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Click the Alerts icon above for an email reminder when a new episode posts! In this episode, Jen uses the bathtub for some footwork! SHOW NOTES: Find information on Correct Toe spacers here. Find past episodes on Towel Stretches here and here. Have a question you’d like to see addressed? Have a comment? We want […]…
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Fascial Fun
Click the Alerts icon above for an email reminder when a new episode posts! In this episode, Jen digs into some Fascial Fitness. SHOW NOTES: You can find more information on Lesley Powell’s workshops here. You can find the article mentioned in this episode here. Find information on Correct Toe spacers here. Find information on […]…
Upper Body
If you are used to using free weights or weight machines, then using resistance bands will feel a bit strange at first. The movement feels different with the resistance bands because of the constant tension you feel throughout. There is no rest time. You can be very creative with the band exercises. There are a […]…
Pilates Lifestyle
Click the Alerts icon above for an email reminder when a new episode posts! In this episode, Casey takes her Overball on the road. SHOW NOTES: Find information on the overball used in this video here. Have a question you’d like to see addressed? Have a comment? We want to hear from you! Comment below, […]…
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Innovations in Movement Science
Click the Alerts icon above for an email reminder when a new episode posts! In this episode, Jen flosses her Scapula on a Cadillac. SHOW NOTES: Add your own thoughts on Margherita_637’s questions here. Have a question you’d like to see addressed? Have a comment? We want to hear from you! Comment below, on Facebook, […]…
Lower Body
The skills needed to perform calf raises correctly are many. And this work is not just for ballerinas either. Almost every client that you will see will actually walk into your door. This means that they need as much range in the ankle as possible as well as as much mobility as possible through the […]…
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Click the Alerts icon above for an email reminder when a new episode posts! In this episode, Casey asks her toes for a little space! If you’d like the toe spacers featured in this video for yourself, please visit this LINK. If you’re interested in carrying the toe spacers featured in this video at your […]…
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Beginner Basics
Click the Alerts icon above for an email reminder when a new episode posts! In this episode, Casey chews over some release work. SHOW NOTES: Add your own thoughts on Jaclyn’s question here. Check out Philip Beach’s Archetypal Movements & the Erectorcises workshop here. You can order the green spikey balls used in this episode […]…
Anatomy
Today, I’d like to give an introduction to another area of concentration, the abdominals. Your deepest layer of abdominals (the muscles closest to the skeleton) are the transverse abdominals. This set of abdominals acts as a corset that wraps all the way around the torso. The transverse muscle blends into the lumbodorsal fascia which attaches […]…