Functional Training Advice: Part 4

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...

Three Ways To Change Your Body

There are three ways to physically change your body in a way that promotes healthy growth. None of them are easy, but mindbody connection isn’t an easy path. However, after years of practicing and bringing my awareness to it I can say that I think it is an...

Kinesthetic Literacy Part 2: New Language

“Parlez-vous Français?” Learning a New Language Body mechanics (ie; flex, extend, bend) are a language, just like any other industry. As a trainer it becomes my job to teach you, the mover, how to understand this language through the application...

Basics 101: Quadped with Resistance

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...

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...

What Are The Best Exercises As You Age

Your Anti-Gravity Subsystem There’s no stopping it, time is coming for you, and each one of us. The only chance we have to beat it is to improve our biomechanics and understand how to rebuild the spring system in ourselves. The spring system is the pliability...
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