Kinesthetic Literacy Part 1: Muscle Function

Issue: No Anatomy Classes Adults, kids, pretty much nobody on this planet is being exposed to anatomy education. Kinesthetic literacy has been oriented around sports, dance, and thats about it. And even these complex scenarios where movements are taught, they...

Your Core: Why You Need to Understand your 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...

Your Biomechanics

Biomechanics: Changing Your Being Your biomechanics play a crucial role in your physical shape, functioning, and development. Biomechanics is defined as the study of the mechanical laws relating to the movement or structure of living organisms. Simply put, no two...

Re-balancing Muscles, Fascia, and Joints

Bring Back Biomechanics Pain is not meant to be part of training! Sadly it’s becoming the norm for most people in a gym to have chronic pains or ongoing injuries, and although a lot of it is the mentality of believing that “it is a part of working...

FRESH: An Acronym For Life

BALANCING THE HUMAN SYSTEM As I’ve grown in the fitness and health industry the hardest part to train in myself and clients has been balance. Building muscle, a routine gym schedule, or even working to achieve certain strength goals has always been the easier...

Frontal Plane Front Rack Lunges

  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,...
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