by admin | Nov 20, 2018 | aerobic work, alignment training, Breathing, Center, core, diaphragm, Functional Patterns, Joint health, Kinetic Chain, movement, Muscle Association, muscle function, Posture, Rugged, Spiral, structural integration, sustainability, Train Rugged
Train Your Heart Aerobic training is often classified into the ‘cardio’ category of training. We automatically think of running, step classes, swimming, basically any activity that is longer than 15 minutes of continuous movement and work. These are all...
by admin | Oct 30, 2018 | alignment training, Anatomy in motion, Anatomy Trains, Athletic performance, Back to center, Biomechanics, bipeds, Blog, Bodywork, Efficiency, elasticity, exercise, Fascia, fitness, foundation, functional movement, Functional Patterns, functionality, Gait, health, Health Coach, Healthness, Human Movement, Human Optimization, Joint control, Joints, Optimization, Personal Training, Physical medicine, Physical therapy, Physiology, Posture, Psychology, sustainability, Train Rugged
Tunnel Vision I work in a field called spatial medicine, also known as physical medicine. Your physical therapist, chiropractor, massage therapist, and CrossFit or yoga instructor does the same thing. Essentially we work with people to educate them on their bodies and...
by admin | Jun 19, 2018 | alignment training, Anatomy in motion, Anatomy Trains, Back to center, balance, Biomechanics, Body Care, Breathing, Center, Conditioning, core, diaphragm, Efficiency, elasticity, endurance, Finding center, Nervous System, Optimization, Physiology, Posture, running, Spatial Medicine, Stability, structural integration, sustainability, training, Training with purpose, TVA, yoga
MAKING YOUR HEAD SPIN So the last post seemed anything but simple. I talked about your heart rate, arteries, and all the moving systems that are involved on a daily basis. My hope is that by the end of this post you have somewhere solid to start that you can then...
by admin | May 23, 2018 | alignment training, Anatomy in motion, Anatomy Trains, Back to center, balance, structural integration, sustainability, Train Rugged, training, Training with purpose
EXTREME SCENARIOS We all may have that question from time to time, “why do I have to go workout?” And then there’s the other side of the conversation, “when do I get to go workout?” To me its two sides of the same coin. One person loathes...
by admin | Apr 26, 2018 | alignment training, Anatomy in motion, Anatomy Trains, Athletic performance, Biomechanics, functional movement, Functional Patterns, functionality, Gait, Mental Health, Mobility, Motion, movement, Optimization, Personal Training, Physical medicine, sustainability, Tensegrity, tissue health, Train Rugged, training, Training with purpose, TVA, yoga
GOING TILL THE WHEELS FALL OFF: NOT SUSTAINABLE Deceleration is defined as the reduced speed or rate of something, or the act of slowing down. Slowing down, aka decelerating, changed me. And I intend to tell you how. What do I mean by ‘changed me’? Well...
by admin | Feb 28, 2018 | Breathing, diaphragm, Efficiency, elasticity, fitness, Physical medicine, Restorative, Spatial Medicine, sustainability, Tensegrity, tissue health, Train Rugged
Apposition defined: the positioning of things or the condition of being side by side or close together. The zone of apposition refers to the relationship of the diaphragm to the pelvic floor. So essentially, the ribcage to the pelvis (though there are other...