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4 01, 2024

How to Start Weightlifting

2024-01-18T15:52:33-07:00

By: Landon Davis, CSCS, FRCms

Anyone can weightlift. But where do you start? And why would you? Weightlifting has a multitude of benefits, ranging from:

  • Improves overall health- including heart, cardiovascular, muscle, and bone
  • Builds muscular strength
  • Improves bone density (Before age 25)
  • Maintains bone density (After age 25)
  • Decreases risk of falls as you […]
How to Start Weightlifting2024-01-18T15:52:33-07:00
21 09, 2023

Mindfulness for Chronic Pain

2023-09-21T17:30:50-07:00

By: Gail Kaiser, PT, OCS, TPS

No one wants to be in pain. And certainly no one wants to be in pain for a long time. Chronic pain has many causes and many paths to finding relief. Mindfulness is one tool you can utilize to help you find relief.

What is Chronic Pain?

Generally, pain […]

Mindfulness for Chronic Pain2023-09-21T17:30:50-07:00
7 09, 2023

Goals, Progress, and Recovery with Spooner FIT

2023-09-08T14:06:05-07:00

By: Brian Schulte, CSCS, FAFS, and Austin Kitteringham, CSCS, FAFS

How do you track your progress? Is it adding weight to your lifts? Is it cutting time off of your run? Or is it by moving better and feeling better in your day-to-day life?

Progress and tracking your progress are unique […]

Goals, Progress, and Recovery with Spooner FIT2023-09-08T14:06:05-07:00
31 08, 2023

Ultrasound Dry Needling

2023-09-08T14:06:20-07:00

By: Joey Weber, PT, DPT

Not being able to compete in sport or participate in your favorite activity due to pain is frustrating. Finding a solution to try to move better, feel better, and perform better is vital. Ultrasound dry needling is one tool that Spooner therapists use to help you return to […]

Ultrasound Dry Needling2023-09-08T14:06:20-07:00
27 07, 2023

Training at Every Stage 

2024-04-19T12:06:32-07:00

By: Brian Schulte, CSCS, FAFS

I believe we as movement professionals (therapists, personal trainers, coaches, etc.), are drawn to witnessing transformation. Perhaps that’s an athlete we have worked with from their youth into adulthood or coaching someone through new habits to achieve goals towards their body composition, or someone going from being in […]

Training at Every Stage 2024-04-19T12:06:32-07:00
20 07, 2023

Physical Therapy for Weekend Warriors

2023-09-08T14:10:34-07:00

By: Ryne Foster, PT, DPT, OCS, FAFS

A weekend warrior is a term used to describe individuals who engage in intense physical activity or sports on the weekends but have few or no workouts during the week. This type of activity pattern can increase the risk of injury due to the sudden increase […]

Physical Therapy for Weekend Warriors2023-09-08T14:10:34-07:00
13 07, 2023

How to Track Your Macros with Spooner FIT

2023-09-08T14:10:58-07:00

By: Austin Kitteringham, CSCS

Food is fuel. It is absolutely essential to your survival and for your functional and athletic performance.

The nutrients you ingest should be aligned with the goals you have. There isn’t a universal plan or diet that works for every single person. I don’t like to label certain foods as […]

How to Track Your Macros with Spooner FIT2023-09-08T14:10:58-07:00
4 05, 2023

Female Athletes: 3 Weight Lifting Myths

2023-09-08T14:12:47-07:00

Written by: Molly Ahlemeier, CSCS 

There are many myths that surround lifting that for too long have deterred female athletes either from resistance training altogether or from exercising in this way consistently. That is why it is important to understand the benefits of resistance training for females and […]

Female Athletes: 3 Weight Lifting Myths2023-09-08T14:12:47-07:00
10 11, 2022

Benefits of Body Tempering

2023-09-08T14:26:34-07:00

By: Ben Kelto, PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS

When steel is tempered, its resiliency increases. Its strength is in its alloys– the smaller particles become tougher through the tempering process. Body tempering, like steel tempering, is all about becoming more resilient at the smallest, cellular level.

What Is Body Tempering?

Body tempering was developed in 2014 […]

Benefits of Body Tempering2023-09-08T14:26:34-07:00

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