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EPOC, ATP & HIIT and How They Relate to Your Ideal Body
If you want to get your ideal body by losing body fat and increasing your lean muscle mass, you will want to know what the acronyms EPOC, ATP & HIIT mean. Muscle Fiber Type To understand EPOC, we need to know a little about muscle fiber type. Everyone has two general types of muscle—slow-twitch and … Continue reading EPOC, ATP & HIIT and How They Relate to Your Ideal Body
Creating Internal Tension For A Back That Will Never Break
This article on creating internal tension for a back that will never break comes from my over 2 decades of working with clients with “bad back”, “slipped disc”, “back went out”, and the numerous failed back surgeries that I have seen. Over the years I have tried numerous approaches to back pain, including: chiropractic adjusting … Continue reading Creating Internal Tension For A Back That Will Never Break
Why You Should Lift Weights (At Any Age!)
Lifting weights, or resistance training, is hard work. It can take some time and dedication to maintain a good routine. Often, it isn’t considered a method of exercise for various reasons. Some excuses I’ve heard from my clients at BTF is that they don’t want to “bulk”, they are “too old” to lift weights, or … Continue reading Why You Should Lift Weights (At Any Age!)
Boost Your Immune System For Cold/Flu Season
Back to Function is a healthcare office that cares about more than just the health of your spine, as we care about your overall health and well-being. As a result, we encourage daily exercise and healthy nutrition habits in addition to chiropractic care and soft tissue therapy. Part of being a healthy human, is having a … Continue reading Boost Your Immune System For Cold/Flu Season
BTF Metabolic Optimization Program
Welcome to the BTF Metabolic Optimization Program (MOP) With the BTF MOP, you will be able to clean up your diet and establish healthy lifestyle choices that will help you lose weight and feel great. Use the BTF MOP to: improve your metabolism and ability to burn calories improve your body composition by increasing muscle … Continue reading BTF Metabolic Optimization Program
Great Fitness Circuit Workouts in the South Bay (For Free!)
One of the great things about living in almost always sunny and 75° Southern California, is that we basically get to exercise outdoors 365 days per year. If you like to keep it simple, you can just exercise in your own neighborhood. For some good ideas on how to make a neighborhood walk a real … Continue reading Great Fitness Circuit Workouts in the South Bay (For Free!)
Back to Function Health & Fitness Home Exercise Program
You don’t need an expensive fitness facility membership to improve your health and fitness, especially in southern California, where we can go outside to exercise 365 days per year! Back to Function has created an exercise program that can be done around your own neighborhood. Just put on a comfortable pair of walking or cross-training … Continue reading Back to Function Health & Fitness Home Exercise Program
BTF Nutrition & Fitness Plan
The team at Back to Function have created the perfect nutrition and fitness plan for your active lifestyle. Whether your goal is weight loss, a firmer and stronger physique or to improve your overall health and longevity, we have you covered! Home Nutrition & Fitness Plan $179 perfect plan for working people with limited time or a … Continue reading BTF Nutrition & Fitness Plan
Metabolic Syndrome
What is metabolic syndrome? Metabolic syndrome is not a single disease, but a constellation of cardiovascular disease risk factors. According to the National Cholesterol Education Program: If you have 3 or more of the 5 risk factors, then you have metabolic syndrome, and are also more prone to cardiovascular disease (heart attacks and strokes), diabetes, … Continue reading Metabolic Syndrome
Exercise & Your Immune System
Not that we need another curve to discuss right now #flattenthecurve, but hear me out. As we have discussed for many years at Back to Function, exercise is a main component to keeping your immune system functioning at its highest capacity. We get a lot of questions from our clients about type of exercise, amount of … Continue reading Exercise & Your Immune System