Let's Get Flexible: Now is the perfect time to sit down and work on some of your fitness goals that you have been putting off for some time now. When you think about your fitness goals though, does it revolves around: fat loss, strength, and endurance? Does flexibility or mobility pop into your head? Flexibility exercises are an often overlooked aspect of your
Intro Are you struggle with deep squat mobility? Do you struggle to sit in the bottom of a squat without falling backwards? Does falling forwards when going below parallel in a squat sound familiar? Maybe you need to work on your squat mobility and movement patterning rather than smashing out hours and hours of mobility work. PSST . . . Heres a FREEBIE I
Do you ever: wake up tired, even though you've gotten your 8 hours? Feel lethargic and run down for no good reason? Struggle to lift a weight or do a class at the gym that you had no problem with a few days ago? Lack motivation to get started? These are common signs that your sympathetic nervous system may be overworked and limiting
“Australian adults now sit for an average of nearly nine hours a day” This is an alarming statistic. Sitting accounts for 9 hours of the average adults day. add in 8 hours or sleeping. That’s 17hrs a day of inactivity. Evidence is mounting that, if you spend too much sitting it is harmful to your health. Sitting at work, or during your commute to or from
Save Your Squat The ability to create tension when we are loading a joint will create stability and decrease our chances or injury. Save your squat: a common fault is to turn the knees out so far we place the gluteals at a mechanical disadvantage, practically switching them off, and making it a quad-dominant exercise. With the feet turned out with often start to
Hip Mobility In order to get into a deep squat and feel comfortable, it requires you to have good hip mobility. Improve your Squat depth with hip mobility and stability to reduce your risk of injury, keep you in the gym more often, and allow you to lift more weight. A stack of muscles pull on your hips and allow you to generate loads
How To Get Rid Of Upper Back Pain Between Shoulder Blades is one of the most common questions we get in the clinic. Below you'll find our favourite exercises to help you with your upper back pain between the shoulder blades. Plus instructional videos. But first, a little anatomy. Your Thoracic spine is the bit of your back between your neck and your
Why Does My Lower Back Hurt? Do you ever wonder why your lower back hurts or get tight all the time? Why do we develop arthritis, or, why do your knees crack more and more as you get older? It is because when given the choice humans and nature, in general, choose the path of least resistance. Think of a stream of water running
Our Favourite Back Pain Exercises: “Low back pain causes more disability than nearly 300 other conditions worldwide, according to new research, and nearly one in 10 people across the globe suffers from an aching lower back”. For your back to function properly. It must support you through a range of daily stresses and strains. This requires a combination of mobility and stability. As you
The goal of stretching is to maintain symmetry throughout your body. When you move evenly on both sides your body work more efficiently. You are better able to deal with the stress strain you put it under. Although evidence around static stretching before a strenuous activity (you are better off warming up with a range of sport specific active movements). The benefits
