by Enid Whittaker | May 29, 2026 | Blog
THE RETURN OF THE USELESS ‘PRESIDENTIAL FITNESS TEST’ Tests are useless without a program. Where is the program? It is true that the PFT dates back to the mid-1950s when the results of the Kraus-Weber Testing for Minimum Strength and Flexibility conducted by Dr. Hans...
by Enid Whittaker | Apr 30, 2026 | Blog
The human foot has 29 muscles, 10 of which originate outside the foot but cross the ankle joint to act on the foot. These muscles, along with tendons and ligaments, support the ankle joint and help the body move. These muscles let you invert, evert, extend, flex and...
by Enid Whittaker | Mar 23, 2026 | Blog
WALK, RUN, WALK: PREPARE FOR PLAYTIME Long before the run walk run method was popularized by Olympian Jeff Galloway in the 1970s Bonnie Prudden was using it in her workshops and writing about in her 1963 best seller book How to Keep Slender and Fit After Thirty and...
by Enid Whittaker | Feb 25, 2026 | Blog
The ankle, like our other joints,is a beautiful piece of work and treated fairly and without mishaps should serve us well for a lifetime. The ankle joint is formed by three main bones: tibia, fibula, and talus. The talus articulates with the tibia and fibula and has...
by Enid Whittaker | Jan 30, 2026 | Blog
The bee’s knees is an expression for something excellent or the highest quality. YOU want to have knees of the highest quality…the bee’s knees. The knee is a well-crafted hinge joint held together with muscles, tendons and ligaments. Given proper care and...
