A blog all about the QL properly known as the Quadratic Lumborum. The QL is one of your deepest abdominal muscles located in your lower back on either side of the lumbar spine. It runs from the lowest part of the ribs to the top part of the pelvis. The actions of the QL are Read More
Category: Health
How to Sit to Reduce Back Pain Part 1: The Cause
Let’s sit down and talk about how to sit in a good postural position to prevent and reduce achy back pain. You may find it odd but yes, there is a proper way to sit down to avoid low back muscle fatigue. Whether you are at the desk, driving, or even just sitting at home Read More
Do Your Workouts Compliment Your Life?
So today’s blog we are going to find out if your workouts compliment your life or more importantly the things you want to do in life. I’m pulling this directly from my past experiences. I’m going to be using my dance career as a reference, for many years I trained my muscles to just Read More
Staying Healthy While Traveling
Welcome back TeamQuinn, today I’m going to give you some helpful tips and tricks I picked up over the years on how to stay healthy while traveling. Now these are no big secrets and they aren’t magical cures but they can and may help you feel better during and after your travels. First and Read More
Macronutrients Part 4: Fats
Today’s blog is the last of our Macronutrients information. Part four is all about Fats and why they are good for you and our overall health. To start, let’s talk about the most common fats that we see on our nutrition labels. Trans Fat, Saturated Fats and then we have monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats. In Read More
Macronutrients Part 3: Carbohydrates
Let’s break down carbohydrates today. The FACTS not the bullsh*t from false media and medical marketing! So what is a carb? A carbohydrate is a macronutrient found in many foods and beverages. Most occur naturally in plant based foods such as grains and fruit in the form of fructose or sugar. Common sources of naturally Read More
How to Build An Inexpensive At-Home Gym
Are you tired and driving to and from the gym? Wasting time and energy thinking it’s the only place to get a good workout? Does group fitness intimidate you or you just find the workouts unnecessary and ridiculous? Or are you just bored of the same old same old gym routine and fell?! Well, then Read More
Let Talk About Footwear
In one foot you have over 7,000 nerve endings, that means between both feet you have about 14,000 nerve endings. That’s a heck of a lot of tiny pin size points in one area to send your brain messages all day long. Today we’ll discuss why wearing the right kind of shoes if any shoes Read More