If you’re an athlete reading this, you probably know generally about agility and can relate to the term. If you’re a fitness enthusiast…don’t click away just yet! Agility training is very functional and translates into many areas of our lives! What is agility? Agility is the ability to change your body position efficiently. …
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Principles of Speed Training
Whether you’re a soccer player rushing the ball or a mother training for your first marathon, the principles of speed remain the same. What is speed? Speed is, simply, how fast someone can move their body. Can you learn to run faster? The short answer is YES!! People tell me all the time that …
Operation LIVE LIFE STRONGER: Report 1
Six years ago, I had a goal: lose weight. It hit me on Thanksgiving – of all holidays – when a close friend commented after dessert that she felt like she weighed 200 pounds. She didn’t. Not even close. At that time, I did. In fact, I weighed 210 pounds and had just …
Port Warwick Twilight 5K, August 25
So, you say you don’t have any plans at 7 p.m., Thursday, August 25? How about participating in the Port Warwick Twilight 5k? Tidewater Performance is proud to team up with Flat-Out Events as a sponsor for this great run for a great cause. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Colonial Virginia Council Boy …
Triathlon Training Tips: A Tidewater Collection
If you’re gearing up to join Tidewater’s Karen Kovacs, physical therapist, USAT Level 1 Coach and Gloucester Point Clinical Director, during her live web chat at www.dailypress.com/health today at 11 a.m., take a few moments to read through some of the training tips Karen has already shared with the community. Tidewater’s Triathlon Training Tips: http://www.tidewaterperform.com/tag/triathlon-training-tips/ Want …
Daily Press Live Web Chat On Triathlon Training
Mark you calendars for Friday, July 15 from 11 a.m. to noon and tune in to the Daily Press here. The Daily Press health reporting team is hosting a live web chat on triathlon training with Tidewater’s own, Karen Kovacs. Kovacs, a Tidewater Physical Therapist who is board certified in Orthopedics and a certified USAT Level 1 …
YOU are gym equipment!
Tidewater Performance is here to help you Live Life Stronger. Whether you’re working to be stronger for your family, to run faster in your next race, win by a larger margin in Friday’s game or climb your first mountain, the Tidewater Performance Center has the tools to get you there. Well. Actually. You have the …
Mike’s Movement: Understanding Functional Movement
What exactly is functional movement? To me, it’s utilizing mobile and stable joints through multiple planes of motion with the help of multiple muscle groups to complete a predetermined task. Let’s get back to that and talk about movement first. Movement is defined as “physical motion between joints in space.” Functional movement takes this a little further. …
Making Fitness Personal
Valerie Butcher may not realize it, but she’s a walking inspiration to women, moms and anyone trying to live their life stronger. Full disclosure: Valerie is a close friend of mine. But I don’t think even our personal connection gives me a real bias. She’s as fit as any woman you’ll ever meet, and somehow …
Get Golf Fit for the Summer
The arrival of summer, warmer weather, blue-blue skies and greener greens brings avid and amateur golfers alike to their courses of choice. “Golf is one of the few sports that can be enjoyed by all ages and skill levels,” said Brian Beaulieu, a physical therapist and Virginia Beach-based Southside Regional Director for Tidewater Physical Therapy, …
