fit 4 Life is about focusing on finding an approach through exercise and nutrition that will help you achieve them.

There is no magic bullet that can cure everything, but I truly believe that deliberate physical movement focused on targeting specific fitness goals can help to manage the symptoms of an injury and even help the body to self-correct so those injured sites don't cause additional pain in other parts of the body. However, if you are suffering from a debilitating injury or other physical limitation, we will being the process by having you speak with your physician first. In this way, your health care team can help to set the guidelines around any precautions we should take in designing a program for your. As we work together to get you back into activity and back on track with living your life, our goal should be to minimize pain (which means potentially avoiding certain movements so as to avoid further injury), while also correcting movement patterns to help prevent additional pain in the future.

While we do have some guidelines on the effects of hyperbaric gas on the human body, much of what we know is still limited. However, the current literature does offer some interesting findings. Within the recreational dive community it seems that nearly thirty percent of diving fatalities involve a cardiac event as the disabling injury. There is evidence to suggest that mild to moderate exercise the day before a dive may reduce the likelihood of decompression illness. There is also evidence to suggest that any kind of exercise within twenty-four hours after a dive may lead to an increased likelihood of decompression illness. All of this would suggest that reducing the likelihood of injury from scuba diving is a compelling reason to begin a fitness program. Improving cardiovascular fitness may help to ameliorate those potential cardiac events that have been linked to diving fatalities. Improving balance, flexibility, mobility, and strength may, in turn, help reduce the overall likelihood of suffering from decompression illness by both helping to improve rates of gas transfer within the body and by helping to limit the amount of work that needs to be done during or after a dive. This can all be accomplished by a custom-built exercise program that can be followed year-round, so long as we tailor the schedule to fit around your diving days.

No. Not yet, at least. At present, I am not a diving instructor. However, if you are interested in learning to dive, the diving community is quite small and there are several instructors I could recommend depending on your goals. I'd be happy to help make some introductions.

We scuba divers push our bodies to certain limits to engage in the sport we love. Whether it's lifting and carrying heavy cylinders (or even our entire scuba unit), or standing on one leg to don a fin, or even breathing efficiently from our regulators to improve our gas consumption, we can sometimes push our bodies to their limits. At Fit 4 Scuba, we focus on tailoring exercise and nutrition programs to your needs as a scuba diver. Whether that's working on your balance so you can feel confident that you won't tumble over in the ocean surge while donning a pair of fins, or working on strengthening your local core muscles and posterior chain to make holding horizontal trim feel effortless, or improving your cardiorespiratory fitness to improve your gas consumption, our goal is to hone your body on land so you can better enjoy your time in the water.