by admin | Mar 5, 2020 | alignment, structural integration, Tensegrity, yoga
PRIVATE YOGA INSTRUCTION, DESIGNED TO MEET YOUR BODY’S UNIQUE NEEDS It’s official, I have opened a private studio for yoga and physical training on The Mesa in Santa Barbara! The space is geared towards individuals who want to strengthen, align, and...
by admin | Oct 24, 2019 | alignment, alignment training, Anatomy, Anatomy in motion, Body Care, bodymind, Bodywork, bones, Breathing, Breathing exercises, Center, circulation, Growth, Health Coach, Healthness, healthy joints, Power, Practice, preventative care, Psychology, psychosomatic
Below are brief descriptions of techniques and modalities used most often at Train Rugged. Depending on your goals and needs, any and all combinations of modalities might be used during a session. MYOFASCIAL THERAPY The term “myofascia” refers to the connective tissue...
by admin | Oct 22, 2019 | alignment, alignment training, Anatomy, Anatomy in motion, Bodywork, bones, Breathing, core, deep core, diaphragm, Efficiency, embodiment, foundation, functional movement, Functional Patterns, Gait, Human Movement, Human Optimization, Intrinsic stability, Joint control, Joint health, Kinesthetic, Muscle Association, Muscle balance, Personal Training, Physical medicine, Physical therapy, psychosomatic, Spatial Medicine, Spiral, stamina, structural integration, Tensegrity, tissue health, Train Rugged, TVA
What is Structural Integration? Structural Integration (SI) is a therapeutic process that uses various techniques and modalities of manual therapies to help bring you into an improved, more efficient structural and functional balance. SI aims to optimize the body you...
by admin | Oct 19, 2019 | alignment, alignment training, Anatomy, Anatomy in motion, Anatomy Trains, Efficiency, elasticity, embodiment, Finding center, fitness, flexibility, foundation, functional movement, Functional Patterns, functionality, gait work, Hip flexors, hip knee ankle, Human Optimization, Human Performance, improve performance, Improved Cognition, Intention, Intrinsic stability, Joint control, Kinesthetic, Muscle Association, Muscle balance, Nature, Nervous System, Optimization, Personal Training, Physical medicine, Postural correction, Posture, Practice, Spatial Medicine, structural integration, sustainability, sustainable, swimming, Tensegrity, tissue health
Tensegrity & the Body Tensegrity is an elision of ‘tension + integrity’. Buckminster Fuller, building on the highly original sculptures of Kenneth Snelson, coined the term, to indicate that the integrity of the structure derived from the balance of tension...
by admin | Oct 8, 2019 | alignment, alignment training, Anatomy, Anatomy in motion, Anatomy Trains, Athletic performance, Biomechanics, functional movement, Functional Patterns, functionality, Muscle Association, Muscle balance, muscle function, sustainability, sustainable, tissue health
TRAIN RUGGED IS DIFFERENT THAN CONVENTIONAL TRAINING– IT IS TRAINING FOR THE 21st-CENTURY The Sustainability / Longevity Philosophy “No citizen has a right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training…what a disgrace it is for a man to grow old...
by admin | Sep 29, 2019 | alignment, alignment training, bones, Breathing, Gait, healthy joints, Human Movement, improve performance, Personal Training, Physical medicine, Physical therapy, Spatial Medicine, Train Rugged, training, Training with purpose
What is Joint Physiology? The human body has ~206 bones, ~350 joints, and more than 650 muscles. Simply put, our joints evolved over thousands of years. It took time in order for our hands, fingers, toes, hip, jaws, and everything else to develop the motion that it...