by admin | Feb 20, 2018 | alignment training, Anatomy, Anatomy Trains, anterior chain, balance, core, deep core, diaphragm, Postural correction, Posture, Train Rugged, training, Training with purpose, TVA
Understanding how to isometrically brace the spine serves us a lot of good. If the core muscles aroud the spine can understand how to ‘brace’ then we can progress more confidently into the next stages of training- that is, integrating the extremities of...
by admin | Oct 30, 2017 | alignment training, Anatomy, anterior chain, balance, Biomechanics, Restorative, strength, Tensegrity, training, TVA
COMPENSATION: RELAXING THE TFL Here is a simple set of movements to do at your leisure to help encourage spine length and abdominal bracing. Often, because of lifestyles, stress, and our own defaults, the hip flexors get incredibly bound up. Once muscles start to...
by admin | Aug 31, 2017 | alignment training, Anatomy, anterior chain, Athletic performance, balance, functional movement, Glutes, health, Improved Cognition, Joint control, Low back fix, low back pain, movement, muscle function, Optimization, posterior chain, Postural correction, Posture, rectus abdominis, strength, structural integration, sustainability
Think “create core tension when you breathe out” and as you breathe in, “relax into the floor, fill the back of your shirt with your spine”. But DO NOT let go of the tension you created, be sure to maintain tension on abdominals This...
by admin | May 10, 2017 | Adductor strength, Anatomy, anterior chain, Athletic performance, balance, bipeds, Blog, core, Efficiency, explosiveness, flexibility, functional movement, functionality, glute workout, Glutes, Human Optimization, Personal Training, plyometrics, posterior chain, Practice
You can never do enough unilateral work in your training. One of the reasons I enjoy this alternative to traditional sagittal plane lunges is because you work your adductors and lateral stabilization of your pelvis. If you ever watch somebody run or walk,...
by admin | Mar 4, 2017 | anterior chain, core, diaphragm, endurance, fitness, hamstrings, Low back fix, low back pain, movement, muscle function, posterior chain, rectus abdominis, sport, strength, Uncategorized, weightlifting
Having a posterior chain that receives the message to ‘turn-on’ is going to help us in the world of movement for many reasons. Apart from being a major contributor to uprightness and posture, it is also a contributor to lifting load off of our joints and...
