by Enid Whittaker | Sep 30, 2026 | Uncategorized
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 | Aug 31, 2026 | Blog
There is nothing new under the sun says Ecclesiastes…or moon either for that matter… adds Bonnie Prudden in her New York Times best seller Pain Erasure the Bonnie Prudden Way. “Everything was always here in one form or another.” CONCENTRIC: Concentric strength...
by Enid Whittaker | Jul 27, 2026 | Blog
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)” ...
by Enid Whittaker | Jun 30, 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 | Jun 1, 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...