This blog post is for Dog Agility Blog Action Day September 2013 on the topic of “Aging”.

In a recent conversation with a colleague in the fitness industry, I heard something that fascinated me. As a rather fit person and well educated professional, she surprised me when saying she expected to quickly bounce back from a recent (and severe injury). Being of similar age and not too uncommon educational backgrounds, I started thinking. Thinking about why our impressions of recovery would be so different. Why was it clear to me that this recovery would take much longer than she expected. Why? Because of our differing experiences in life! One person having had very few injuries in life, the other more injuries and surgeries than can be counted on one hand. Read more ›

Warm ups are an important part of dog agility. Not only does a proper warm up aid in injury prevention, it prepares the body for activity by exciting the nervous system. When the body is warm, muscles are loose and the nervous system is sharp, we move with greater ease, quicker reaction times and with more fluidity. Read more ›

Recently, I saw a video highlighting some great things in the dog agility world. It also highlighted some of the amazing feats our dogs’ bodies and our human bodies must endure to play this game. At the time I was inspired to write a blog post about the importance of knowing HOW to fall. The very next day, while training my dog, we had a collision and I happened to have the camera rolling. Since I didn’t want to live through another “nudge” to write this post, I decided I would take the time now. Read more ›

To improve performance, training must be relevant to the activity. Look at your training and conditioning components and ask yourself “why” you are including them. If you can answer “why” in a way that is relevant to the activity you are trying to improve at, great! If not, reconsider your choices.

I work with a variety of clients who want to improve their performance at some activity. Maybe it’s an activity of daily living or a specific sport. No matter what it is, I design training and conditioning programs that are relevant to the very thing my clients want to improve at. Read more ›