At the beginning of every restorative class I teach, I ask, “Are there any body part requests?” Without fail, someone will always request that we foam roll the IT band to help his or her
As I take the next steps in building and transitioning my business, I’ve been challenged by the idea of holding space. I’ve been flooded with questions such as: How do I hold space for clients?
I’ve already covered why I’m not a big fan of fitspirations, but I wanted to take some time to address one specific message that I’ve seen floating around the Internet as of late. The idea
In my last post, I covered how your rotator cuff muscles function. In this post, I am going to discuss exercises and simple rules to strengthen rotator cuff muscles. So, how can we strengthen our
My online and Seattle Pilates and fitness community has been asking me a lot of questions about shoulder function and pain. I’ve already covered how poor shoulder function relates to neck pain, but today I’m
Yesterday, Dr. Kathy Dooley posted a blog called “When Your Group Class Fails You.” You can read it here, but the general idea was that while group fitness classes are fun, they’re a poor idea
An article on why we should never do crunches went viral on my Facebook this morning. I read it and while the information wasn’t necessarily incorrect, there was a rather large caveat that it failed
Last Sunday, I took a workshop from Kevin Moore of Reembody where we spent two hours breaking down the mechanics of a full range body weight squat. Since then, I’ve been preoccupied with squatting or
Yesterday, I came across this quote and it resonated with me. I think about this a lot in fitness. We know SO much, but we often lack the understanding to apply it to functional movement.
In last week’s post, I asked how can we constructively address misinformation in the fitness industry? Today, I’m going to turn this post over to Debbie Downer and her pet the Grumpy Cat who is addicted to fitness, so they can educate you on the top 10 fitness myths we wish all were true.
