The Body Basics Fitness Blog

At age 43, I figured out what I wanted to be when I grew up!

The years rolled by and the long hours, stress of news production, and the aging process took it's toll on my health. I had been on a slow and debilitating slope of declining health where I had developed chronic knee and low back pain.  In fact, over a twenty year period of time I would see a medical clinician or medical doctor several times a year for pain management.

I'm curious by nature and I was paying attention and learning from the therapies I received. In time, I began to take more responsibility for my health and one day I just "got it". There is no magic pill or formula. Being healthy means being strong. Being free of pain often means having healthy joints with good mobility - having a strong trunk that can stabilize the body from the hips to the shoulders - and ultimately having a body that is strong. Exercise became my Rx and I trained my body beyond my own expectations of what was possible. Three years went by in no time.

I launched Body Basics Fitness, LLC in February 2005. My philosophy focuses on developing strength and functional ability in movements. This entails learning to move the body in functional patterns which incorporate strength, balance and core stabilization.  This approach is more effective and beneficial than training by the use of a weight training machines. The body works as an integrated unit and needs to be trained as such. This type of training will best prepare an individual for competitive sport or tasks performed in everyday life well into one's senior years.