Posts by Chris Grotefend
4 Questions to Ask Yourself Before You Start Working with Us
Are you busy living and want to add life your years? We at Total Life Concept like to think of ourselves as nice people but we pride ourselves in being kind first and foremost. There is a difference between kind and nice. Kindness doesn’t always feel nice. When you are on the receiving end of…
Read MoreWarning: I’m Being Completely Blunt in This One
I recently heard a horrifying statistic about this country. Twelve percent of the population of this country is considered healthy right now. Health is not a priority among our people. If that doesn’t become completely obvious by seeing this statistic then nothing will. Eighty-eight percent of our people. Unhealthy. Look around. It’s obvious. Is…
Read MoreLife then Liberty Within the Pursuit of Happiness
Life Our Declaration of Independence talks about the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness that we all share in this country. Our most recent generations have been shown by our elders the benefit and the necessity to protect our Liberty at all costs. It appears to me today that many of us…
Read MoreCrowding Out Dramatically Outshines Deprivation
At Total Life Concept we will not ask that you deprive yourself of anything, we operate according to a philosophy that is more efficient and effective than this obsolete, old and ineffective way things have been done before. “Crowding Out” is a methodology that works really well for someone like me. I don’t like…
Read MoreStretching: The Important Element of Exercise You Forgot About
Our muscles can do two things-contract (shorten) and extend (lengthen). Most folks tend to get hyper focused on either the strengthening part or the extendability part, usually depending on what they are good at. You will see people who build muscles well in the gym lifting weights. Alternatively, people with excellent flexibility generally enjoy yoga…
Read MoreCoordination: You’re Not Just Born With It
Many people believe that as we get older we begin to lose our ability to balance. This may have been the case for previous generations, but I would say they just didn’t practice. Our nervous system is worthy of our attention because it is infinitely trainable. The different movement systems interact with each other and…
Read MoreHow I Learned the Importance of Breathing Well
The Life Changing Day As an aspiring young fitness professional in the early 90s, I stumbled across a gentleman named John Douillard from Boulder, CO. He was a presenter at a convention in Copper Mountain and I was fortunate to get some one-on-one time with him. He took me out to the running track and…
Read More6 Health Reasons Not to be a Mouth-breather
It turns out that our nose is on our face for more reasons than sneezing, smelling the roses and blowing! It also gets the job of being our primary breathing apparatus. Here are six reasons to focus on using your nose for most of your breathing. Hydration– When we take in oxygen through the nose,…
Read More3 Reasons Cardio is Essential
Cardio is breathing efficiency and effectiveness. It’s ingesting and expiring oxygen into and out of the lungs. There are two places through which we ingest oxygen, the mouth and the nose. The nose is the most efficient and effective thing to use for breathing. Hydration, thermo-regulation, circulation, nervous system integration and filtration are the primary reasons it…
Read MoreUse this ONE Simple Breathing Technique to Ignite Your Parasympathetic Nervous System
Do you ever feel your brain behaves like a runaway train? Anxiety, depression, and stress are reaching unprecedented levels today and all three of these are the by-product of addiction to compulsive thinking. This mental dis-ease is caused by an overactive mind that is not coherent. Unfortunately, in our society, there has been no one…
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