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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)…

3D Movement

Today’s topic is 3D Movement, and how I’ve evolved my training philosophy over the years to incorporate it. When I first began as a novice trainer, still trying to figure out my ass from my acetabulum, I programmed workouts like most people and many bodybuilders still do, basing it on body part splits (everyone knows this… biceps and back,…

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…

A few “Downward Dog” Tweaks

We’re all pretty familiar with the traditional “downward dog” position in Yoga; It’s a great stretch that works to lengthen the tissues of the posterior chain, or the musculature on the backside of the body from your plantar fascia to your shoulders. Here’s an example of a few tweaks we can employ… Variation 1: –…

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…

Stiff Spine? Try These on For Size! (Part IV)

Hey all, I wanted to you today starting where we left off with our series on loosening up your stiff spine. If you missed out, here are the last 3 parts: PART I PART II PART III In Part I and Part II, we talked about Type I and Type II arm driver progressions, respectively, and…

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…

Stiff Spine? Try These on for Size! (part III)

I hope the week is going well for you. We’re continuing on with our series on how we can loosen things up in your stiff spine to relieve tightness. If you missed out on the first 2 parts, you can read about them HERE for Part 1, and HERE for Part 2. For today, I…

Stiff Spine? Try these on for size! (Part II)

Welcome back for Part II of our series on some steps you can take to loosen up your stiff spine. So, last time we covered Type I motion for your stiff spine, and if you missed out on it, you can check it out here. So you saw Type I motion yesterday. This is characterized by rotation…

Stiff Spine? Try these on for size!

Happy Monday everyone! I hope you all had a great weekend and a good day today. I wanted to start a new series on ways you can loosen up your stiff spine, which will get your body primed for a solid workout. These are some of the movement progressions I learned during my time working through…