This week Sol’s Traveler Wellness Program focuses on strengthening the muscles of the ‘core,’ the abs, hips, and low back. Boat pose is one of my favorite moves to strengthen the stabilizing muscles of the stomach and spine. A popular exercise in both floor Pilates and Yoga, you’ll see similarities to the ‘pike’ in gymnast …
Journalists and business people, travel writers and sales reps, welcome to your Travel Wellness Program! You’re part of a unique tribe of modern day warriors with unique needs in an exercise program. Your routine needs to be quick and simple, address key components of strength and flexibility, and something you can do anywhere your peripatetic …
I revisted my fitness proving grounds this week and taught a stand up paddle lesson on the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. The guys at Jack’s Boathouse set us up with NSP boards and we set off up river on a sunny fall day. Amie got the hang of things quickly, just in time to …
Ladies, don’t miss a Women’s Fitness Retreat, October 17 – 21 at Antelope Point Marina, Lake Powell. Your mind and body will be transformed with daily health and wellness workshops and outdoor excursions. Featuring Sol Fitness Adventure’s own Melanie Webb, Top skier and mind coach Kristen Ulmer, and elite body worker Cori Halterman. Enrollment will …
Reconnect to Mother Nature: Pachamama Remember when you were in elementary school, and learning about the planets was exciting? So far 2012 has been full of astronomical happenings – the Mars rover just landed in Gale Crater; the first of three eclipses occurred in May; the transit of Venus moved like a speck across the …
Women’s Fitness Retreat. Antelope Point, Lake Powell Mark your calendar to join up to 20 women for a Women’s Fitness Retreat at Antelope Point Marina, Lake Powell for 5 days of fun and transformation and much more! Experience the flavor of indigenous healing practices mixed with cutting edge mind/body training techniques What: All-inclusive retreat featuring …
Sometimes I wonder what I’d do if I lost a limb, or one of my 5 senses. Would I give up and quit? Become a couch potato? Would I lose my ability – or worse, my faith – to help others become healthier? When I saw the movie Soul Surfer about professional surfer Bethany Hamilton …
One of my favorite aspects of stand up paddling are the cool people I get to meet along the way. There’s my good friend Greg Miller, a premier instructor and life-long waterman tearing up white water on the Potomac River, the first person to introduce me to the sport. Laguna Beach’s Kristin Thomas, fellow Athleta …
The summer monsoons have made their power known in bold fashion the last few days, demonstrating their power to shape the Colorado Plateau over the past hundreds of millions of years. We caught the calm before the storm this morning stand up paddling Lake Powell, as Mother Nature rolled out the red carpet for my …
I was in Heaven today at Utah’s Outdoor Retailer Show Outdoor Expo at Jordanelle Reservoir. A guest of Huntington Beach’s SUPlove, I got to hang out under the tent, watch the world’s top paddlers show off their skills – and their sculpted bodies – and demo boards from all of the top suppliers in the …
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