by Paul Chek | May 15, 2018 | Personal Development
Anxiety is a health problem that has a wide range of sources, from nutritional imbalances and toxicity (heavy metal poisoning) to recreational and drug side effects, breathing pattern disorders and, of course, stress. One of the most common causes of anxiety I see in...
by Paul Chek | May 1, 2018 | Uncategorized
People tend to use short, isolated movements to condition their abs without realizing that shortening them under a load often leads to poor (forward head) posture. In this video, I’ll show you how to perform the Ab Clock, an exercise I created many years ago when I...
by Paul Chek | Apr 17, 2018 | Personal Development
You may have heard me talk about the Power of Your Yes and No in previous videos, without really understanding that concept entirely. That makes a lot of sense, considering too many people are masters at “double messaging” (a trait identified by Arnold Mindell, the...
by Paul Chek | Apr 10, 2018 | Uncategorized
Any time you’re carrying a heavy load — doing walking lunges with dumbbells in both hands or holding weights over your head — you’re experiencing what’s called axial loading (loading the spine along its vertical axis). Because many of us...
by Paul Chek | Mar 20, 2018 | Uncategorized
Should athletes stretch before lifting weights, training or competing? This is a question athletes don’t ask often enough. Unfortunately, a lot of athletes get injured because they don’t have adequate knowledge of biomechanics and kinesiology, but neither do most...