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It’s only taken about 3 years but finally it feels like a straddle press to handstand is within my reach. The greatest health benefits in fitness come from mastery of your own body, not by pushing external loads. Learn to move yourself before learning to move other things. Come to my movement classes in Hornsby […]
Some movement games from class this week. Play is an important part of our training. It’s all too often missed in common gym workouts. I see most gym goers plugged into headphones or staring at their mobile phones in between sets to distract themselves from the boredom of their training. Do something fun with your […]
Shoulder injuries are common. Most people train their shoulders through very short ranges of motion resulting in joint restrictions and injury. To have truly strong shoulders, you should have strength throughout your entire shoulder range of motion. Training through narrow ranges of movement may make your muscles big but it also makes them useless! This […]
This is one of the movements we are practicing this week. It’s a great exercise to develop good spinal movement and control. We spend a large amount of time working on spinal control in our classes…why because your spine is too important to not move! Come and join us and find out how to move […]
Always be the student…never be the expert. In London this weekend to learn more about movement from one of the best movers in the world…Ido Portal. Most workouts contain no improvisation, no physical intelligence and no movement quality…all these aspects are vital for a truely healthy body. Join my movement classes to find all these […]
I’ve got my first back somersault! This has been a long road. Moving into plyometric gymnastic training is not something you should just ‘jump’ in to. It’s taken me almost 3 years of prehabilitation to get here. This back flip is a good one for me, but every so often I get this voice in […]
This movement requires good shoulder strength just like an overhead press, and pec strength just like a bench press. The thing that sets these movements apart is their complexity. In order to be fully rounded in our fitness we should always be looking for ways to increase complexity in our movement patterns. I’ll be continuing […]
This is Tony, he is 74 years old. Your body will become better at whatever you do with it at any age. If you don’t move your body will make you better at not moving by locking tissues and joints together….keep your spine moving throughout your whole life. You are as old as your spine…I […]
