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Flow into your Fitness

2013/11/27 10:25 PM / Leave a comment


The Original SANDDUNE™, a unique aerobic/anaerobic compliant device invented for interval training to keep performance level from  losing momentum during off weather or injury downtime.

Being able to excel on off days or rehab muscles and joints when the impact of the ground is over exhausting, SANDDUNE™ Cross Training excels in keeping your current level of fitness.

 Increase Cardio, while Reduce or Build 

  • Strengthen Muscular-skeletal, Body’s Core Muscles
  • Build Stamina, Endurance and Agility
  • Develops greater Dynamic Balance
  • Aids in Rehabilitation practices

 The device allows the body to train:

  • up-hill, down-hill,
  • sitting, standing, leaning,
  • stretching, walking or running;

 Similar to aqua-jogging, or plyometrics in the water, it offers therapeutic options easy on the joints.  

Flow- K Wassell 50 rez“Flow” ~Artwork Courtesy of Kirk Wassell

Working on the SANDDUNE will allow one to learn how to:

  • Stand at the Center of Gravity with the core engaged, knees soft, back erect, belly button back and gaze straightforward.
  • Learn Feet and Foundation sense in the feet through learning to work the whole foot as weight shifts “around the clock.”
  • Develop and understand proprioception (the ability to sense the position, location, orientation and movement of the body and its parts) on an uneven, moving surface as all of the parts of the body are taught to work together. IE…learning to “marry” the trunk and the lower body for greater flexibility in movement and walking.

Jenn Hoage 11-2013 Riverside Diabetes Walk

Test jog @ Riverside Diabetes Walk, Nov 16, 2013. 

Thank you Jenn!

It Wakens Your Body!

2013/06/14 10:24 PM / Leave a comment


This is an incredible apparatus. Andrea and I just purchased one, and we’re hooked. It strengthens your core, without any other gadgets. It starts with balance, then it teaches you about your body, by making your legs sing like they have been asleep. It wakens your body, and it is so simple, it seems like magic. Check out the site, you will thank me, honest. Kirk Wassell   
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Mindful Morning start #2

2013/05/31 5:28 PM / Leave a comment


Now that you have finished your initial body rolling, gently draw your knees to your chest, holding them together or slightly apart, whichever is comfortable, as best you can. Hold for a count of 30. Now, gently rock back and forth on your back. Do not roll over to your side like you did in the first warm up exercise. This movement is done on a flat back. Do this 6-10 times, more if  you like.  In a second variation, hold your knees and mimic a walking motion while you are doing the gentle rock described above with your head slightly elevated or flat. Your knees can be slightly apart or wide as is comfortable for you. You’ll feel this massage in your upper and middle back as well as the lower back  while warming up the hip flexors.

Hip Flexor & Psoas

2013/05/27 12:39 PM / 4 Comments on Hip Flexor & Psoas


SANDDUNE’s™ unique action causes you to shift your weight to one foot and bend the opposite knee. As your foot sinks into the soft surface and then rebounds, it encourages the deep abdominal muscles to actually lift the leg and use the hip flexors properly. It wakes up the Psoas muscle which attaches your inner thigh to the lumbar vertebrae.

The action of shifting your weight fully allows the Psoas muscles to lengthen and then contract with each step. This improved movement of the pelvis flows up the spine, engaging the muscles of the back and shoulders and creating active movement all the way up your torso to your neck and head. This is especially beneficial for athletes (IE…golfers or jockeys) who utilize their shoulders and back muscles in a sport where their lower body may stationary or locked in position for periods of time.