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Remember when you were just a kid and you could bend over and touch your toes? Well, things may have changed and that simple move just isn’t so easy anymore. One of the movements we’re interested in when we work with our clients at Saratoga Health & Wellness is...

Strength training often gets the reputation of being a “guy” thing, or only for “jocks”. It can be intimidating to many females, therefore easily eliminated from several of our exercise programs. But, you are missing out on a key component of overall health and...

Creating good separation between the pelvis and the thoracic spine is one of the most critical elements of an efficient backswing and promotes a more powerful, accurate downswing.  In order to accomplish this, we must stabilize the pelvis while rotating the  thoracic...

New research shows tremendous benefit for a higher intensity shorter workout, and it’s safe and effective for those older, less fit or with cardiac histories. If you have any questions about what you read below, always consult with our exercise physiologists at...

For “newbies” to Saratoga Health & Wellness, this is a question we get asked a lot. The simple answer is, ‘YES’! Many people walk into our facility and expect to see Personal Trainers walking around the facility, with the words, “Personal Trainer” on their backs....

“We don’t believe there is one way to swing a golf club; we believe there are an infinite number of ways to swing a golf club.  But we do believe that there is one efficient way for everyone to swing and it is based on what they can physically do.” This is the...

Many of our clients at Saratoga Health and Wellness ask about shaping up their “core”, but few really understand what the “core” is or how it relates to healthy function. Most people believe that it pertains to that desirable little ‘six-pack’ that should reside on...

Despite all of the diet strategies, or what we at Saratoga Health & Wellness like to call “fad diets” out there, weight management boils down to the simple equation of calories in vs. calories out. Sure, there are diets that promise weight loss by eliminating food...

At Saratoga Health and Wellness, we are often asked, “What is the best exercise I can do to lose weight or tone up my abdomen?”  To understand which exercise is best, first you must understand how weight loss occurs. In order to lose weight you must create a negative...