BODY OF KNOWLEDGE
Free Nutrition Seminar This Saturday!
Come join us this Saturday, April 20th from (am until 10:30am for a no-cost nutrition seminar with Q&A. Bring yourself, a family member, or friend to learn about the basics of healthy eating with practical take home knowledge as well as a personalized healthy eating guide.
Strength Training- Unilateral Exercises FTW?
You may hear the argument that training one side of your body (or limb) at a time is a waste of time since humans are meant to be asymmetrical and you can’t “fix” this. You may also hear that unilateral training will not contribute to as meaningful strength gains since these exercises are typically not loaded as heavy as what you could load when you use two arms or legs. We think this is shortsighted and not what we have seen in our actual experience. Afterall, some of the most balanced and strong humans in the world train using unilateral exercises. Check out our latest article for some rationale on why these types of exercises may actually be super helpful for you and give these bread and butter ones in the video a try!
DIY Mobility - Enhance Your Flexibility Training
Have you approached your flexibility training in ways that employ techniques to enhance the time you spend stretching? You can actually do some fairly simple but effective tweaks next time you stretch to get a little more out of each stretch and perhaps open a window for some improved range of motion. You may also be able to then engrain and train that new ability. Some of this works by somewhat “hacking” your nervous system a little.
In this week’s DIY recovery practice, we review one technique called proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF). Yes- it’s a mouthful and goes by other names- and used in other ways- but the gist is the same simple technique and can be used in MANY different stretch and mobility routines.
Give this demo on the front of the hip a watch and see if you might connect with how to use it here and elsewhere to get a little more movement and range …