Lou McGovern is a former Marine, a lifelong athlete, an avid surfer & paddler, and an enthusiastic teacher. A Z Health Master Trainer & certified kettlebell coach, Lou provides performance coaching and teaches "average" athletes elite movement.
A certain degree of physical fitness is necessary to live a healthy, fulfilling life. The degree necessary for any one person is ultimately defined by what they desire and what fulfills them. Some want to look better in a bathing...
As was written in the article: Going Green in the Gym, ecology seems to be on everyone’s mind, at least part of the time. Everywhere you look people and businesses are “going green”, attempting to conserve...
“Going Green” is a theme that is on everyone’s mind these days. Everywhere you look people are taking steps to become more energy efficient and reduce waste; from your local coffee shop, to the U.S...
An Oxford University Study shows that learning to juggle leads to changes in the white matter of the brain. The white matter is the tissue through which messages pass between different areas of gray matter within the nervous system. Using...
Is your Fitness Boot Camp preparing your for success? Boot Camps and CrossFit type training programs have become very popular due to their demanding, competitive, high intensity nature. but this article suggests: “Training the brain to respond to...
Joaquin D. Liptz, wrote an essay for the surf website Surfline.com describing the powerful effects surfing has on lives. In the essay he describes how his friend, who had moved inland, decided to curb his alcohol consumption and drop...
Found an excellent article on kettlebell workouts for surfers from UK based surfer, kettlebell lifter and yogini Caroline Radway. Living in the United Kingdom presents some challenges for surfers that we may not experience here in Southern California. Many UK...
The Movement Doctor is presenting a "core training" workshop in October. Cool! Lots of crunches and exercises on balance boards and stability balls is what you are probably thinking; but According to the presenter, Theresa Nesbitt...
Tips for improving your kettlebell overhead press The overhead press is often viewed as a shoulder exercise since the deltoids, or shoulder muscles are the prime movers; but it is actually a full-body exercise and you can often immediately...
September is a month of change. Summer changes to autumn, long hours of sunlight begin to fade, vacations end, school starts, baseball season closes in on it’s finale and football season begins...With all the change going on...