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 | 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 | 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 | Apr 3, 2017 | alignment training, Athletic performance, balance, fitness, flexibility, foundation, functional movement, Mobility, Stability, tissue health
Everyone who trains is usually looking for something different. Somebody might do it to counter their work lifestyle, like somebody who sits eight hours a day, five days a week. Someone else does it for competition, trying to achieve a personal best in either an...