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What is power training? Let’s take an in depth look at Bio Motor Abilities starting with Power. Power = work/time. Power is essentially moving as much weight as you can, as quickly as you can. Olympic lifting, striking, jumping, and sprinting are all examples of power. The rep scheme for power training tends to be […]

The right exercises for you. Are you currently exercising? If so how did you decide what exercise program to follow? Are you ready to start an exercise program? If so, how do you know where to start? How do you decide on a modality that is going to get results without causing short and long

Are you going to Survive? As we talk about movement as life, let’s consider the concept of survival. We have all but completely eliminated the need to move at this point in our evolution compared to the amount and quality of movement our ancestors performed simply to survive by hunting, and gathering. When you sit

You do not have to be a victim to your pain, It really can be as simple as changing your movement patterns, changing your habits. It does not have to be heavy hours of rehabilitative work, sweat, blood and tears,  that old cliché. You need practice and you need perfect practice, and that’s what going

Injury and Motor Engrams. We’ve experienced injuries at some point in our life. Whether it’s a broken bone, a sprain, a stub toe, whatever your story is, it\’s the same procss to your body, varying only in severity. Initially there is pain, and that pain causes us to move away from it. So let’s just

As we carry a higher degree of muscle mass, relative to body fat, we’re helping increase our bone density. Which again greatly reduces our chances of fracture, especially later in life when it can be a bit more detrimental than when we’re young. Maintaining higher levels of lean muscle mass, relative to body fat makes

If you’ve been following along you know should be developing an understanding of what motor engrams are and how they dictate your health.  Let’s focus a bit more on those trying to loose body fat and are struggling, you need to look at your breathing. And if you need to look at your breathing, you

We left off discussing how constant anxiety decreases joy, and decreases what you’re getting out of your life. Again there are many causes for anxiety, so I’m not trying to say this is the only one, but it is one and it’s a common one. So we really need to start thinking what Motor Engrams

Back to motor engrams and respiratory function. The idea is that, as you breathe into the bag the bag traps the carbon dioxide, and you pull the carbon dioxide back into your body.  You may not be having full-fledged panic attacks, but you’re doing a low level of it. You’re stuck in a low level

In our last discussion we left off talking about how poor posture can lead to musculo-skeletal issues. Unfortunately that’s probably the least of your worries. When we take a deeper look into the body we begin to see that one can not separate a musculo-skeletal issues from organ issues, from a blood issue, from a