Our Mission is to make regular exercise a permanent part of your life!

the circuit with a trainer.  They catch me doing things I can’t see myself doing and I know I work harder because they are there. Your health and fitness is critically important, and here at the club we have a team of trainers who understand how lives are changed for the better.

Why not maximize the effectiveness of your workout program and tap into this incredible resource?

To your health!

Mike

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Everyone wants to work their core, but not everyone knows what, or where, it is.

The ‘core’ refers to the torso muscle groups that create movement of the spine. They provide the base for most of our body movements as well as critical support for the spinal column, the bone structure connecting the upper and lower body.

Although everyone is in agreement with the importance of keeping the core muscles strong, there are some common misconceptions on how it should be done.

The abdominal muscles, which make up the front core muscles and flex the spine, are relatively easy to strengthen. With the right body position, curl ups work fine. The obliques, which create rotational movement of the spine, are also relatively easy to strengthen with any good rotary torso machine.

Unfortunately the posterior, or ‘spinal erector,’ muscles are much more of challenge. It wasn’t until the 1980’s that these muscles were able to be isolated and their strength measured. From this research it became clear that the spine muscles were by far the strongest of the core muscles and potentially the strongest in the body!

Unfortunately the same research that demonstrated the strength of the spinal erector muscles also proved it is very difficult to strengthen these muscles. As it turns out the body is masterful at unconsciously substituting other muscles (the glutes and hamstrings,) allowing the spinal erectors to weaken despite regular core exercise.

In order to work the spinal erector muscles, you must isolate them by ‘freezing’ the glutes and the hamstrings so they cannot take the work on themselves.

Enter the MedX Lumbar machine - a direct result of the research. It is designed to brace the pelvis in such a way that excludes the involvement of the glutes and the hamstring muscles. Then, all lifting must be performed only by the spinal erector muscles.

When the posterior core is strengthened using the MedX machine technology, the amazingly powerful spinal muscles create a natural back brace which can eliminate pain from many serious back problems. 

Unfortunately isolation of the spinal erectors cannot be replicated with any floor exercise or other “back” machine. After witnessing the results first hand we decided to make the substantial investment in both the MedX Medical Lumbar machines and the MedX Exercise Lumbar Machines to make them available for members and non members.

The only core program that provides measurable strength increases for the back of the core muscles is the MedX core program, which includes the:

• MedX Abdominal machine;
• MedX Rotary Torso;
• MedX Exercise Lumbar machine (pictured above);
• MedX Neck machine;
• MedX Stretch machine.    

Please remember proper seat positions and form is critical on these machines.  Begin by making an appointment with our Front Desk with one of Fitness Trainers to set you up on the MedX Core program.

By the way, if you are suffering with back pain from a herniated disc, spinal stenosis or other chronic back problems please speak to our front desk, they will have someone from our Healthy Back Program call you with information.

Mike Arteaga

I had a frightening situation with my son Evan recently. He was not feeling well for a couple of weeks, then finally went to the doctor where they “did some tests.” He was told they couldn’t find anything.

After suffering through a miserable one-month business trip abroad he went to another doctor and was quickly diagnosed with Lyme disease and with the medication began feeling a little better. I then suggested he go to a specialist where he was told he was only tested for two types of Lyme, and there are three!

He is now on what we hope is the right medication and seems to be feeling much better.

If we hadn't been proactive, Evan might still be suffering through tests and medications, and no closer to feeling better.

Let's face it, every day people's lives are saved by the medical community while others are placed in harms way, whether by mistake or misdiagnosis. You may have heard how the actor Dennis Quaid has become an advocate for improved medical care after his twin baby sons were given a huge overdose of the wrong medication, very nearly killing them!

When it comes to caring for your health and the health of your loved ones you need to be the advocate conducting your own research. Please use me and our staff if we can help. It’s certainly not easy but with our health and the health of our loved ones hanging in the balance we need to make the effort.

To the next 50 years!