Monthly, Every second Wednesday This Summer 2010
Ranks Academy Presents:
June 9th, July 14th, August 11th, and September 8th
Where: Boylston Place at Chestnut Hill
615 Heath St.
Chestnut Hill, MA
6:30 PM- 7:30PM
Older Athlete Flexibility Workshop
Location: Energize Fitness Studio
1387 Washington St., West Newton
Dates &Times
Part 1: Tuesday, August 17th 7-9PM
Part 2: Thursday, August 19th , 7:30 -9:30PM
Part 3: Tuesday, August 24th 7-9PM
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A Car-TRADICTION: Bumper Band-AidsI rear-ended someone last summer…There was no damage on my car and not a scratch on the “rear-endee”…Of course, that didn’t stop the weasel from filing a dubious damages’ claim for a new bumper.
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The Simple 3 ChecklistAbstract: The dispositions of 3 influential muscles, 2 at the hip and 1 at the neck, determine the effectiveness of exercise and presence of pain. I get this all the time – a very perplexed friend or client says:
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One Word of Advice: “PostureSpan”Abstract: Losing our posture is a serious threat to health and, eventually, financial well being. For real quality of life, we must assure in our physical training that “PostureSpan” keeps up with our lifespan. There is no muscle more key to fixing and maintaining posture than our piriformis. Warhol Flexibility: Stretch Small, Stretch Big, Stretch SmallABSTRACT: Flexibility is urgently important and unnecessarily frustrating. The older athlete needs to understand the redundant nature of muscle tissue composition. Based on this model of our muscles, resembling the Warhol Soup Cans ,The Ranks trains this effective method of flexibility acquisition: Stretch Small-Stretch Big- Stretch Small There is much to say on the subject of flexibility so look for more flexibility on The RANKSPower Wire! Why we need to be athletesWhy we need to be “a-thə-lēts”
Coming up with mottos for The Ranks, a debate materialized between a close advisor and me over vocabulary.
I went with “The Ranks - Building The New Older Athlete”
My advisor, a close friend and brilliant business consultant named Steve Barney –argued why alienate with the word “athlete” when so few people truly identify that way…
The 65 ProblemDo you want a problem? OK – I’ll give you a problem – We are fixated on the number 65. We plan to retire at 65 AND start collecting “entitlement” checks at 65. Now, the spirit of providing for the truly elderly is wonderful and kind. The problem is that as a population we are living for 20 years longer than the so-called retirement age of 65. Know Your Pain Map!* The Pain Map of Postural Landmarks and Muscle Tensions Asymmetries* The guide in The Ranks to our personal Muscular Youth Wouldn’t it be nice to know , “Is today the day I will hurt myself,” - and then be able to stop it? 
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