Here’s a fun and interesting question from Zoubair: “My questions concern the flow state (funnily enough, you mentioned it in one of your recent newsletters). I get that human beings, when in this state, can see a dramatic increase in performance, but if it’s only an acute result, gone as …
On Body Split Routines
I mentioned this the other day in my post about over-rated fitness ideas, but I wanted to go deeper on the topic. (If you missed that you can find it here.) Body split routines are where you split up your body to work on different areas over different days. A …
Movement Feedback Systems
Isn’t it funny where the ‘AHA’ moments strike? A couple months back, I was at a marketing seminar. The speaker was talking about feedback systems, specifically his hobby of creating audio speakers, and how this related to marketing. Well, just the previous day I had been filming Module 5 of …
What is Mobility?
Mobility. Undoubtedly, you’ve heard this word before. The definition is: “the ability to move or be moved freely and easily.” That’s a pretty good definition…though maybe not defined as clearly as could be useful. One of my favorite things I learned from Frankie Faires: how he talked about athletic qualities. …
Why aim for Flow in Movement?
When it comes to fitness, we tend to think about tangible things. Strength is pounds on the bar or kettlebell, or the progressive step of a bodyweight exercise. Endurance is the time in which you can complete an event or workout. Body transformation is largely about pounds on the scale …
5 Minute Intuitive Mobility Routine
I figured it might be helpful to share an example of me doing an “intuitive mobility” routine. By intuitive, I mean that I’m not just doing the 3 circles per joint, then move onto the next. I start with a movement, feel into my body, and let that guide what …
Flow Seminar Review
The Flow Seminar is a very cool bodyweight training course put together by two of the top people in the field. While so much of bodyweight training to many people is about counting reps, one of the directions more and more people are moving in, is in using it for …
NLP for Fitness Part 5
In my NLP training we dived into the Meta Model. It’s a fascinating model that “consists of a series of categories identifying various areas of verbal communication that are susceptible to considerable ambiguity and which may create limitations, confusion or miscommunication.” That’s from the manual and describes the concept well. …