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...
by CHEK Editorial | Dec 5, 2017 | Uncategorized
The past year has flown by like a whirlwind, especially on the CHEK Blog. Along the way, we’ve featured an array of topics offering tips and guidance to help you improve the quality of your health and your life, and pass that knowledge along to your clients. The...
by Paul Chek | Nov 14, 2017 | Uncategorized
Is it possible to avoid training and conditioning merely by working a physically demanding job (lifting boxes all day) or pursuing a tough sport (rugby or boxing)? If you do either one to excess, you’ll learn very quickly that you can’t rely on them to...
by Paul Chek | Sep 5, 2017 | Uncategorized
Despite a growing consensus of folks slowly coming around to my way of thinking about ab craziness, you still see lots of people in gyms using crunches to build great-looking “six-pack” abs. What’s worse is seeing this same scenario being played out...
by Paul Chek | Aug 22, 2017 | Uncategorized
Tai chi is a gentle, effective form of moving meditation that combines breathing and working-in movements to create more balance and facilitate the accumulation of energy. As you know, I don’t promote traditional tai chi, which requires a lot of memorization....
