by admin | Mar 19, 2020 | alignment training, Breathing exercises, flexibility, healthy joints, Online Training, training
TOP ONLINE FITNESS TRAINERS HERE IN SANTA BARBARA You may not be aware of this, but Santa Barbara is home to one of the country’s top online fitness trainers, Rob Stephenson. Rob has been an online personal trainer, offering yoga online, online yoga classes, 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 11, 2019 | bones, Breathing, Breathing exercises, Center, Conditioning, deep core, Finding center, fitness, Food, Food as fuel, functionality, Gait, gait work, Intention, Intentional, Intrinsic stability, Joint control, low back pain, Mental Health, Mobility, Physiology, Posture, Power, SMFR, Spatial Medicine, Stability, strength, structural integration, sustainability, sustainable
The Ramifications of Improper Body Use Are Big Now more than ever before, people are suffering from degenerative diseases. There is no coincidence that this has happened since we begun using our bodies less. What is interesting is that connective tissues; tendons,...
by admin | May 30, 2018 | alignment training, Anatomy in motion, Anatomy Trains, Back to center, balance, Biomechanics, Body Care, Bodywork, Breathing, Breathing exercises, Center, Conditioning, Human Movement, Human Optimization, Human Performance, Human potential, Mental Health, Motion, movement, Nervous System, Physiology, Train Rugged, training, Training with purpose
THE MIND BODY-CONNECTION Humans are anything but simple when you start to dive into the intricacies of human physiology. Therefor when it comes to training and choosing a direction to go in, it can be hard to start. There are so many areas to improve at when it comes...
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 | Aug 15, 2017 | Biomechanics, bipeds, Breathing, Breathing exercises, Conditioning, core, deep core, diaphragm, endurance, Fascia, functional movement, gait work, muscle function, Nervous System, Optimization, training, TVA
YOUR INNER SPRING SYSTEM Today I want to take a moment and explain to your about your transverse abdominis, aka your TVA. Your TVA is a barrel-shaped layer of your abdominals, and it helps keep the ribcage and pelvis connected. It attaches at several areas of your...