Developing Dorsiflexion
Jason Round THE WHAT: Whist consistent practice of these two simple forms contributes toward developing range & elasticity in ankle-dorsiflexion, their form & position (i.e. ‘hinged’ in the hip), also affects the hamstrings of the ‘working’ leg. For this reason, they are equally valuable in developing FRONT-FOLDING ranges, particularly the unilateral ‘Head-to-toe’ form, in […]
An Improvement Upon the 90/90
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Aquatic Mobility & Feedback
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Neurological Tightness: When to Intervene
Brian Fox Neurological tightness is a common finding in the clinical setting. Depending on the circumstances, I, as a practitioner, have to make a clinical decision as to what treatment strategy is prudent: go at it and completely overhaul the nervous system, open up just a little, or leave it be. I’m not quite […]
On Worth & Value
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Feeling vs. Forcing
Tasha Louie There always seems to be an exercise that you should be doing to feel a certain way and achieve a certain thing, isn’t there? If you think it’s going to give you something specific to feel or gain by the end of learning all the progressions to learn how to do […]
Opening & Integrating the Lateral Line
Phaon Phipat
Updating Stability-Mobility Patterns
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Sequences
Tasha Louie When I posted this around two years ago, I got a lot of questions on making a tutorial because many were convinced it would improve some vague idea of mobility. I didn’t because broadly speaking, this sequence or any other that you would see on social media, won’t improve your mobility […]
Buoyant Tension Lines
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Full Spinal Follow Along
Samantha Faulhaber
Perhaps
Tasha Louie Perhaps you don’t lack mobility. Perhaps you aren’t weak. Perhaps, there’s nothing wrong with you or how you move. Perhaps, you haven’t trained, used, or practiced your mobility/strength/coordination like you did when you were younger. Perhaps, you’ve out trained, used, or practiced other aspects of your physical ability than your mobility/strength/coordination as […]
Butter Back (part 1)
Jeremy Fein Why Butterback? You need to move your back in so many ways, whether in athletic movement like throwing and kicking or daily activities like tying your shoes. But it’s easy to feel stiff throughout the torso. And many [totally great!] traditional strength exercises have us moving the arms and legs alot, but […]
Playing with Capacity
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Jean Claude (Enhanced)
Tasha Louie [Taken from this instagram post, the astonishing thing was the many comments about the jeans…]
You Decide What’s Optimal
Tasha Louie View this post on Instagram A post shared by T A S H A (@tasha.louie) View this post on Instagram A post shared by T A S H A (@tasha.louie) In case you missed this in the comments of post #2:
Passive to Active Tissue Lengthening
Brian Fox [Description below.] Affect connective tissue architecture by training at length for 2+ minutes. Intent: Passively acquire length then actively try to maintain that length and internally load the bioflow. Straining the connective tissue at length. A two minute stretch specifically intended for the anterior knee and thigh in hip extension and […]
How to Fix Constantly Tight Hamstrings
Tom Morrison Listen here, Susan! (I don’t know your name so I will call you Susan for this blog.) You’re blaming your hamstrings for everything, when they’re probably the thing trying to hold your body together – and the stuff you keep doing to them won’t help because it’s not what they actually need! […]
Cross-Contextual Spine Training
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Where I Went Wrong
Tom Morrison The non-negotiables from the “Where I Went Wrong” ebook Take these in and implement them and you will run into a lot less problems in training, and life: 1. Move your neck every which way every day! Look left, look right, look up, look down, look side to side and every […]