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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.

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How to keep your brain young - study shows how skillful movement practice changes brain matter

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

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...
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What you need to know about fitness boot camps

Is your Fitness Boot Camp preparing your for success? Boot Camps and CrossFit type training programs have become very popular due to their...
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The power of play

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...
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Kettlebell workout for surfers

Found an excellent article on kettlebell workouts for surfers from UK based surfer, kettlebell lifter and yogini Caroline Radway. Living in the United...
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Upcoming Secrets of Core Training Workshop

The Movement Doctor is presenting a "core training" workshop in October. Cool! Lots of crunches and exercises on balance boards and...
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Strength training workouts - improve your overhead press

Tips for improving your kettlebell overhead press The overhead press is often viewed as a shoulder exercise since the deltoids, or shoulder muscles...
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September - International Self Improvement Month

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September is a month of change. Summer changes to autumn, long hours of sunlight begin to fade, vacations end, school starts, baseball season closes...
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Fitness 101: making your genes work for you

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People who want to draw attention to a cause like to demonstrate. They arm themselves with giant posters, often attached to sticks, and march around...
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Baseball's problem is America's problem

Reports on Performance Enhancing Drugs (PEDs) have dominated coverage of America’s Pastime recently. Is substance use in sports simply a result...
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Jack Lalanne

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The other day this article came through the inbox with a note that read: “Thought you might like this article on Jack Lalanne, age 93”....
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