When your torso doesn't move well with you - bracing at the right times and moving at the right times - you may start to notice symptoms. In this short blog, you'll learn a simple movement you can do to build your ability to brace your torso muscles and create more support for the area. What's
Two Keys To Better Handstand Training
Handstand training is about more than putting your hands on the ground and kicking your feet over your head, hoping to hold the position for as long as you can. There are key insights you need to get the most progress from each handstand practice session, and this article will give you two of
Are Hinge Points Affecting Your Spinal Mobility?
If you are working to improve your spinal mobility because you're learning a skill like the backbend, it's vital to know about one of the hurdles that often holds people up in their progress... Hinge points. The term 'hinge point' is used to denote a spot anywhere in your body where it
Front Splits: Why Stretching Doesn’t Work To Get Deeper Splits
The days of using outdated methods like passive stretching to achieve a mobility skill like front splits are over. Modern research has shown that simply stretching to achieve the splits doesn't work and could actually be unsafe. In this article, you'll learn what does work to achieve the front
Daily Connections For The Week Of April 12
Week 5. Toes and tibias and walking. Short- and long-term planning. Personal satisfaction. Having a proper lunch. Mindless activities. What to do when there's too much butt-in-chair time. And stressing the system. These are are my daily connections from the week of April
Daily Connections For The Week Of April 5
This week, we passed one month of daily connection emails. I didn't exactly not think we'd hit a month when this all started, but I'm still surprised we are here. And now as the pandemic progresses, I'm realizing I actually don't know how many months of these emails there are going to be. These
Daily Connections For The Week Of March 29
Week 3 came and went and I my days are as busy as ever. I'm so grateful to all the students who are reaching out to purchase programs they can do at home. My training protocols are so perfectly made for in-home training that they are shining right now. And for that I'm grateful. Here are my daily
Daily Connections For The Week Of March 22
Week Two was the longest ever. I think we'll say that about every week until we are through this. What does "through this" even mean? Who knows, but what I do know is that daily connection is still important. Here are mine from the week of March
Daily Connection To Health & Well-Being During The Coronavirus Pandemic
I don't know about you, but I've not experienced a global pandemic in my lifetime. Initially, I felt levels of anxiety far beyond anything I've ever felt before. Everything about life felt like it was changing. Rapidly. And without my consent. But shortly thereafter, I shifted into
Do Posture Correcting Gadgets Work?
When you think about being fitter, one of the goals you probably think of is "I want to have good posture." Folks tend to correlate "good posture" with being fit. But is that an accurate correlation? Do you wonder if having good posture is a guarantee that you won't have ache and pains? Or