Should I Take The Plunge
If you have been surfing the channels lately on recovery strategies there is no doubt you have come across cold therapy. Whether jumping into a cold lake, taking cold showers, or plunging into an Ice Barrel each will offer enormous benefits to enhance your recovery,...
The 4 Laws Of A Good Habit
We always start with the best intentions. How many times have we said “starting Monday I’m going to eat healthier” or “when my schedule slows down in [insert month] I’m going start exercising more”? It’s good to have good intentions but they only get you so far. Very...
Integrating Movement And Breath
The benefits of movement and breathing are numerous, and either subconsciously or consciously we all do them together. At some point a coach or a friend showed us how we should breathe while weightlifting, performing endurance activities, and through yoga/tai-chi...
The Evolution Of Mobility Training
Traditionally mobility training has been linked to our bodies ability to move, and thus linked to an individuals physical and biological capacities with very little thought to the cognitive sciences. The DHF Team aligns with the principles of Applied Functional...
Breathing Rhythms: The Ins and Outs
Variability is defined as a lack of consistency or pattern. An environment of change. In certain aspects of performance variability is perceived as a negative, but with breathing the ability to call upon varied breathing patterns is a strength. Breathing directly...
Why You Shouldn’t Rely on Motivation to Workout
First things first. Motivation is AWESOME!! It makes you feel like you're superman (or insert your favorite super hero here). It makes it easy to get things done and it makes it way easier to get our butt moving and workout. I mean, how many of us were ready to join...
3 Ways To Keep Healthy Eating Fun
When discussing healthy eating with clients I have noticed a lot of them have the assumption that eating healthy is boring. The truth is, it can be. But with a little effort it can also be adventurous, fun and good tasting. If you let healthy eating get boring, it is...
Text Neck
It’s October and almost Halloween. Wanna see something scary? Check your daily screen time average in the settings app of your phone. I will wait while you do. Did you check it? Promise? Or did you skip this step? The cool kids check it. Okay, okay I believe you that...
Healthy Grocery Shopping
Today, I’d like to share with you on how to keep healthy eating simple. It starts at the grocery store. In my opinion, one of the most important things we can do for our health and our bodies is to reduce and avoid processed foods. Our body’s health is essentially...
Don’t Let Schedule Change Knock Your Exercise Routine
This may come as no surprise, but over the years it has become clear to me that people’s healthy habits falter (and disappear) the most when there is a change in their schedule. There tends to be no bigger change in someones schedule than when we transition from...
How Long Does It Take To Form A Healthy Habit?
As we know, when it comes to our health our habits are everything. Our health is made up of the thousands of little decisions we make every week. Everybody has heard that it takes 21 days to form a habit. Unfortunately, this is simply not true. Just like most things...
What Is Heart Rate Variability?
Heart Rate Variability (HRV) is a measure of the variation in the intervals between heartbeats. Traditionally it was thought the time between heartbeats was at a constant state especially at rest. It has been discovered though, nothing could be further from the truth....
What Are The Benefits Of Infrared Heat?
Infrared saunas have increased in popularity as an important tool in overall health and wellness. What is all the sweat about? Below are 5 reasons to incorporate infrared heat into your conditioning program. Relaxation Relaxation is more important to health than most...
How To Make Hydration A Habit
This guide will provide you simple, practical ways to meet your daily hydration goal built around James Clear’s book Atomic Habits. The idea is to take these hydration strategies and put them to use using James Clear’s proven system of developing a habit that lasts a...
3 Pieces Of Equipment Every Home Gym Needs
"It is essential to have good tools, but it is also essential the tools should be used in the right way" - Wallace D. Wattles Over the last few weeks we’ve been discussing how to take the right steps to effectively implement your new year’s goals. Part of that...
Resolutions Don’t Work. Here’s What Does…
It's that time of year again. New Year's resolutions time. Most likely you and everyone around you is making them. You know they don’t work. And so does everyone else around you. But yet, we all go in with the same optimism that this is the year! This is the year I...
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