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 | Oct 30, 2017 | alignment training, Anatomy, anterior chain, balance, Biomechanics, Restorative, strength, Tensegrity, training, TVA
COMPENSATION: RELAXING THE TFL Here is a simple set of movements to do at your leisure to help encourage spine length and abdominal bracing. Often, because of lifestyles, stress, and our own defaults, the hip flexors get incredibly bound up. Once muscles start to...
by admin | Aug 31, 2017 | alignment training, Anatomy, anterior chain, Athletic performance, balance, functional movement, Glutes, health, Improved Cognition, Joint control, Low back fix, low back pain, movement, muscle function, Optimization, posterior chain, Postural correction, Posture, rectus abdominis, strength, structural integration, sustainability
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...
by admin | May 25, 2017 | agility, alignment training, Anatomy, Athletic performance, balance, Biomechanics, bipeds, Blog, body, Bodywork, Breathing, core, deep core, diaphragm, Efficiency, Fascia, health, Human Optimization, Human Performance, improve performance, Posture, Rugged, Spatial Medicine, sport, Stability, strength, sustainability, tissue health
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...
by admin | Mar 4, 2017 | anterior chain, core, diaphragm, endurance, fitness, hamstrings, Low back fix, low back pain, movement, muscle function, posterior chain, rectus abdominis, sport, strength, Uncategorized, weightlifting
Having a posterior chain that receives the message to ‘turn-on’ is going to help us in the world of movement for many reasons. Apart from being a major contributor to uprightness and posture, it is also a contributor to lifting load off of our joints and...
by admin | Feb 13, 2017 | aerobic work, agility, Anatomy, Athletic performance, balance, Bodywork, Breathing, Breathing exercises, core, deep core, diaphragm, endurance, explosiveness, fitness, functional movement, Glutes, hamstrings, health, Hip flexors, How to Work Your Glutes, improve performance, leg control, leg strength, muscle function, plyometrics, quadriceps, running, Stability, stamina, strength, sustainability, swimming, training, weightlifting, yoga
Self motivation and discipline are two prerequisites to succeed in any sort of training plan. I don’t care what you’re working towards; a handstand, a 5k, a heavy squat, a marathon, a dance recital, an exam, a lab project, grad school, a...
