by Enid Whittaker | Sep 30, 2026 | Blog
LIKE A PENDULUM: CALISTHENICS IS BACK Along with the German, Finnish and Czech immigrants came their beautiful and effective calisthenics at the German Turnvereins, Finnish Halls and Czech Sokols. But around 1932 we threw the baby out with the bath water because it...
by Enid Whittaker | Jul 27, 2026 | Blog
A NEW WAY TO WALK, WALK If you grew up with Sesame Street you may remember the song A NEW WAY TO WALK, WALK. “I was feeling low, I was kinda blue But that’s all gone since I got something new I got a new way to walk (Walk, walk)” One of the best things...
by Enid Whittaker | Jun 29, 2026 | Blog
There are diseases you can bring with you when you are born, or pick up on the way or as a result of accidents. A prime example is Cerebral Palsy. Cerebral Palsy is a motor disorder that usually appears by the age of three. Muscles cannot be made to do what they...
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...
