Ian Manning of Orthocore PT offers some off season baseball training advice As a kid growing up in North Kingstown, I played many sports including baseball for Wickford Little League.  As I got older and focused primarily on baseball, my off season conditioning for baseball consisted mostly of aerobic type workouts – running, riding a bike, swimming.  My strength training  program consisted of mostly baseball related exercises such as swinging a weighted bat, broomstick curls for my forearms, and squeezing those hand grip devices so I could grip the baseball better.  I didn’t lift weights or participate in any strength training … Continue reading Off Season Baseball Training Advice from Orthocore PT’s Ian Manning

After a great run on Post Road, the North Kingstown Marketing Company is expanding.  With the increased demand for storage of items big and small, we decided to find a larger space.  This new space, located in Dry Bridge Commerce Park, offers my clients a climate controlled warehouse with plenty of room for our ebay items such as guitars, bikes, boats, and more. The North Kingstown Marketing Company will continue to work with the Southern Rhode Island business community on the North Kingstown Blog.  In addition, we still produce creative content via blog writing, public relations, and multimedia whiteboard videos. … Continue reading The North Kingstown Marketing Company is Expanding

When you visit a health club or sports and conditioning center, there are several areas of fitness with various machines.  Most of your larger health clubs will have a cardiovascular room with treadmills, bikes, and steppers. Others will have aerobic rooms, racquetball courts, and yoga studios.  When it comes to strength training, you can typically find areas filled with benches for dumbbell training or selectorized machines with weight stacks (possibly in a circuit), as well other machines that you can add plates to for resistance.  The company that has been the industry leader in plate loaded equipment for not only … Continue reading Why Hammer Strength Plate Loaded Machines Are The Industry Leader in Quality

In recent weeks, the North Kingstown Marketing Company has been introduced to Focal Upright Furniture and its innovative work stations and upright furniture.  Local Barrington fitness consultant Doug Perron of Barrington Fitness Studio showed me one of the work stations available – The Locus Bundle, which included the Locus Seat as well as the Locus Desk, an adjustable height desk. I was so impressed with the quality and the functionality of this Locus Bundle and Doug mentioned the company and founder, Martin Keen. I had an opportunity to speak with owner and designer Martin Keen about his company and the … Continue reading The Locus Bundle Pro – An Ergonomic Workstation From Focal Upright Furniture