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used to pull in my stomach all the time. For a while, I couldn’t even relax my abdominal muscles because I’d been holding them in so much it was an unconscious habit. Pilates is known for building core strength, and there was a time when I mistakenly believed that improving and demonstrating core strength was synonymous with pulling the abs …
f a rounded upper spine or computer slouch is on your mind, you definitely want to check out the exercise in today’s video. A primary reason the upper spine slouches forward in the first place has a lot to do with arms—what’s done with them, and more importantly, what’s NOT. When’s the last time you used your arms to hold …
ave you ever caught yourself holding your shoulders up for no apparent reason? You might be driving along in your car or typing on your phone (hopefully not both at the same time), and all of a sudden, your shoulders have snuck up to your ears like they have a secret to whisper. Mine sneak up all the time. How …
ne of my mentors used to say that squeezing your butt cheeks together for exercise was the “kiss of death” for the SI (sacroiliac) joint and pelvic floor. This sounds dramatic I know, but squeezing your cheeks together for glute strength, at best prevents you from doing what you think you’re doing, gaining tone and functional glute strength, and at …
owza, the last two weeks have been a blur. School started, which is always an adjustment at my house. But, this year is a whole new level of adjustment in the form of homeschool. Well, more like public homeschool, as in virtual public school. Is that a thing? It is now, and it’s kind of like getting dropped off on …
f you have knee issues or thighs that feel like they never loosen up, no matter how much stretching you do, today’s video is a must-watch. You’ll learn how a common cue for locked knees actually prevents you from releasing chronic tension and leaves the knees tense and tight. What I’m going to show you is way harder to do …
