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...
by admin | Feb 20, 2018 | alignment training, Anatomy, Anatomy Trains, anterior chain, balance, core, deep core, diaphragm, Postural correction, Posture, Train Rugged, training, Training with purpose, TVA
Understanding how to isometrically brace the spine serves us a lot of good. If the core muscles aroud the spine can understand how to ‘brace’ then we can progress more confidently into the next stages of training- that is, integrating the extremities of...
by admin | Feb 5, 2018 | alignment training, Anatomy, Anatomy Trains, Athletic performance, Power, Practice, Rugged, structural integration, sustainability, Train Rugged, training, TVA
The second thing is that your spine health and joint health has got to precede everything else you’re doing. If you centralize your training on the integrity of your spine, you will see exceptional progress everywhere else. If your joints, or your spine, cannot...
by admin | Feb 1, 2018 | alignment training, Anatomy Trains, Athletic performance, balance, Biomechanics, Blog, body, Body Care, elasticity, functional movement, Functional Patterns, functionality, Glutes, Human Performance, Human potential, improve performance, Improved Cognition, Intrinsic stability, Joint control, Joint health, Kinesthetic, Mental Health, Mobility, Motor Control, movement, Muscle Association, Muscle balance, Physiology, Postural correction, psoas, rectus abdominis, Rugged, running, structural integration, Tensegrity, tissue health, Train Rugged, training, TVA
The buzz is out everybody, functional training is in. But what is functional training? Everybody seems to have a gimmick, in a moment I’m going to share my gimmick, but seriously, wtf is functional training? A lot of times, programs and trainers are going to...
by admin | Jan 10, 2018 | alignment training, Anatomy Trains, Athletic performance, Biomechanics, bipeds, Body Care, Breathing exercises, elasticity, Fascia, functional movement, Functional Patterns, gait work, glute workout, Glutes, health, How to Work Your Glutes, Human Movement, Human Optimization, low back pain, Motor Control, Muscle balance, muscle function, Personal Training, Rugged, structural integration, Tensegrity, Train Rugged, training
Evolutionary Biology If you study anthropology, you’ll learn that one of the ways that humans came to rise above other animal classes is that we stood up. Our jaws got smaller as our brains grew larger, and eventually this led to us picking up our heads, and so...