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This Not That: Cat Cow

In this video I hope to help guide on a more specific way to perform cat cow in order to get a more complete mobility exercise for your spine. There are many ways to edit and make this exercise effective, this is just one of them. Hope it helps! *THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IS THE VIDEOContinue reading “This Not That: Cat Cow”

Random Rants: Perfect Vs Good

Essentially what I want to say is perfection can hinder progress. Make sure that you are acknowledging your success and analyzing how you can be better. Only being upset about failure can lead to reducing the chance of success.

This not That: Balance

In this video I talk about some details to pay attention to when trying to balance on one leg. This is a practice that should be maintained throughout the life span, and from my experience is never as good as someone thinks it is. So as the video says pay attention to your whole bodyContinue reading “This not That: Balance”

Random Rant: Beyond Core

In this video I go over the difference in word usage for stabilizing the spine, core vs trunk. I do this to help you understand that we can not only think about one muscle group or part of the spine. It all contributes and we do not want to ignore anything. In other words, IContinue reading “Random Rant: Beyond Core”

Body Physics: The Squat

I teach this movement all day, and it is one of my favorites. I hope it helps you understand balance points and how we can use our body to make the exercise feel better. We always feel like we need to make things harder, but that’s just not true. In the video I use aContinue reading “Body Physics: The Squat”

Habit Stacking for Daily Exercise

One of the main difficulties I have with my clients/patients is getting someone to perform exercises consistently. However, I do not always blame the client, sometimes I do, because it is absolutely normal to have difficulty adding something consistent into our life. This can be seen with diet, work, school, or any other activity. SoContinue reading “Habit Stacking for Daily Exercise”

6 Foundational Movements

In the general strength world there are different movements which are considered a must. The ones I address in the video are at the center of it all, they include: Hip Hinge Squat Lunge Press Pull Carry When we think of daily activity these can all come into play to keep us strong and healthy.Continue reading “6 Foundational Movements”

One Reason Why Breathing Matters

I could write a dissertation on why paying some attention to your breathing matters, but in this video I explain one reason. The diaphragm is connected to the lower part of the rib cage, and really starts the abdominal cavity. Emphasis on the word cavity here, it is just an open space. In order forContinue reading “One Reason Why Breathing Matters”

What Sitting Does to Us

In this video I show how sitting can affect the physical components of the body, and why that can lead to low back pain. You can take a look at my post on “Is Sitting the New Smoking” to appreciate the many reasons why the body does not like excessive sitting or slouching. So whenContinue reading “What Sitting Does to Us”

This not That: Hip Flexor Stretch

This is probably one of the harder stretches to teach my patients and clients. Sometimes it is either you get it or you don’t. Either way, I see this being performed, what I would say as, incorrectly all the time such as the gym and even in clinics. I am not saying this is theContinue reading “This not That: Hip Flexor Stretch”