Lower Body Work – Attainable Growth

Don’t get all Butt-Hurt cuz your Back Hurts; Clean up your Hips!

The source for back pain can commonly be found at the hips; more specifically, lack of complete hip extension. One of the byproducts of tight, weak hips is an anteriorly tilted pelvis, aka lumbar lordosis. Now, the pelvis may orient itself that way in static postures, but I’m typically more concerned if the person has the…

You’re Not Losing Weight, and This Is Why (part 1)

I get it. You’re watching your caloric intake, you go out for a run, hit the weights, go for a swim, bike, etc….during the week. Then the weekend rolls around, you hit the bars with your friends, maybe go out to eat 3 or 4 times, Then Sunday night rolls around, and you’re feeling guilty…

Get your Mobility Game Up With…. The “Squat Matrix”!

One of the very first things that I learned during my introduction to Applied Functional Science was a concept called the “SFT syntax” and the Squat Matrix. SFT Syntax is the language used to describe the position of your limb(s) that are in contact with the ground….hands and knees, knees, feet…. in our case, the feet)…

Fix for Tight Hips (Part III)

I wanted to continue with the series on providing the “Fix for Tight Hips”. In case you missed out, here are PART I, and, PART II of the series. Part II of our series is simply taking our half-kneeling position to a standing position: the Split Stance Standing Front Butt with Bilateral Hand Reach Matrix: What Does it Do?…

Fix for Tight Hips (Part II)

We’re continuing on with our “Fix for Tight Hips” series. Take a peak at the previous post to get yourself caught up if you haven’t already: PART I For today, I wanted to go over a tweak we can do out of the kneeling position. What Does it Do? Just as in the half-kneeling variety, we’re working…

Fix for Tight Hips (part 1)

I just wanted to post a quick one for today for you to check out. It’ll be the beginning of a series I wanted to share with you over the next few posts about environments and positions you can put your body into that will help mobilize and strengthen your Tight Hips. These will be…

Improve your Mobility with “The World’s Greatest Stretch”!

If you take a quick poll of your average jane or joe that gets their sweat on at your local gym, and you were to ask them if they’ve heard of the World’s Greatest Stretch as a warm up before they got their main workout in, chances are you’ll hear crickets. Their warm up would…

Functional Cardio Commentary

I wanted to discuss one of my favorite fitness videos on Youtube. In it, Paul Chek crushes a functional cardio circuit. I’ve spoken about Paul before, as he has been a big name in the strength, rehabilitation and conditioning industry for the past 30 years, working with many high level athletes, individuals riddled with disease and…

4.5.2012 – Calf/Ankles/Feet? Here’s your Troubleshoot! (part VII…the Wrap Up!)

Hey all, final post coming your way today wrapping up our series on the Calf/ankle/foot. Lets get right to it. Here are the previous 6 postings in our series for you to catch up with: Part I – Introduction Part II – Anatomy, origins/insertions Part III – Anatomy, muscle actions Part IV – Sot Tissue…

3.21 – Got Tight Calf/Ankles/Feet? Here’s your Troubleshoot! (part VI)

Hey all, my apologies for the hiatus, I’ve been swamped with clients, finishing off 2011 tax return stuff, car shopping, and in general trying not to tear hair out of my head! The result? – Client success rates still remain high – Tax return has been filed – Batta-bing, batta-boom: Yours truly is the owner…