by admin | Feb 12, 2018 | Anatomy Trains, Glutes, Human Performance, improve performance, Improved Cognition, Intentional, Joint health, Kinesthetic, Longevity Training, Mobility, Motor Control, movement, Nervous System, Nutrition, Optimization, Training with purpose
The last and most important thing in deciphering whether or not your training is “functional” is to ask yourself, is it purposeful? Do you have a reason behind your training plan? Does what you do for that one hour each day promote wellness and health in...
by admin | Feb 9, 2018 | alignment training, Anatomy, Anatomy Trains, balance, Biomechanics, Breathing, deep core, diaphragm, fitness, flexibility, functional movement, Functional Patterns, functionality, Human Movement, Human Optimization, Human Performance, Human potential, improve performance
The next “functional” must is to train yourself in an integrated manner. Meaning, get out of the sagittal plane, and work some frontal or horizontal plane exercises, move in every direction available to you. Mix isometrics in with motor-control movements,...
by admin | Feb 5, 2018 | alignment training, Anatomy, Anatomy Trains, Athletic performance, Power, Practice, Rugged, structural integration, sustainability, Train Rugged, training, TVA
The second thing is that your spine health and joint health has got to precede everything else you’re doing. If you centralize your training on the integrity of your spine, you will see exceptional progress everywhere else. If your joints, or your spine, cannot...
by admin | Feb 1, 2018 | alignment training, Anatomy Trains, Athletic performance, balance, Biomechanics, Blog, body, Body Care, elasticity, functional movement, Functional Patterns, functionality, Glutes, Human Performance, Human potential, improve performance, Improved Cognition, Intrinsic stability, Joint control, Joint health, Kinesthetic, Mental Health, Mobility, Motor Control, movement, Muscle Association, Muscle balance, Physiology, Postural correction, psoas, rectus abdominis, Rugged, running, structural integration, Tensegrity, tissue health, Train Rugged, training, TVA
The buzz is out everybody, functional training is in. But what is functional training? Everybody seems to have a gimmick, in a moment I’m going to share my gimmick, but seriously, wtf is functional training? A lot of times, programs and trainers are going to...
by admin | Jan 10, 2018 | alignment training, Anatomy Trains, Athletic performance, Biomechanics, bipeds, Body Care, Breathing exercises, elasticity, Fascia, functional movement, Functional Patterns, gait work, glute workout, Glutes, health, How to Work Your Glutes, Human Movement, Human Optimization, low back pain, Motor Control, Muscle balance, muscle function, Personal Training, Rugged, structural integration, Tensegrity, Train Rugged, training
Evolutionary Biology If you study anthropology, you’ll learn that one of the ways that humans came to rise above other animal classes is that we stood up. Our jaws got smaller as our brains grew larger, and eventually this led to us picking up our heads, and so...
by admin | Dec 18, 2017 | alignment training, Anatomy Trains, Biomechanics, bipeds, Conditioning, elasticity, Nature, Psychology, Restorative, Rugged, Spatial Medicine, tissue health, Train Rugged
A History Lesson Muscles have evolved to do more than move you through space or carry you through ‘exercise’. As a matter of fact, the musculoskeletal system has evolved over time as the fist line of defense in keeping your body healthy. Thousands of years...
