Every time I’m at the gym I see people on the crunch machine or crunch bench with feet curled over the bars doing crunches and full sit ups. WHY? They are not doing their backs a bit of good and not working the right stomach muscles to strengthen their backs. The main crunch muscle is mainly […]

Recently a pickleball friend was playing in a tournament when her back went out. She couldn’t move. I’m not sure she could even finish the match. She was given painkillers by the doctor to help her make it through the day. My question is, why did this happen and when could it happen again? First: […]

How good are you at standing on one foot? Most of us would say, “Terrible,” me included. While waiting to make a deposit at the bank today I was standing on one foot, then the other. Might as well do something constructive while in line. In the morning I try to balance on one foot […]

Notice how you get just a bit weaker with every birthday? That is age-related loss of muscle mass, strength, power and function called Sarcopenia. Sarcopenia means “poverty of flesh”, YUK! As we become less active with age, “use it or lose it” becomes a very real factor. Yes, you are playing pickleball, but do you […]

This question was asked by a new ambassador at a captains’ meeting in Palm Desert recently. Thirteen captains put on their thinking caps to come up with answers. Swinging incorrectly, not bending from the knees only the waist, running forward, running backward, coming to the game with body issues already in place, were some of […]