Sport has not escaped corrupt reality
When one looks back at the money squandering that has gone on in sport over the last decade alone, surely one wonders, if even for a moment, what could have happened had that same money been put to...
View ArticleErgonomics—a lifestyle of movements
Ergonomics…what a strange name! It sounds like some sort of Transformer robot that belongs in a sci-fi movie. Quite the contrary, it has everything to do with humans and how we move on a daily basis....
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T&T needs ordinary people doing ordinary things
Sometimes people think it takes doing something extraordinary to accomplish great things but lately, I find myself calling my perspective on that to serious question. You look at the lives of some of...
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Wrestlers dying at alarming rate
I am not a fan of WWF wrestling by any means. First of all, I do not understand how one can be entertained by watching hideous looking, animal-like behaving humans, pretend to fight each other. While...
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‘Wham? Yuh cyar wait?’
Local gym etiquette reflects the typical Trinidadian narcissistic mentality. Let’s draw some parallels. A gym is a public space used by many individuals. Therefore, there should be a basic sense of...
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When sore losers have more to lose
It seems that Marlen Esparza, an American female amateur boxer, embodied the perfect image that her sponsor, CoverGirl, wants to project…a woman can be strong AND beautiful at the same time. Covergirl...
View ArticleHow long does it take to get unfit?
There are those of us who, if we miss a week of exercise, catastrophize and somehow feel that we have lost some of our fitness. There are also those of us who have missed months, and even years of...
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Two worlds apart
I write this today with a somewhat heavy heart. I never knew the Welshman Colin Fletcher, but had read his book titled “The Man Who Walked Through Time.” It was about his experience as the first man to...
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When it comes to the crunch
It’s probably one of the most common questions we get at Total Rehab regarding core strengthening and developing “ah six pack”…To crunch, or not to crunch?The answer is much more complicated than a...
View ArticleStress can perpetuate pain
It is generally accepted that emotional or psychological stress can make one’s physical pain worse, but there is now a new concept of “stress-related pain” that takes this idea even further. It assumes...
View ArticleCommon sense—small price to pay for life
The sudden death of a participant in the recent Hardcore challenge has prompted me to think about the responsibilities of sporting event organisers, and the competitors themselves, in ensuring the...
View ArticleBack to basic fitness in 2016?
At the end of every year, the American College of Sports Medicine publishes predicted worldwide fitness trends for the upcoming year. These trends are based on a massive survey it distributes to its...
View ArticleGayle—a real cricket ‘player’
I really wanted to start off the New Year with an article on a topic filled with positivity and promise, but alas! I cannot resist this one. It just begs for commentary. Once again, Facebook has not...
View ArticleThe tactical squad
Space: the final frontier…and certainly a very new and different one for fitness! The astronaut athlete is a new athletic domain, an expansion into the still very young world of occupational...
View ArticleChanging channels to what really matters
It is amazing to me that it took the unfortunate murder of a foreigner and the remarks from an archaic and socially-removed leader to begin this conversation about women’s rights. This issue has been...
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Gymnastic Federation falls off the beam
Here we go again. More small-minded, self-absorbed people holding positions of influence and power in an organisation for which, by their actions, they have no qualifications. What the Gymnastics...
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Carpetbagging in gymnastics —matter of national pride
Marisa Dick repeats in all her interviews a very well-rehearsed statement that, despite all the “negative support,” she hopes that people will just be glad that Trinidad and Tobago is being represented...
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