
As a life sciences teacher, coach and athlete, Senator Torlakson offers personal insights, inspiration and suggestions for helping us all achieve health and fitness in our lives through his periodic Torlakson’s Tips.

As a life sciences teacher, coach and athlete, Senator Torlakson offers personal insights, inspiration and suggestions for helping us all achieve health and fitness in our lives through his periodic Torlakson’s Tips.
We last looked at how our lives can get stuck in RUTS---Routine Unproductive Tracks. And we examined how concentrating, focusing on positive changes—step by step—can get us out of our ruts and negative patterns.
On this day of celebrating freedom, in this land of liberty and wonderful choices, what is it we want to change?
For our health, how will we find freedom from the patterns that work against a healthy and balanced diet and combine these commitments with habits of heart moving exercise?
In a land that epitomizes movement and the freedom to move where we want, how will we go forward with better choices? What “bad habits” do we want to eliminate and replace with better ones?
Happy Independence Day! Happy trails finding new freedoms!
2006 Tips
#16 Harvest Moon or Easter Egg?
#12 Are We Living Life to the Fullest?
#11: Beat the Heat, Fun in the Sun!
#10 G.O. Power – Fighting RUT’s
#2 How do we improve ourselves?
2005 Tips
#22 A Hearty and Healthy “Thank you”!
#18: Taking Advantage of the Situation
#14: Every Month is Fitness Month!
#5: Paying Attention, Focusing
#3: Between Ash Wednesday and Heart Day