2018 New Year’s Resolution: Meet Minimum Exercise for Disease Prevention
American Heart Association Recommendations for Exercise is the Perfect New Year’s Resolution! It's a good time to think about how we want 2018 to be better than 2017 and maybe it's not just better, but the best yet? Why not? You deserve it. But nothing worth fighting...
Excy Embraced as Portable Stationary Exercise Bike After Hip Surgery and for Life
Excy Customer Craig Says No More to Hip Pain Over the last five years, Craig, age 38, had been living with leg and hip pain. He couldn’t sleep and simple things like sitting, walking, and lying down would send radiating pain down his leg. During that time, he had...
Excy is a Convenient Way for Seniors to Build Strength and Exercise
We Don't Have to Lose So Much Muscle as We Age There are so many ways for seniors to build strength and exercise more to age better, but despite the remarkable health benefits, research shows that about 28 percent of Americans ages 50 and over are inactive. Even Baby...
One Woman’s Quest to Stay Active After Brostrom Ankle Surgery with Non-Weight Bearing Exercises
Lisa Shows Us What Determination Looks Like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0lfeNzoLkE Eight years ago Lisa broke her right ankle and it never healed properly, causing chronic ankle instability that prevented her from doing things she enjoyed like hiking in the...
Excy as an Exercise Bike for Parkinson’s Disease
When 76-year old Bob who lives in Woodinville, WA was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease in March of 2016, one of the first things his doctor said to him was that exercise was the best way to slow the progression. Bob, no stranger to the power of exercise, started...
How Exercise Affects Your Circulation System
The Circulation System is Beautiful and Exercise Gives it a Boost There is a great article today in Experience Life, which is one of our favorite publications, titled “How Exercise Affects Circulation (and Vice Versa).” They do an awesome job breaking down how your...
Upper Body Workouts Are Not Just A Vanity Play
Get the Arm Candy for Your Heart The benefits of an upper body ergometer do not just come down to a vanity play of getting a little arm candy, it also comes down to overall health. That’s why upper body ergometers (UBE) are so widely used by elite athletes and sports...
Best Way to Exercise While Watching TV
Lets face it, some of us need to park ourselves in front of the TV on occasion and sometimes more often than we’d like to admit. So, why not turn that time into an opportunity to exercise while watching TV from the comfort of your own couch! There are all sorts of...
Upper Body Arm Cycling With a Knee Injury
Over the weekend, my son hurt his knee (avulsion fracture) during motocross. We will not know the full extent of his knee injury until the swelling is down, a complete range of motion test can be done, and possibly an MRI. Thankfully he was wearing knee braces and we...
My CrossFit Experience: Not Into No Pain, No Gain
It feels like it has been raining non-stop in Seattle. Seriously, this year, we’re not the Rainy City, we are the gray, wet, and cold to the bone city. I’m tired of being muddy, tired of being wet, tired of winter boots and sweaters, and if another snow day is called,...